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  • Oil and Gas Prices & Analysis
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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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  • Geosciences
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  • Health Safety & Environment
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  • Company News
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  • Industry Events
    •   Oil and Gas Prices & Analysis
    Brent & WTI prices fall, other crudes rise
    (1/26/2010) From the way our monitored benchmarks settled today, it seems traders at both the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and the InterContinental Exchange (ICE) in London took the inventory report from the American Petroleum Institute (API) out today at face value, but the key crudes in our group, North Sea Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) were overlooked in the buy-up and wound up with negative numbers at the bell...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (1/27/2010) Iran withdraws troops from Iraqi territory oilfield
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (1/27/2010) Egdon reaches TD in Dukes Wood-1 well onshore UK
    (1/27/2010) Gastem completes 1st shale gas well in New York
    (1/27/2010) DONG sets appraisal drilling on Denmark's Svane Field
    (1/27/2010) Anadarko confirms US Gulf Lucius major discovery
    (1/26/2010) Indus encouraged by frac of Shingli-1 onshore India
    (1/26/2010) Brooks Range spuds Sak River exploration well in Alaska
    (1/26/2010) Chevron's Yellowglen-1 a Greater Gorgon gas discovery
    (1/25/2010) Bowleven lines up rig to drill offshore Cameroon
    (1/25/2010) Oilex exploration well in Timor Sea JPDA a dud
    (1/25/2010) Stratic's Al Tayr well in Syria proves to be a duster
    (1/25/2010) Woodside finds gas in Greater Pluto area Noblige-1 well
    (1/25/2010) Tidewater to spud Utah Wingate test by month's end
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (1/27/2010) Vietsovpetro building 2 drilling platforms for Bach Ho
    (1/27/2010) Aramco contracts jackup from Keppel FELS
    (1/27/2010) Matra working to solve Sokolovskoye drilling difficulties
    (1/25/2010) Newbuild semi Aker Spitsbergen off to Norwegian Sea
    (1/25/2010) Solimar trying to free stuck drillstring in California well
    (1/25/2010) Drilling resumes on Don Southwest sidetrack in UK North Sea
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (1/27/2010) ADT drilling producer in US Gulf for Leed Petroleum
    (1/27/2010) Eni charters FPSO Glas Dowr for Timor Sea field
    (1/27/2010) Dejour bumping up BC's Woodrush output
    (1/27/2010) Five new wells drilled on Colorado's Jolly Ranch this winter
    (1/27/2010) BPZ prepping for production on Peru's Block Z-1
    (1/27/2010) Chevron agrees to Petrobras' development of Papa Terra
    (1/26/2010) Gulfsands gets go-ahead to develop Syria's Yousefieh Field
    (1/26/2010) Bankers drilling new Patos Marinza production well in Albania
    (1/25/2010) Pacific Rubiales adds another Quifa producer in Colombia
    (1/25/2010) TengizChevroil to pump $15.2 billion into Tengiz Field
    (1/25/2010) DONG resumes production from Denmark's Siri Field
    (1/25/2010) Downhole ESP tests on Oman oil producer successful
    (1/25/2010) Hardy resumes output from Cauvery Basin India field
      Licensing & Concessions
    (1/27/2010) Trans-Global to post $2 million to keep Jordan concession
    (1/27/2010) Northern Empire adds 9 sections in Alberta's Redwater
    (1/27/2010) UK offers record 2,818 licenses in 26th round
    (1/27/2010) CNPC-led JV takes Iraq's Halfaya Field contract
    (1/27/2010) Either Total or CNOOC to partner Tullow in Uganda Blocks (update)
    (1/27/2010) Modiin farming into Adira stake in Gabriella Block off Israel
    (1/27/2010) Strike extends option period for Philippine acquisition
