As the United States becomes increasingly more energy independent, our rich reserves of oil and gas become attractive options for interested investors. With a relatively low starting capital, you can earn returns that will far outweigh those you might make by investing in the stock of major oil and gas companies because you are in direct control of your money–it is essentially a more efficient use of your capital to invest directly in the oil well versus in a large firm that also has marketing and managerial costs.
Domestic oil and gas reserves are one of the best investments anyone can make now because of the global trends towards energy self-sufficiency and reduced dependence on foreign oil. As the market shifts, you can have access to actual strategic oil reserves in oil-rich areas like Texas. Investing in an oil well is a completely different experience and investment strategy than investing in an energy company. You can talk to your financial advisor about diversifying your portfolio in this way, because it might add an additional dimension to your investments that will pay off progressively in the future.
Another reason why people are becoming more interested in investing in oil and gas is that it has actually become easier to do so. Crowd funded oil and gas projects make it so that ordinary investors with relatively little capital to start with can make an investment that presents a low risk, too. If you have more money to invest, then of course you might want to consider learning even more about how oil and gas investments work and purchase not only a crowd funded project but the actual well, which you would develop from scratch from the geological surveys to drilling to oil and gas extraction.
