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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
    (1/25/2006) OPEC production cut not needed to keep oil over $50
    (1/24/2006) Nine dead in militant attack on Agip Nigeria offices (update)
    (1/24/2006) Former Mauritanian oil minister charged with corruption
    (1/23/2006) Agip Nigeria foils MEND attack on oil platform
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (1/25/2006) Eni restarts Yarri exploration well
    (1/25/2006) ONGC finds gas in India's Krishna Godavari Basin
    (1/25/2006) Shell & EGPC JV makes 2 discoveries in Western Desert
    (1/25/2006) Lukoil discovers major field in North Caspian
    (1/24/2006) Baraka & CNPC pick drillsite in Mauritania Block 20
    (1/24/2006) Remington makes discovery in US Gulf off Louisiana
    (1/24/2006) Meridian achieves commercial flow from Louisiana well
    (1/24/2006) DNO spuds UK North Sea Jaguar prospect
    (1/24/2006) Santos spuds Jeruk appraisal in Indonesia
    (1/23/2006) Aspen scores gas discovery in California's Sacramento Valley
    (1/23/2006) EnCana's Dominion sidetrack J-14a a duster
    (1/23/2006) PetroChina's Salawati Basin wildcat a winner
    (1/23/2006) IB Daiwa discovers gas with Kami-1 well in Louisiana
    (1/23/2006) Chevron commences drilling Nigeria-Sao Tome Block 1
    (1/23/2006) Stuart to spud Toparoa-1 in Cooper Basin
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (1/25/2006) Atwood Richmond scores extended US Gulf contract
    (1/25/2006) Pertra contracts Maersk Giant to drill summer well
    (1/25/2006) California Northwest Lost Hills 1-22 well testing underway
    (1/25/2006) Stuck pipe halts California's Eagle North well
    (1/24/2006) Empire pens deal for drilling of Dune well in Western Australia
    (1/24/2006) BMB Munai contracts drilling for Kazakh ADE Block
    (1/24/2006) Cheetah contracts Simmons rig & services for Kuru re-entry
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (1/25/2006) CNPC to develop LNG facilities in Papua New Guinea
    (1/25/2006) Victoria received positive revision in Siberia gasfield project
    (1/25/2006) Santos's Oyong Field output delayed
    (1/25/2006) Great Eastern begins CBM drilling in India's West Bengal
    (1/25/2006) Statoil applies to put North Sea Gimle Field onstream
    (1/25/2006) PDO selects Medco Energi to develop 18 small Oman fields
    (1/24/2006) Antrim's Tierra del Fuego Las Violetas well successful
    (1/24/2006) Chevron puts Angola deepwater Benguela-Belize onstream
    (1/24/2006) Lukoil's Nakhodkinskoye Field boosts Yamal output
    (1/24/2006) Deep Rock completes 2nd of 4-well Oklahoma project
    (1/24/2006) Statoil takes a hit from South Pars Phases 6-7-8
    (1/23/2006) New studies indicate added reserves in Sarkhun gasfield
    (1/23/2006) Tanganyika emphasizing Egypt & Syria developments
    (1/23/2006) Shtokmanovskoye reserves officially up 10% at 113 Tcf
    (1/23/2006) Signet to complete 3 Sawn Lake wells by July
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (1/25/2006) PTTEP wins 2 more Gulf of Thailand blocks
    (1/24/2006) ExxonMobil paying $50 million to quit Azerbaijan fields
    (1/24/2006) Petroperu to grant 10 exploration blocks by midyear
    (1/24/2006) Gazprom to announce Shtokmanovskoye partners in March
    (1/24/2006) BP farms into TransAtlantic's Gillock Unit in Texas
    (1/24/2006) Wentworth adds producing Permian Basin leases
    (1/24/2006) Kerr-McGee sells US Gulf Shelf properties for $1.34 billion
    (1/23/2006) TAG takes over operatorship of 3 New Zealand blocks
    (1/23/2006) Signing of Nigeria-Sao Tome JDZ PSCs put off till February
