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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
    (2/12/2006) Baluchi tribesmen bomb Pakistan pipeline again
    (2/9/2006) BG will deal with Palestine's Hamas government - Chapman
    (2/9/2006) India to proceed with Iran pipeline project
    (2/9/2006) Mexico may scuttle foreign producers ban in 2006
    (2/9/2006) Nigeria warns Sao Tome to halt JDZ political interference
    (2/9/2006) Ecuador lifts force majeure & resumes oil output (update)
    (2/9/2006) Kenya asks Venezuela for help in oil exploration
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (2/12/2006) Cantex gearing up to spud 1st Ant Hills well
    (2/10/2006) Statoil gets go-ahead to drill Morvin prospect
    (2/10/2006) Avington appraisal set to drill onshore UK
    (2/10/2006) Kerr-McGee & Devon to spud wells in 2 Brazilian blocks
    (2/10/2006) Lack of tools delaying spud of Mosaic's Waggamba-1H
    (2/10/2006) Major gas discovery made in west-central Alberta
    (2/10/2006) GSPC reaches TD in offshore India KG test well
    (2/10/2006) Falcon drilling 2 test wells in Hungary's Deep Gas Project
    (2/9/2006) Oilsands Quest test wells in NW Saskatchewan successful
    (2/9/2006) Aral gets good test results from East Zhagabulak-301
    (2/9/2006) Origin plugging & abandoning Queensland test well
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (2/9/2006) SapuraCrest gets contract extension for T-9
    (2/9/2006) Saipem rig now drilling on CanArgo's Georgia Manavi well
    (2/9/2006) Odfjell's Deepsea Bergen chartered for Norwegian Sea
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (2/12/2006) Dropped tubing recovered from Carpathian's Romania well
    (2/10/2006) Woodside restarts production to Cossack Pioneer FPSO
    (2/10/2006) Finavera & Schlumberger put Lough Allen Field at 9.4 Tcf
    (2/10/2006) Rosneft can develop Vankorskoye Field alone
    (2/10/2006) Caspian Holdings drilling Zhengeldy well in Kazakhstan
    (2/10/2006) Statoil's Sleipner B not to be shutdown for repairs
    (2/10/2006) China's CACT puts South China Sea field onstream
    (2/10/2006) 1st of 3-well program on Georgia's Taribani Field spudded
    (2/9/2006) Conoco contracts Ensco rig to drill Venezuela's Corocoro
    (2/9/2006) Hydro puts Oseberg West Flank onstream
    (2/9/2006) Terax spuds 4th production well in Texas' Barnet Shale
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (2/12/2006) Nippon Oil acquires BP's Statfjord stake
    (2/12/2006) ExxonMobil farming into Ireland's giant Dunquin Field
    (2/12/2006) Addax to operate Block 4 of Nigeria-Sao Tome JDZ
    (2/10/2006) Rocky Mountain region garners $11.8 million in new leases
    (2/10/2006) Ona to participate in Dutch Oil Wells Project in Indonesia
    (2/9/2006) Rosneft wins licenses for 3 Siberian oil & gas deposits
    (2/9/2006) Pertamina CEO to resign if ExxonMobil operates Cepu Field
    (2/9/2006) Quest joins in Barnett Shale horizontal gas hunt
    (2/9/2006) Sipetrol & Repsol-YPF join Enarsa in Argentine licenses
    (2/9/2006) Trinidad to launch deepwater licensing at end of March
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (2/12/2006) Premium gets positive results from Boyne Lake survey
    (2/10/2006) Baraka begins airborne survey of Mali's Taoudeni Basin
    (2/10/2006) Fugro starting seismic shoot off Jamaica south coast
    (2/9/2006) NZOG starts seismic survey on New Zealand's North Island
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (2/10/2006) Petrobras fined $97.9 million for enviro damages
    (2/10/2006) Occidental & BP evaluating CO2 sequestration for California
    (2/9/2006) 3 Russian crewmen poisoned aboard Mezen seismic vessel (exclusive)
    (2/9/2006) Statoil shuts down Kvitebjorn & Heidrun for repairs
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (2/12/2006) Topaz sub fabricating modules for Vitoria FPSO
    (2/10/2006) Gazprom & Petrobras to develop gas cooperation
    (2/10/2006) Aker Kvaerner awarded major drilling equipment contract
    (2/9/2006) Wartsila engines going into new Geo support vessel
    (2/9/2006) Geo acquires Japanese cable vessels for conversion
    (2/9/2006) Oil Search contracts a 2nd Chinook helicopter for PNG
    (2/9/2006) Champion Technologies wins CNR North Sea contract
    (2/9/2006) PSL providing pre-com for Turkmen Caspian MOPU
    (2/9/2006) Noble acquires United States Exploration for $411 million
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Fri. 2/10
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 57.17
    0.0%
    Minas 59.87
    -2.0%
    Bonny Light 60.66
    -2.0%
    N. Sea Brent 59.64
    -1.8%
    Forties 60.06
    -2.0%
    Urals/Mediterranean 55.16
    -2.1%
    Alaska N. Slope 59.54
    -1.3%
    W. Texas Intermediate 61.84
    -1.2%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 7.53
    -0.4%
    UK Day Ahead** 51.50
    -7.2%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    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
    February 17
    Seminar on Oil & Gas - A Chance for the Arab Countries, Paris, France
    February 21-23
    IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Miami, Florida USA
    February 26-March 1
    Middle East Corrosion Conference, Bahrain, Bahrain
    February 28-March 2
    Subsea Tieback Conference & Exhibition, Galveston, Texas USA
    March 5-6
    Gas Arabia, United Arab Emirates
    March 5-8
    New Zealand Petroleum Conference, Auckland, New Zealand
    March 6-7
    CERI North American Natural Gas Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    March 8
    IADC Spring Meeting, Houston, Texas USA
    ...More Events

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