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  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

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  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (12/8/2004) Nigeria's Ijaw protestors threaten more shutdowns next week (update)
    (12/7/2004) Tanzania launches 3rd offshore licensing round
    (12/7/2004) Nigerian field occupations end (update)
    (12/7/2004) PanOcean Gabon field shutdown by violence
    (12/6/2004) Expanding Niger Delta protest shuts down ChevronTexaco field (update)
    (12/6/2004) Insurgent bombing of Iraq pipeline stops flow
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (12/8/2004) BP approaching TD on Amazon well
    (12/8/2004) Clayton Williams abandons Texas Weyerhaeuser well
    (12/8/2004) FCP's Algerian Ledjmet Block has another producer
    (12/8/2004) BHP to explore South Africa deepwater prospect
    (12/8/2004) Shell Canada finds major gasfield in central Alberta
    (12/8/2004) ChevronTexaco makes major UK discovery
    (12/7/2004) Northern begins Sandhills prep onshore UK
    (12/7/2004) Devon sets Beaufort Sea exploratory drilling program
    (12/7/2004) Woodside spuds Mauritania discovery appraisal
    (12/7/2004) Origin's offshore Fiddich-1 objective all wet
    (12/7/2004) Touchstone reaches TD on Goudeau-1 in Texas project
    (12/7/2004) Thai government pushing Hess for exploration results
    (12/6/2004) Strike plugs & abandons Altostratus-1
    (12/6/2004) Tap Oil spuds Cyrano-2 appraisal well
    (12/6/2004) Tap to drill NZ's Miromiro-1 before yearend
    (12/6/2004) Apache's Longtom-2 confirmed at 18-19 million cf/d
    (12/6/2004) Smegsy confirmed as gasfield discovery (update)
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (12/8/2004) Shell gets go-ahead for semi to drill Norway's Haltenbank
    (12/8/2004) Ocean Vanguard okayed for Apollo & Vigdis drilling
    (12/8/2004) Loon launches fracing program on Slovenia well
    (12/8/2004) Patterson-UTI buying 25 land rigs from Key Energy
    (12/7/2004) Rig count up 12% over last year
    (12/7/2004) World's first wireline tractor for openhole operations
    (12/7/2004) CanArgo commences Georgia underbalanced CT drilling
    (12/6/2004) Brigham successfully completes Triple Crown North JV well
    (12/6/2004) Admiral Bay begins winter Moose River drilling
    (12/6/2004) Hyperdynamics deploys 3rd rig in Louisiana project
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (12/8/2004) US DOE awards $39 million to oil & gas projects
    (12/8/2004) Statoil submits Gullfaks satellites PDO
    (12/8/2004) Dragon completes Turkmen Caspian producer
    (12/8/2004) Heerema uses polyester mooring system on Mad Dog spar
    (12/7/2004) Murphy achieves initial output on Front Runner Field
    (12/7/2004) Origin spuds 3rd of 4 Mungi CBM production wells
    (12/7/2004) BP to develop North Sea Farragon Field
    (12/7/2004) Beach's Kenmore-32 a producer
    (12/6/2004) Gasco drilling 2 more Riverbend wells in Utah
    (12/6/2004) Sakhalin II completes gravity base for Lunskoye platform
    (12/6/2004) Anadarko completes complex stranded gas project
    (12/6/2004) Statoil continuing repairs on Snorre A platform (update)
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (12/8/2004) Jordan approves MoUs with oil gas exploration firms
    (12/7/2004) East Timor prepares laws for 2005 licensing
    (12/7/2004) Voyager farming into Oil Search's Yemen Block 35
    (12/7/2004) Benin grants Nigerian operator offshore block
    (12/7/2004) Berry farming into Petro-Canada Uinta Basin acreage
    (12/6/2004) Philippines award 2 new exploration tracts
    (12/6/2004) Putin posits Gasprom Bay of Bengal bid
    (12/6/2004) Kimberley Oil granted France's Bleue Lorraine Block
    (12/6/2004) Berry acquires gas assets in NE Colorado
    (12/6/2004) Norway granting 21 companies 28 licenses
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (12/7/2004) New Falkland license to be surveyed
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (12/8/2004) Nigeria gas flaring down by 30%
    (12/8/2004) Statoil recognizes staff members' zero-discharge achievements
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (12/8/2004) Keppel FELS to build new Gulf Drilling jackup
    (12/8/2004) BP contracts Subsea 7 for Farragon tieback
    (12/8/2004) Technip awarded Dominion's Triton & Goldfinger subsea tiebacks
    (12/8/2004) GulfMark adds another platform supply vessel
    (12/7/2004) SapuraCrest to install Brunei Shell platform
    (12/6/2004) Four possible buyers for First Calgary Petroleums
    (12/6/2004) Canyon & PTSC provide well intervention for BP
    (12/6/2004) FMC Kongsberg Subsea extends Statoil agreement
    (12/6/2004) Aker Kvaerner to maintain DONG's Siri platform
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 12/8
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket n.a.
    n.a.
    Dubai Fateh 32.16
    +0.3%
    Bonny Light 37.32
    -0.6%
    N. Sea Brent 37.78
    -1.2%
    Forties 39.25
    +2.1%
    Urals/Mediterranean 34.47
    +4.8%
    Alaska N. Slope 36.75
    -5.7%
    W. Texas Intermediate 42.54
    -1.6%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 6.54
    -4.1%
    UK Day Ahead** 32.30
    0.0%
    *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 9
    IFP Challenges in Heavy Oils International Conference, Rueil Malmaison, France
    December 13-14
    Energy Caribbean, Port of Spain, Trinidad
    December 13-14
    Unconventional Gas Revolution, Denver, Colorado USA
    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
    ...More Events

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