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January 20, 2005
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  • World Industry News

  • Exploration & Discoveries

  • Drilling & Completion

  • Development & Production

  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Geosciences

  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (1/19/2005) Norway-UK treaty soon to be signed
    (1/19/2005) Venezuela continues drive for multi-polar energy pacts
    (1/17/2005) Australia invites East Timor to talk again
    (1/17/2005) Kuwait increases security at oil facilities after terrorist threat
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (1/19/2005) Valkyries finds oil in South Texas
    (1/19/2005) ChevronTexaco discovery in Brazil's Campos Basin
    (1/19/2005) Zane Grey set for spudding next week
    (1/19/2005) Aspen & Westchester drilling North Dakota' Lodgepole
    (1/19/2005) Testing set for Alberta's Enchant well
    (1/18/2005) Basic Earth's Texas bright spot well a duster
    (1/18/2005) Pebercan extends Cuba's Seboruco Field
    (1/18/2005) Apache gets gas rather than oil from Grayling
    (1/18/2005) Murphy makes gas discovery in deepwater US Gulf
    (1/17/2005) BG to drill wildcat on Spain's offshore Aguila Block
    (1/17/2005) Oil Search to flowtest Yemen's Al Akhaf well
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (1/19/2005) Hercules Offshore acquires two jackups
    (1/19/2005) ExxonMobil options semi Leiv Eiriksson
    (1/19/2005) Delmar sets deepwater mooring record at Thunderhawk
    (1/19/2005) Portrush considering deep well at Mission River Texas
    (1/19/2005) Abrasive jetting in lateral drilling process tested
    (1/18/2005) KCA Deutag launches new rig in Houston
    (1/18/2005) Hydro awards completion contracts worth $63.8 million
    (1/18/2005) Harvest suspends Venezuelan drilling program
    (1/17/2005) GlobalSantaFe Worldwide SCORE improves steadily
    (1/17/2005) Problems with Wombat-3 swabbing complicates testing
    (1/17/2005) Farstad to build anchor handling tug supply vessel
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (1/19/2005) Petrobank to boost Colombia's Orito & Neiva output
    (1/19/2005) Statoil asks to resume full production at Snorre A & Vigdis
    (1/19/2005) Hydro modification of Oseberg Ost okayed
    (1/19/2005) QGC Berwyndale & Argyle output revving up
    (1/19/2005) ConocoPhillips applies to build LNG terminal off Louisiana
    (1/19/2005) Pakistan's Sui gasfield resumes operations under high security (update)
    (1/19/2005) Beach completing Kenmore-34 as producer (update)
    (1/18/2005) Gabon's Etame Field development drilling set for 2005
    (1/18/2005) Dragon building Turkmen Caspian Lam A platform
    (1/18/2005) BHP's Minerva gasfield sees first production
    (1/18/2005) ExxonMobil achieves first gas from North Sea's Arthur Field
    (1/18/2005) BP's Mad Dog onstream in deepwater US Gulf
    (1/17/2005) BG spending $250 million on Panna-Mukta Tapti Fields
    (1/17/2005) Reliance's gas output from KG Field delayed
    (1/17/2005) FCP Algerian reserves increased to 13.5 Tcfe
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (1/19/2005) Chornomornaftogaz granted Subbotino license
    (1/19/2005) Dominion sells natural gas assets in British Columbia
    (1/19/2005) Whiting closes producing properties acquisitions
    (1/18/2005) Cheetah sub granted PNG onshore block
    (1/18/2005) Antrim acquires added stake in Osprey Ridge
    (1/18/2005) Bounty earns option on 5 Cooper Basin wells
    (1/17/2005) Nigeria revolking 24 Shell & ChevronTexaco licenses
    (1/17/2005) ONGC & Rosneft to jointly bid for Sakhalin 3
    (1/17/2005) Paladin completes buy of BHP stake in Timor Sea assets
    (1/17/2005) Statoil wins 3 operatorships in Faroes round
    (1/17/2005) Sumitomo buys Paladin interests in UK North Sea fields
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (1/19/2005) Veritas' seismic vessel Veritas Viking accident
    (1/18/2005) Bass Strait Oil's Moby 3D survey completed (update)
    (1/17/2005) Oxy to shoot 3D over Colombia's Cano Limon
    (1/17/2005) Arc resumes Western Australia Perth Basin 3D shoot (update)
    (1/17/2005) Papua New Guinea onshore seismic survey begins
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (1/18/2005) Hydro & Statoil want to explore Norway's Nordland VI & VII
    (1/18/2005) Statoil's Snorre A investigation concluded (update)
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (1/19/2005) Clough contracted for ConocoPhillips Natuna project
    (1/18/2005) APL submerged turret system for Volve FSO
    (1/18/2005) Saipem wins Kashagan installation contract
    (1/18/2005) Petrofac to manage two more North Sea platforms
    (1/18/2005) BJ Tubular wins China Bohai Bay contract
    (1/17/2005) BP contracts XPD8 for Algeria's In Amenas project
    (1/17/2005) Farstad to build anchor handling tug supply vessel
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 1/19
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 41.97
    0.0
    Dubai Fateh 39.61
    +1.0%
    Bonny Light 46.43
    +1.8%
    N. Sea Brent 45.18
    -0.5%
    Forties 46.33
    +1.7%
    Urals/Mediterranean 41.48
    +4.1%
    Alaska N. Slope 42.93
    -1.6%
    W. Texas Intermediate 47.56
    -1.7%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 6.23
    -5.0%
    UK Day Ahead** 28.50
    -1.7%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    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
    January 26-27
    North American Prospect Expo, Houston, Texas USA
    January 26-27
    Tight Gas Development Asia 2005 Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    January 27-28
    Caribbean Energy Annual Conference, Miami, Florida USA
    January 27-28
    Technical Strategies for Marginal Assets Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland
    January 27-28
    LNG: Economics & Technology, Houston, Texas USA
    January 28
    IPAA Wildcatters' Ball, Houston, Texas USA
    January 29-February 2
    Pipeline Rehabilitation & Maintenance Conference, Manama, Bahrain
    January 30-February 2
    Natural Gas Technologies Conference, Orlando, Florida USA
    January 31-February 1
    Canadian Institute Shale Gas, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    ...More Events

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