    (1/26/2010) Groundstar swapping Egypt assets with KTE
    (1/26/2010) Sonangol signs for Iraq's Qayarah & Najmah Fields
    (1/26/2010) Pennant to participate in Badger offset
    (1/26/2010) Eni signs to partner PDVSA in Venezuela heavy oil project
    (1/26/2010) TAG Oil adds rest of Kawakawa oil shale acreage
    (1/26/2010) Chesapeake sells Total stake in Texas Barnett Shale
    (1/26/2010) Tullow signs $1.5 billion agreement for Heritage's Uganda stakes (update)
    (1/25/2010) TransGlobe farming into Egypt's East Ghazalet Concession
    (1/25/2010) ExxonMobil signs for Iraq's West Qurna-1 Field
    (1/25/2010) Tri-Valley extends California Racetrack Hill lease
    (1/25/2010) Maersk's buy of Devon US Gulf deepwater stakes preempted
    (1/25/2010) Statoil acquiring stake in 50 ConocoPhillips Chukchi Sea leases
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (1/27/2010) Range 2D seismic shoot in Georgia almost complete
    (1/26/2010) Cygam taps down Tunisia Bazma 2D shoot
    (1/26/2010) ffA & TerraSpark link for improved seismic interpretation
    (1/26/2010) Spectraseis completes LF seismic shoot in Egypt
    (1/26/2010) RXT wins MC survey contract in UK North Sea
    (1/26/2010) TGS shooting more 3D offshore Liberia
    (1/25/2010) Fugro Survey launches new seismic survey vessel
    ...More Geosciences
      LNG/LPG
    (1/26/2010) Kyushu taking a stake in Chevron's Gorgon & Wheatstone
    (1/25/2010) Battle by rival PNG tribes over LNG project leaves 11 dead
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (1/26/2009) ExxonMobil issued order on potential risks on Jotun A
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (1/27/2010) OGX charters FPSO OSX 1 in long-term agreement
    (1/27/2010) Technip scores Lundin contract for UK Broom Field
    (1/26/2010) Global Industries awarded offshore project in Malaysia
    (1/26/2010) Wood Group picked by BHP Billiton for Trinidad field expansion
    (1/26/2010) Technip grants 2-year extension to UTEC contract
    (1/25/2010) FMC wins Snorre Field subsea contract
    (1/25/2010) AED wins approval of acquisition of Nations SE Asia
    (1/25/2010) Technip & Subsea 7 score Woodside redevelopment contract
    ...More Company News
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      Industry Events
    January 31
    Annual Gas Arabia Summit, Abu Dhabi, UAE
    February 1-3
    Fractured Reservoir Development Workshop, Mangaf, Kuwait
    February 2-4
    IADC/SPE Drilling Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    February 2
    Russia Offshore Annual Meeting, Moscow, Russia
    February 2-4
    Deep Offshore Technology International Conference & Exhibition, Houston, Texas USA
    February 10-11
    World LNG Markets, London, UK
    February 10-11
    International Symposium & Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
    February 11-12
    NAPE Expo, Houston, Texas USA
    February 14
    SPE North Africa Technical Conference & Exhibition, Cairo, Egypt
    February 15-18
    IP Week, London, UK
    February 23
    SPE Unconventional Gas Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    February 24
    SPE/IADC Managed Pressure Drilling & Underbalanced Operations Conference & Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    March 2-3
    International Deepwater Drilling Conference & Exhibition, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    March 2-4
    APPEX, AAPG Prospect & Property Expo, Dallas, Texas USA
    March 7
    Middle East Geosciences Conference & Exhibition, Manama, Bahrain
    March 7-10
    DrillTech 2010, Abu Dhabi, UAE
    March 8
    SPE Hydrocarbon Economics & Evaluation Symposium, Dallas, Texas USA
    March 8-12
    CERA Week 2010, Houston, Texas USA
    March 9-10
    UKSPILL10 Marine Oil Spill Seminar, London, UK
    March 9-11
    Oceanology International 2020, London, UK
    ...More Events

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