    (1/23/2006) Kodiak farms into Alberta & Montana projects
    (1/23/2006) Syria receives 23 bids for new blocks from 13 companies
    (1/23/2006) Murphy granted new block offshore Malaysia
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (1/25/2006) Odim providing Fugro Geoteam seismic auto handling system
    (1/25/2006) GGS to shoot major survey off Sri Lanka
    (1/24/2006) PDVSA & Enarsa to undertake joint geological studies
    (1/24/2006) GGS extends West Florida multi-client 2D shoot
    (1/23/2006) Veritas acquiring seismic over entire Kazakh Caspian
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (1/25/2006) East Siberia-Pacific pipeline found environmentally unsafe
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (1/25/2006) ABB providing SCADA system for ONGC
    (1/25/2006) Lukoil take majority share in Primorieneftegaz
    (1/25/2006) Talisman Expro picks Subsea 7 for Ula & Blane projects
    (1/25/2006) Sinvest opts to build a 5th jackup at Keppel FELS
    (1/25/2006) Santos pegs $169.4 million for 2006 exploration program
    (1/25/2006) -45 C temp suspends Big Sky's Kazakh operations
    (1/25/2006) L&T-Samsung JV wins ONGC Vasai East project
    (1/25/2006) KMC wins $1.5 million in drilling service contracts
    (1/25/2006) Aker Kvaerner contracted for Statoil's Gjoa Field
    (1/25/2006) TNK-BP contracts Halliburton for Ust-Vakh field development
    (1/24/2006) PSL wins added Shah Deniz pre-com work from BP
    (1/24/2006) Lexington buys Oak Hills Drilling & Operating International
    (1/24/2006) Thule Drilling picks Dubai's QGM to build 2 jackups
    (1/24/2006) West Siberian acquires Saneco for $140 million
    (1/24/2006) C&C commences building 3rd C-Surveyor AUV
    (1/24/2006) Shell extends Aker Kvaerner subsea tech frame agreement
    (1/23/2006) ExxonMobil contracts 2 FPSOs for Angola's Kizomba C
    (1/23/2006) Halliburton wins 2-year Oxy contract in Oman
    (1/23/2006) Bois d'Arc sets 2006 exploration & development budget
    (1/23/2006) Aker Kvaerner contract for Hydro platforms
    (1/23/2006) CNOOC pegs $3.04 billion for 2006 exploration & development
    (1/23/2006) Cal Dive buying Remington Oil & Gas for $1.4 billion
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 1/25
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 59.26
    0.0%
    Minas 59.46
    +0.8%
    Bonny Light 65.51
    +1.9%
    N. Sea Brent 66.43
    +1.8%
    Forties 65.46
    +1.9%
    Urals/Mediterranean 60.96
    +2.1%
    Alaska N. Slope 65.65
    +2.4%
    W. Texas Intermediate 68.35
    +2.3%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 8.44
    +2.8%
    UK Day Ahead** 71.20
    +25.6%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    January 30-31
    LNG Economics & Technology, Houston, Texas USA
    January 30-February 1
    Underwater Intervention Conference, ew Orleans, Louisiana USA
    February 2-3
    NAPE Expo, Houston, Texas USA
    February 7-8
    IADC Health, Safety, Environment & Training Conference & Exhibition, Houston, Texas USA
    February 7-9
    Mediterranean Petroleum Conference & Exhibition, Tripoli, Libya
    February 7-9
    Multiphase User Roundtable: Pumping and Metering, Margarita Island, Venezuela
    February 8-9
    Strategic Development of Russia's Offshore Oil & Gas Resources, Moscow, Russia
    February 13-16
    Pipeline Pigging & Integrity Management Conference & Exhibition, Houston, Texas USA
    February 14
    6th Annual NPF North Sea Decommissioning Conference, Os (near Bergen), Norway
    ...More Events

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