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  • World Industry News

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  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (10/10/2004) 3 Arab OPEC states support 1 million b/d hike
    (10/10/2004) Nigeria needs $10 billion a year to boost reserves
    (10/8/2004) Nigeria union talks fail, general strike set for Monday
    (10/7/2004) Oil prices reach record heights: WTI $53 & Brent $49.20
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (10/10/2004) Total discovers another giant gasfield in eastern Bolivia
    (10/8/2004) Eastern Star spuds Brigalow Park-1
    (10/8/2004) Petrobras pledges $1.5 billion in Argentine E&P
    (10/8/2004) Melrose Varna West dry hole plugged & abandoned
    (10/8/2004) Woodside taps 114-meter payzone in Mauritania's Tevet-1
    (10/7/2004) ChevronTexaco's first Venezuela Deltana well said successful
    (10/7/2004) Sunshine's Tilbrook-1 intersects 13 meters of coal
    (10/6/2004) Shell finds new oil offshore Brunei
    (10/6/2004) South Australia's Beeville prospect to be tested
    (10/6/2004) El Paso pegs $50 million for next year's Brazilian E&P
    (10/6/2004) Victoria spuds South Australia's Ventura-1
    (10/6/2004) Loon makes gas discovery in Slovenia
    (10/6/2004) BP scores big discovery with 1st Sakhalin 5 well
    (10/5/2004) Petrobras reveals 3rd onshore oil discovry
    (10/5/2004) Mauritania's Tevet & Tiof wells find oil & gas
    (10/5/2004) Antrim commences drilling of South Galapagos-1
    (10/5/2004) Madagascar exploration gaining impetus
    (10/4/2004) Petrobras beginning Santos Basin exploratory drilling
    (10/4/2004) Gasco wins with 2 more Utah Uinta Basin wells
    (10/4/2004) Eastern Star's Lynwood-1 plugged and abandoned
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (10/10/2004) Transocean's Jim Cunningham semi arrives in Malta for repairs
    (10/8/2004) Pemex tendering for 3 more drilling platforms
    (10/8/2004) Westlock gaswell to be completed as producer
    (10/7/2004) Petrol begins Kansas CBM drilling
    (10/7/2004) International rig count up over last month
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (10/10/2004) South Pars pipelay near completion
    (10/10/2004) BPZ to certify its gas reserves in northern Peru
    (10/8/2004) Rosneft putting $2.7 billion into Vankorskoye development
    (10/8/2004) Petroreconcavo planning 5 new Bahia wells
    (10/8/2004) Marathon development plan for Alvheim approved
    (10/8/2004) Petsec spuds Vermilion well in US Gulf
    (10/8/2004) Cadence to drill 3 stepout wells on Texas' Waggoner Ranch
    (10/8/2004) UK & Norway agree to cross-border developments
    (10/8/2004) Queiroz Galvao to invest in Brazil's Manati Field
    (10/7/2004) US Energy Department funds $2.5 million in R&D
    (10/7/2004) DNO's Yemen Nabrajah-2 test finds better output (update)
    (10/7/2004) New producer boosts Congo's M'Boundi Field output
    (10/7/2004) Beach almost doubles Christies Field reserves
    (10/7/2004) Temsah-2 off Egypt to produce 300 million cf/d
    (10/7/2004) Harken drilling producer on Colombia's Palo Blanco Field
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (10/10/2004) NIOC negotiating with ONGC for Yadavaran development
    (10/8/2004) New Zeland licenses Pohokura Field production
    (10/7/2004) Nexus buys EnCana's Australia Gippsland Basin block
    (10/7/2004) Wintershall wants partners for Brazilian block
    (10/7/2004) Norwest farming into Nido North Sea gas blocks
    (10/7/2004) Edge acquiring Contango South Texas properties
    (10/7/2004) Newfield farms into BP's North Sea West Sole area
    (10/7/2004) Beach farms into 3 Bass Strait blocks
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (10/8/2004) Polar Venturer to start Suriname shoot tomorrow
    (10/8/2004) WesternGeco launching 5th Q-Marine seismic vessel
    (10/7/2004) Nexus commences airborne gravity survey
    (10/7/2004) Multiwave puts new seismic vessel to work
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (10/7/2004) Chevron's Escravos leaks oil off Nigeria
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (10/8/2004) Norwegian strike hits PGS' Petrojarl Varg FPSO (update)
    (10/7/2004) Worley acquires Parsons E&C
    (10/7/2004) Technip contracted for the Chinguetti development
    (10/7/2004) Total adds SGI server, storage & visualization
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Fri. 10/8
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 43.80
    +1.2%
    Dubai Fateh 38.72
    +0.2%
    Bonny Light 48.37
    +0.5%
    N. Sea Brent 47.99
    +1.8%
    Forties 48.62
    +0.3%
    Urals/Mediterranean 39.72
    -1.6%
    Alaska N. Slope 47.37
    -1.0%
    W. Texas Intermediate 52.02
    +1.8%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 6.09
    +5.0%
    UK Day Ahead** 25.25
    -3.1%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    October 10-12
    GCAGS Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas USA
    October 10-13
    Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    October 10-15
    SEG International Exposition & Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado USA
    October 11-12
    Underbalance Technology Conference & Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas USA
    October 11-13
    Gas AustralAsia Pacific Exhibition & Conference, Perth, Australia
    October 12-13
    Gas AustralAsia Pacific 2004 Conference, Perth, Australia
    October 12-14
    First International DME Conference, Paris, France
    October 13-14
    Chad International Oil & Gas Conference & Exhabition, N'Djamena, Chad
    October 13-14
    Bottom of the Barrel Technology Conference, Istanbul, Turkey
    October 17-19
    IOGCC Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA
    ...More Events

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