Individuals/small companies who are looking for investing in gas and/or oil can get some useful information from this synopsis

Usually it is suggested that the above said investors can make use of commodity exchanges like MCX,NCDEX (in India. Also commodity exchanges are available all over the world. Investors can invest in oil/gas through any of these exchanges as per their preference. One has to open an account with any of these exchanges directly or through the franchisees/ agents of such exchanges. Investors need to purchase the number of units of commodity in which they want to invest in such as oil, gas, etc., according to the value of their investment at the market rate or they can place the purchase order at a rate at which they want to purchase such units of commodity. Investors can take delivery of commodity or they need not take if they wish so. Another popular way for gas and oil investments is through stock exchanges (for example, in India, NSE, BSE). In this way, investors can buy the shares of oil/ gas company(ies), for which they need to have a DMAT & Trading Account with any of the members of such stock exchange. Investors have to sell out the units/shares when they want to encash their investments made in any one of the ways suggested above. These two methods of investment in oil/gas are flexible in nature which means the at any point of time, investments can be either made or withdrawn as per the whims and fancies of the investor. Big investors can make their oil/gas investments by starting a venture or through acquiring majority interest in any of the existing companies. http://www.paysonpetro.com