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  • World Industry News

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  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (12/13/2004) Northern Iraq export pipeline bombed again
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (12/15/2004) ENAP gets okay to explore Tierra del Fuego
    (12/15/2004) Oilexco achieves good test flow on 12th Brenda appraisal
    (12/15/2004) BP discovers giant gasfield off Trinidad
    (12/15/2004) Lakes suspends Bass Strait Seaspray re-entry
    (12/15/2004) Grove reaches TD in Abbadesse-1 well in Italy
    (12/15/2004) Trefoil a new Australia Bass Strait gasfield
    (12/15/2004) Output finds new Roaring River gas pool
    (12/15/2004) Unocal's US Gulf Sequoia a deepwater dry hole
    (12/15/2004) PGS' Pertra scores a duster offshore Norway
    (12/14/2004) Inflow taps oil in southern Louisiana's Bay Courant
    (12/14/2004) Uncommercial, Cyrano-2 to be plugged & abandoned
    (12/14/2004) Woodside's Mauritania Tiof 5 finds 23 meters of oil
    (12/14/2004) Japan to explore for gas in East China Sea
    (12/14/2004) Repsol YPF discovers major gas onshore Venezuela
    (12/13/2004) Tri-Valley scores a California duster at Los Gatos Creek
    (12/13/2004) Tap commences Miromiro probe in New Zealand
    (12/13/2004) OMV spuds Katandra off northern Australia
    (12/13/2004) Good gas flow recorded in Trefoil-1
    (12/13/2004) Statoil to drill 13 exploration wells off Norway in '05
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (12/15/2004) Eirik Raude tow to Barents Sea drillsite to begin
    (12/14/2004) Beach spuds third of five Kenmore appraisal wells
    (12/13/2004) Apache to drill a short Longtom-2 sidetrack
    (12/13/2004) BJ Services completes Wintershall stim services
    (12/13/2004) Unicorp contracts driller for Kentucky prospect
    (12/13/2004) Gazflot contracting Petrolia rig for Shtokmanovskoye
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (12/15/2004) Statoil sets Volve Field development
    (12/15/2004) Petro-Canada to resume production at Terra Nova (update)
    (12/15/2004) Aramco's Qatif & Abu Safah onstream by yearend
    (12/15/2004) BP posits price of Shah Deniz 25% higher
    (12/15/2004) Statoil contracts for Skinfaks/Rimfaks subsea systems
    (12/14/2004) Vaalco completes Avouma & Ebouri development plans
    (12/14/2004) Emerald's Campo Rico Colombian well a producer
    (12/14/2004) Touchstone's South Texas Diaz well tests 2 million cf/d
    (12/14/2004) Harken puts Palo Blanco Field's Estero-5 on production
    (12/14/2004) Maurel & Prom add 2 top producers on Congo field
    (12/14/2004) Statoil expects Snorre back onstream by yearend (update)
    (12/13/2004) BP begins deepwater Holstein production in US Gulf
    (12/13/2004) Heritage tests of Uganda well appear excellent
    (12/13/2004) Kupe Gas Project off New Zealand takes another step
    (12/13/2004) Petrol to commence drilling Petrol-Neodesha Project
    (12/13/2004) ConocoPhillips poised for Bohai Bay Phase II development
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (12/15/2004) Vanco completes farmout of Cote d'Ivoire offshore block
    (12/15/2004) Nigeria 2005 licensing to shrink block sizes
    (12/15/2004) Sibneft & TNK-BP get Yamalo Nenets fields
    (12/15/2004) ERHC joins PNR in Nigeria-Sao Tome JDZ
    (12/15/2004) Vintage Petroleum acquires Alabama production
    (12/14/2004) Myanmar grants 2 PSCs to Chinese & Singaporean companies
    (12/14/2004) Tammany joins ExxonMobil in US Gulf block
    (12/14/2004) Range completes Appalachian acquisition
    (12/14/2004) Petronas granted 2 blocks in Indonesia
    (12/14/2004) Storm Cat adds 2nd Mongolia block
    (12/14/2004) Swift Energy acquiring stakes in Louisiana fields
    (12/13/2004) Forum to acquire Cadex & its Tunisia assets
    (12/13/2004) Mart farming into Nigeria's Kwa Iboe Field
    (12/13/2004) Minneftegazstroi grants Sahara Group 9 fields
    (12/13/2004) Quest acquiring Alberta's Acadia North gas project
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (12/15/2004) Wintershall Nordzee awards 3D contract to Fugro
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (12/15/2004) 20-meter North Sea waves snap Ocean Vanguard anchor lines
    (12/14/2004) Acclaim Energy gaswell explodes near Edmonton, Alberta
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (12/15/2004) Topaz adds 2 offshore service vessels for UAE
    (12/15/2004) Technip & Chiyoda win $4 billion Qatargas contract
    (12/15/2004) Allis-Chalmers acquires Downhole Injection Systems
    (12/15/2004) Cal Dive joins JV for share in US Gulf Independence Hub
    (12/15/2004) Yukos files for bankruptcy & restraining order against Kremlin
    (12/14/2004) Surgutneftegaz joins bidders for Yuganskneftegaz
    (12/14/2004) Joint gas studies between Gazprom and Hydro
    (12/13/2004) Heerema to provide DeRuyter platform off Netherlands
    (12/13/2004) ABS to classify US Gulf deepwater Independence Hub
    (12/13/2004) Unocal to settle Myanmar human rights lawsuit
    (12/13/2004) Global Prospecting acquiring Layette Oil & Gas stake
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 12/15
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 34.29
    0.0%
    Dubai Fateh 31.68
    -4.8%
    Bonny Light 37.37
    0.0%
    N. Sea Brent 38.07
    -0.8%
    Forties 39.17
    -0.7%
    Urals/Mediterranean 32.87
    -0.3%
    Alaska N. Slope 33.98
    -4.1%
    W. Texas Intermediate 40.72
    -4.3%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 6.30
    +6.1%
    UK Day Ahead** 31.80
    +1.6%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    December 16
    2004 Offshore Energy Achievement Awards, Houston, Texas USA
    December 16
    SubTech, London, UK
    January 16-19
    6th International Petroleum Conference, New Delhi, India
    January 17-18
    Canadian Institute Northeast Natural Gas Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts USA
    January 17-18
    TIPRO Mid-Winter Policy Meeting, Austin, Texas USA
    January 17-21
    API Tubular Goods Winter Meeting, San Diego, California USA
    January 17-20
    IndoGas 2005 - 2nd International Conference & Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia
    January 24-25
    Underground Construction Technology, Houston, Texas USA
    January 24-25
    International African Pipeline Conference, Tunis, Tunisia
    January 25
    IPAA International Forum, Houston, Texas USA
    ...More Events

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