.... In recent months, investors have focused more on small cap oil and gas companies that do not have exposure to Libya and other troubled spots, but stand to benefit from oil's recent spike in price. Riding small-cap energy's run, Samson Oil & Gas recently reported that gross profit for the first half of 2010 increased 69 percent to $1.3 million from $0.7 million for the year-ago period. Net assets at the end of the period increased to 476.6 million from $25.1 million at the beginning of the period.
