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  • World Industry News

  • Exploration & Discoveries

  • Drilling & Completion

  • Development & Production

  • Licensing & Concessions
  • Geosciences

  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
  •   World Industry News
    (11/30/2004) DNV releases views on riser fatigue & interference
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (12/1/2004) Remington temporarily abandoned US Gulf exploration well
    (12/1/2004) EPL scores with 2 out of 3 US Gulf exploration wells
    (12/1/2004) McMoRan's Hurricane Upthrown discovery looking good
    (12/1/2004) Meridian logs 5.1 million cf/d on Louisiana Hornets Nest
    (11/30/2004) Petrobras & Statoil to probe Jequitinhonha
    (11/30/2004) Strike spuds Altostratus-1 offshore Western Australia
    (11/30/2004) Burren's Turkmen well suspended due to pressure
    (11/30/2004) Oilexco testing Brenda discovery with 12 appraisal
    (11/30/2004) Arc spuds Eremia appraisal in Western Australia
    (11/30/2004) Tiof-3 appraisal well off Mauritania suspended (update)
    (11/30/2004) Total gas discovery on Algeria's Timimoun Permit
    (11/29/2004) 7 drillsites selected for Kazakhstan's Zhengeldy Field
    (11/29/2004) Hess has new oil discovery off Equatorial Guinea
    (11/29/2004) Merou-1 off Mauritania looks to be non-commercial
    (11/29/2004) Woollybutt-4 set to be drilled in December
    (11/29/2004) GSPC commences drilling of KG-11 off India
    (11/29/2004) Bangora a major gas discovery in Bangladesh
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (11/30/2004) Pioneer Drilling acquiring Oklahoma drilling operation
    (11/30/2004) Tri-Valley re-drilling Sunrise-Mayel horizontal leg
    (11/30/2004) Torrent Energy drills first core hole in Coos, Oregon
    (11/30/2004) GlobalSantaFe to drill Mariner & Intrepid
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (12/1/2004) Unicorp acquiring VibroSeismic Impact Technology
    (12/1/2004) Tudor taps down 23 Canadian wells, plans 50 more
    (12/1/2004) Kerr-McGee puts North Sea James Field onstream
    (12/1/2004) Saudi Aramco boosts output capacity to 11 million b/d
    (12/1/2004) Statoil's Snohvit costs at $323.6 million
    (11/30/2004) Clough to develop ONGC field offshore India
    (11/30/2004) Edge adds output in Texas & New Mexico
    (11/30/2004) Eastern Star increased CBM output in Gunnedah
    (11/29/2004) Arc achieves encouragng gasflow from Dongara-31
    (11/29/2004) Shell's Kingfisher Field output shut-in by Brae gas leak
    (11/29/2004) Statoil gets go-ahead for subsea Asgard Q
    (11/29/2004) Paladin gets DTI okay to develop Brechin Field
    (11/29/2004) Vintage adds another producer in Yemen's Damis Block
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (12/1/2004) Gambia offering 6 offshore blocks for exploration
    (12/1/2004) Argentina's Mendoza province offering 24 blocks
    (12/1/2004) MSEV enters new Alberta gas project
    (12/1/2004) Houston American Energy farms into 2 Colombia blocks
    (12/1/2004) Parallel adds to Texas Permian Basin asset interests
    (12/1/2004) Tanganyika granted 2 blocks in Syria
    (11/30/2004) Petro Andina putting $40 million into Argentine exploration
    (11/30/2004) NAV Energy Trust buying Petrobank properties
    (11/29/2004) Kerr-McGee & BP swap US Gulf assets
    (11/29/2004) Chaparral gets Nelson nod for first refusal exercise
    (11/29/2004) Gazprom gets stake in Sakhalin 2
    (11/29/2004) Australia's 2005 licensing acreage revealed
    (11/29/2004) Mosaic farming into Canberra Prospect to find more oil
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (11/29/2004) Australia's SW Frontiers survey nears completion
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (12/1/2004) Terra Nova approved to re-start after remedial work (update)
    (11/30/2004) Mass whale beaching prompts call for seismic halt
    (11/29/2004) Snorre leak stopped & well being secured (update)
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (12/1/2004) Sinopec denies talks to acquire Husky Energy (update)
    (12/1/2004) BJ Services contracted by SPDC Nigeria
    (12/1/2004) Halliburton forms alliance to provide integrated flow assurance
    (12/1/2004) Wellstream contracted for US Gulf deepwater flowline & risers
    (11/30/2004) Global acquiring Astral Petroleum
    (11/30/2004) Global to install inter-field pipelines for Pemex
    (11/30/2004) Gazprom to bid for Yuganskneftegaz
    (11/30/2004) Gulf Island to build 2 jackets & piles for Pemex
    (11/30/2004) PSL wins 3 Saipem UK contracts
    (11/30/2004) Technip contracted for UAE gas receiving facility
    (11/30/2004) Stolt Offshore awarded 3 North Sea contracts
    (11/30/2004) Aker Kvaerner contracted for Oseberg Field Center
    (11/29/2004) ABB to provide safety system for Sable platform
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 12/1
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 39.77
    0.0%
    Dubai Fateh 33.25
    -10.0%
    Bonny Light 40.47
    -6.7%
    N. Sea Brent 41.47
    -5.8%
    Forties 41.67
    -5.9%
    Urals/Mediterranean 35.87
    -6.7%
    Alaska N. Slope 42.40
    -1.0%
    W. Texas Intermediate 47.50
    -3.3%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 6.80
    0.0%
    UK Day Ahead** n.a.
    n.a.
    *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 2-3
    IMCA Annual Seminar: Marine Contracting Deepwater Construction to Offshore Diving, Singapore
    December 2-3
    Pacific Gas Insiders Conference, Singapore
    December 5-8
    Kuwait Society of Engineers Conference & Expo, Kuwait City, Kuwait
    December 6-7
    Enhanced Oil Recovery, London, UK
    December 6-7
    How to Optimize PSCs & JOAs for Sustained E&P Growth, London, UK
    December 6-7
    Enhanced Oil Recovery, London, UK
    December 6-8
    Seatrade Middle East Maritime Conference & Exhibition, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    ...More Events

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