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  • World Industry News

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  • Company News

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  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (10/12/2004) Pipeline fire cuts Shell Nigeria output 20,000 b/d
    (10/11/2004) Norwegian strike expands to a 55,000 b/d loss
    (10/11/2004) Oil workers' union to strike Petrobras
    (10/11/2004) MMS reports on aftermath of Hurricane Ivan
    (10/11/2004) Venezuela boosts royalties on Orinoco heavy oil projects
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (10/13/2004) Touchstone reaches TD on Texas' Maverick Basin well
    (10/13/2004) Bass Strait JV discovers new gasfield off Australia
    (10/13/2004) Premier successfully appraises Indonesia's Gajah Baru Field
    (10/13/2004) Vaquero & Highpine score Pembina Nisku discovery
    (10/12/2004) Victoria drilling ahead on South Australia's Ventura prospect
    (10/12/2004) EPL scores 3 exploration successes in US Gulf
    (10/12/2004) CNPC sub discovers gasfield in NE Sichuan
    (10/12/2004) Canadian Superior to drill 2nd Mariner well in early 2005
    (10/12/2004) Centurion has another success in Egypt
    (10/12/2004) Major deepwater discovery in Angola-Congo unitized zone
    (10/11/2004) Arc spuds Xyris South-1 onshore Western Australia
    (10/11/2004) Amity's Oklahoma Morrow probe proves positive
    (10/11/2004) ChevronTexaco confirms Venezuela gas discovery (update)
    (10/11/2004) Lakes to retest Wombat-3 after large gas flow
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (10/12/2004) Parker rig contracted for Colombia 3-well project
    (10/11/2004) Saipem rig contracted for Algeria exploration
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (10/13/2004) Adnoc sets sights on mega projects to boost output
    (10/13/2004) Belanak Natuna FPSO sails to installation site
    (10/13/2004) Pinnacle drills 109 CBM wells in Powder River
    (10/13/2004) New Barracuda FPSO P-43 enroute to Campos field
    (10/13/2004) Arc to develop Western Oz Centella Field
    (10/13/2004) New subsurface-to-surface coupling for production optimization
    (10/13/2004) Statoil's Alpha North goes on production
    (10/12/2004) Lukoil sets next year's Yamal-Nenets developments
    (10/12/2004) Goodrich's 1st 8 Cotton Valley wells successful
    (10/12/2004) Santos spuds 2 producers on Mereenie Field
    (10/12/2004) Dragon completes Turkmen workover
    (10/12/2004) CNOOC puts new Bohai field onstream
    (10/12/2004) Australia's offshore Casino gasfield gets go-ahead
    (10/11/2004) Ekofisk & J-Block fields back onstream
    (10/11/2004) Adco developing 6th oilfield at Al Dabbi'ya
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (10/13/2004) Oilex farms into Western Australia's Canning Basin block
    (10/13/2004) Ivanhoe to evaluate Iraq's Qaiyarah Field
    (10/13/2004) KazMunaiGaz seeking 1st rights on Kazakh licenses
    (10/13/2004) NGAS adds Appalachian acreage & proven reserves
    (10/12/2004) China to continue CNOOC monopoly of offshore E&P
    (10/12/2004) Tomahawk increases stake in Oklahoma project
    (10/12/2004) Aztec acquires major stake in Texas' Big Foot Field
    (10/11/2004) Petrobras to receive deadline for relinquishing mature fields
    (10/11/2004) Lion's Indonesian Bula Block & services for sale
    (10/11/2004) Gazprom in serious talks on Sakhalin 2 stake
    (10/11/2004) Repsol set to sign for Iran's Forooz & Iran Mehr Blocks
    (10/11/2004) Parallel buys added stake in West Texas Fullerton Field
    (10/11/2004) PetroVietnam offering Phu Khanh gasfield development
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (10/13/2004) Prize Petroleum to shoot 3D over 3 Gujarat, India fields
    (10/12/2004) Apache invests in special 3D visualization developer
    (10/12/2004) CGG to process major 3D/4C OBC suveys
    (10/12/2004) Schlumberger acquires deep electromagnetic technology firm
    (10/11/2004) Roxar to provide Petronas reservoir modeling systems
    (10/11/2004) Grant to shoot large Venezuelan onshore 3D survey
    (10/11/2004) Record 400 gigabite seismic dataset visualization
    (10/11/2004) Paradigm makes solutions for processor-based systems
    (10/11/2004) TGS-Nopec expands US multi-client 3D project
    (10/11/2004) CGG offers wave equation migration on Kirchhoff basis
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (10/7/2004) Chevron's Escravos leaks oil off Nigeria
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (10/13/2004) Yukos must okay Yuganskneftegaz appraisal prior to any sale (update)
    (10/13/2004) Petrohawk buying Wynn-Crosby for $425 million
    (10/13/2004) Hydro & Enventure team to apply monodiameter tech
    (10/12/2004) Endeavour to acquire Norway's OER Oil
    (10/12/2004) Abu Dhabi Institute given Wytch Farm seismic data
    (10/12/2004) Paragon contracted for Angola gas flaring reduction
    (10/12/2004) Rosneft subs drive up production
    (10/12/2004) GE Energy developing Kazakh training & maintenance center
    (10/12/2004) Statoil expands UN collaboration
    (10/11/2004) Petrobras gets 4 bids to lease Golfinho FPSO
    (10/11/2004) BP to fund security of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline
    (10/11/2004) Yukos-Sibneft divorce said finalized
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 10/13
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 46.49
    0.0%
    Dubai Fateh 37.32
    -4.0%
    Bonny Light 50.47
    -3.2%
    N. Sea Brent 49.82
    -3.2%
    Forties 50.72
    -3.2%
    Urals/Mediterranean 42.12
    -3.8%
    Alaska N. Slope 49.14
    +2.9%
    W. Texas Intermediate 53.65
    +2.2%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 5.34
    +6.3%
    UK Day Ahead** 28.00
    +2.6%
    *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 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
    October 18-20
    Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, Perth, WA Australia
    October 19-21
    Permian Basin International Oil Show, Odessa, Texas USA
    October 21-22
    International Gas Summit, Paris, France
    October 24-27
    AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, Cancun, Mexico
    October 25-26
    IADC Well Control Conference of the Americas, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
    October 25-27
    IPAA Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, Austin, Texas USA
    ...More Events

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