Most natural gas and oil companies would be happy with a few producing wells pumping out a respectable amount of oil and gas. Some, however, do their homework to find a location where many wells pump many barrels or cubic feet.

Southern Star Energy specializes in the acquisition and drilling of under-drilled oil and natural gas properties. So far this tactic has minimized the risk to the company and new technologies have made drilling processes more efficient.

As commodity oil and gas prices move near their historic highs, new junior oil and gas exploration and development companies have been working to take advantage. Many of the people interested in working the oil and gas exploration and development pipeline are eager to profit but lack the capital and know-how to get the job done.