Deal values keep challenging the mercury with an A&D heatwave scorching the market. Even the Haynesville, Bakken and Niobrara can cook up five-alarm prices. Where's a deal guru to look? Maybe not far. E&Ps have started to get creative, falling back on volumetric production payments, payment kickers to sellers and JVs. James C. Row, managing director of Entoro Capital; Bill Marko, managing director of energy investment - banking group at Jefferies LLC; and Nick Woodruff, director-energy investment banking at RBC Capital Marketsdiscuss creative financing, break down play metrics, and examine the best plays where a dollar goes farther.