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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
    (1/27/2006) Norwegian union wins negotiating rights
    (1/26/2006) Blasts terminates short-lived Iraqi oil exports via Turkey
    (1/26/2006) Military to try to secure Niger Delta oil facilities
    (1/26/2006) Bolivia & Venezuela tie the knot
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (1/29/2006) Po Valley strikes gas again in northern Italy
    (1/27/2006) Basic Earth's North Dakota Bakken well a dud
    (1/29/2006) Major gas discovery at Louisiana's Pelican Point
    (1/27/2006) FX Energy Begins Drilling Drozdowice-1 Well
    (1/27/2006) Light oil flows from Puesto Morales/Rinconada test well
    (1/26/2006) KazMunaiGaz & Naftogaz Ukrainy to study Aral Sea
    (1/26/2006) Valkyries prepping to spud Caspian exploration well
    (1/26/2006) Dana to drill 2 more exploration wells offshore Mauritania
    (1/26/2006) Ireland's Inishbeg Prospect set for summer drilling
    (1/26/2006) Canyon Creek logs confirm Texas prospect gas productivity
    (1/26/2006) Lukoil spuds 1st of 9 gas exploration wells in Saudi Arabia
    ...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
    (1/29/2006) Statoil plan for revitalizing Iran's southern fields under study
    (1/29/2006) PanOcean investing to double its Gabon production
    (1/29/2006) Connacher completes 5 wells at Great Divide
    (1/27/2006) Iran's South Pars Phase 12 drilling set for summer
    (1/27/2006) Dual field development to tie into Vietnam's Bach Ho
    (1/27/2006) Santos restarts Mutineer Exeter after Cyclone Daryl
    (1/27/2006) Mauritania's Chinguetti onstream in February, at peak in April
    (1/26/2006) Venture's Goosander development gets UK DTI okay
    (1/26/2006) Sadra schedules pipelay on South Pars 6-7-8 next month
    (1/26/2006) Canoro completes additional well on India's Amguri Field
    (1/26/2006) Toreador drills successful horizontal well in France
    (1/26/2006) Tyrihans pipelay project goes to Stolt Offshore
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (1/29/2006) Mubadala to partner Shell in Algeria exploration
    (1/27/2006) Shell-led JV takes Philippines' Block SC60
    (1/27/2006) JKX granted Ukraine's Chervonoyarske East Block
    (1/27/2006) AWE gains major stake in New Zealand's Tui project
    (1/27/2006) Techno wins oil Pakistan exploration licens
    (1/27/2006) Berry buys into Colorado's Piceance Basin gas acreage
    (1/27/2006) Origin & OMV wins 2 blocks offshore New Zealand
    (1/26/2006) MMS to return to New Orleans for next lease sale
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (1/27/2006) Frontera completes 2D shoot in eastern Rep. of Georgia
    (1/26/2006) Groundstar conducting gravity survey in Guyana
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (1/26/2006) Sakhalin 2 contract worker found murdered on site
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (1/29/2006) Patriot providing Ensco newbuild semis handling rig sets
    (1/29/2006) Aabar buying Austindo interest in Pearl Energy
    (1/27/2006) Gazprom to invest in Kyrgyz oil & gas exploration
    (1/26/2006) Shell looking at small acquisitions & unconventional oil
    (1/26/2006) Repsol cuts its worldwide reserves by 25%
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Fri. 1/27
    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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