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  • World Industry News
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  • Exploration & Discoveries
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  • Drilling & Completion
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  • Development & Production
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  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Health Safety & Environment
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  • Company News
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  • Industry Events
    •   Oil and Gas Prices & Analysis
    February expirations send US crudes up, rest down
    (1/20/2009) West Texas Intermediate and Alaska North Slope surged 6% today as trade primarily at the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) bought up prior to the expiration of February futures contracts at the end of today's trade. Giving further impetus to the buy-up both at Nymex and the InterContinental Exchange (ICE) in London was word from the new president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (1/18/2009) OPEC will consider further cuts in March - Khelil
    (1/18/2009) Shell's Bonny loading platform attacked by Nigerian rebels
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (1/21/2009) Pacific Rubiales finds oil in Colombia's Guasimo Block
    (1/21/2009) Tower prepping to drill 1st exploration well in Uganda
    (1/21/2009) Highpine scores 2 Nisku oil discoveries in Alberta
    (1/21/2009) Endeavour UK North Sea discovery appraisal positive
    (1/21/2009) Black Pool drilling Skimmer prospect offshore Texas
    (1/21/2009) Gulfsands spuds Yousefieh appraisal in Syria
    (1/20/2009) Petrobras sees oil shows in Brazil's Potiguar Basin
    (1/20/2009) MGM testing 1st Mackenzie Delta well of season
    (1/20/2009) PEI drilling Montmello exploration well in Colombia
    (1/20/2009) Linda North appraisal spudded off Western Australia
    (1/20/2009) Chevron shelves Canada deepwater Orphan Basin well
    (1/20/2009) ExxonMobil makes Brazil deepwater pre-salt discovery
    (1/20/2009) Serica gets positive appraisal of Chablis discovery
    (1/19/2009) Aladdin sees new petroleum system in Orenburg well
    (1/19/2009) Northern prepping for 1st of 2 Netherlands test wells
    (1/19/2009) MEO kicks off Zeus-1 offshore Western Australia
    (1/19/2009) Incremental appraisal in western Turkey finds gas
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (1/21/2009) ONGC charters Jindal's Virtue-1 jackup for 5 years
    (1/21/2009) Frac of Netherlands' Wijk en Aalburg & Brakel doubles output
    (1/20/2009) Keppel delivers 1st 2009 jackup to Maersk
    (1/19/2009) StatoilHydro to drill with Scarabeo 5 & West Epsilon
    (1/19/2009) Larsen's Petrorig I near ready for delivery
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (1/21/2009) Sabretooth well onshore South Texas goes onstream
    (1/21/2009) Goldpetrol taps pay in 2 Myanmar Yenangyaung producers
    (1/21/2009) Norse well data in Marcellus Shale shows big reserves
    (1/20/2009) Latest Qua Ibo well in Nigeria finds water in target reservoir
    (1/20/2009) StatoilHydro sets Gudrun development plan
    (1/19/2009) Aker Solutions settles Frigg squabble with Total
    (1/19/2009) Cairn gets okay to develop discoveries in Rajasthan
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (1/21/2009) Petronas asks for extension to Mozambique license
    (1/21/2009) Lebanon questions if Noble discovery within its waters
    (1/21/2009) Providence hefts Val Verde, Texas lease acreage
    (1/20/2009) Argenta granted Mendoza, Argentina concession
    (1/20/2009) Arrow farms into Ephindo CBM block in Indonesia
    (1/19/2009) Gazprom signs for Algeria's onshore El Assel area
    (1/19/2009) Petro Vista farms out major stake in Colombian concession
    (1/19/2009) Neon Energy granted block in Vietnam's Song Hong Basin
    (1/19/2009) ENH seeking partner to explore Mozambique's Buzi Block
    (1/19/2009) Roxi farming out stake in another Kazakh block
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (1/21/2009) Rock Solid Images starts Jubilee Field seismic inversion
    (1/20/2009) BOS Angler launched as 1st "geophysical toolbox" vessel
    (1/20/2009) Burleson starts 3D seismic shoot in south Texas
    (1/19/2009) Zapprikaspigeofizika-Volgograd completes Rostov shoot
    (1/19/2009) BGP carrying out slip-sweep 3D shoot in Libya
    (1/19/2009) MMS preparing US Atlantic G&G enviro impact study
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (1/19/2009) BLM leases of Utah lands halted by court order
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (1/21/2009) StatoilHydro contracts Aibel for Oseberg C mud upgrade
    (1/20/2009) Cameron wins $83 million Tahiti subsea project
    (1/19/2009) ION delivers commercial version of new land seismic system
    ...More Company News
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      Industry Events
    January 24-27
    Nano Petroleum, Gas and Petro-Chemical Industries Conference, Cairo, Egypt
    January 26-28
    Global E&P Summit, Barcelona, Spain
    January 27-29
    SPE Applied Technology Workshop: Improving the Reservoir/Facilities Interface, London, UK
    February 2-4
    SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, The Woodlands, Texas, USA
    February 3-4
    International Association of Drilling Contractors Health, Safety, Environment & Training Conference & Exhibition, Houston, Texas, USA
    February 4-6
    Russia Offshore 2009, Moscow, Russia
    February 5-6
    NAPE Expo, Houston, Texas USA
    February 9-13
    American Association of Petroleum Geologists Sixth Annual Winter Education Conference, Houston, Texas USA
    February 10-11
    E&P Information and Data Management, London, UK
    February 11
    Risks of Major Accidents in an Environmental Perspective, Stavanger, Norway
    February 11-12
    Gas Arabia 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE
    February 11-12
    Subsea 09, Aberdeen, UK
    February 12-13
    IADC/SPE Managed Pressure Drilling & Underbalanced Operations Conference & Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas USA
    February 16-19
    IP Week, London, UK
    February 17
    Global Slowdown Conference 2009, New Delhi, India
    February 17-18
    Sustainable Development & Local Content Implementation Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    ...More Events

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