Dec 18 (Reuters) - E&P sector:
* Wells Fargo Securities starts EQT Corp Cabot Oil & Gas Corp
with outperform ratings
* Wells Fargo Securities starts Atlas Energy Swift Energy Co
with outperform ratings
* Wells Fargo Securities starts Continental Resources with underperform
rating
* Wells Fargo Securities starts Noble Energy Petrohawk Energy
with market perform ratings
* Wells Fargo Securities starts Pioneer Natural Resources Goodrich
Petroleum with market perform ratings
* Wells Fargo Securities starts Rosetta Resources Venoco with
market perform ratings
* Wells Fargo Securities starts PetroQuest Energy GMX Resources
with market perform ratings
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* Wells Fargo Securities starts EQT Corp Cabot Oil & Gas Corp
with outperform ratings
* Wells Fargo Securities starts Atlas Energy Swift Energy Co
with outperform ratings
* Wells Fargo Securities starts Continental Resources with underperform
rating
* Wells Fargo Securities starts Noble Energy Petrohawk Energy
with market perform ratings
* Wells Fargo Securities starts Pioneer Natural Resources Goodrich
Petroleum with market perform ratings
* Wells Fargo Securities starts Rosetta Resources Venoco with
market perform ratings
* Wells Fargo Securities starts PetroQuest Energy GMX Resources
with market perform ratings
(Bangalore Equities Newsroom; +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.