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February 17, 2005
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  • World Industry News

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    •   World Industry News
    (2/16/2005) Iraqi insurgent attack kills security officer & stops oil flow
    (2/16/2005) Aramco CEO calls for industry cooperation
    (2/14/2005) Bombing sets off 2 giant pipeline fires near Kirkuk
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (2/16/2005) Eurogas spuds onshore Tunisia El Hamra well
    (2/16/2005) Calvalley completes Yemen Hiswah-3 appraisal
    (2/16/2005) Newfield makes first discovery in the UK North Sea
    (2/16/2005) Tap's New Zealand Kakariki well a dry hole
    (2/16/2005) Greymouth drilling onshore NZ Turangi probe
    (2/16/2005) Heritage abandoning gassy Uganda well
    (2/16/2005) FCP gets 33,653 boe/d results on Algeria well
    (2/16/2005) Shell & PanOcean test Gabon's Koula discovery
    (2/15/2005) Arc's Corybas-1 onshore Western Australia flows gas
    (2/15/2005) Biogenerics & Tyche gearing up to drill Mosa probe
    (2/15/2005) Jumbo's New Mexico well tests of 5 million cf/d
    (2/15/2005) BP scores another Angola ultra-deep discovery
    (2/15/2005) Latest Tiof well off Mauritania achieves major flow
    (2/14/2005) ChevronTexaco & BG make major Trinidad discovery
    (2/14/2005) Contact's New Brunswick well goes to depth
    (2/14/2005) Vulcan Minerals sets 4 wells for Flat Bay
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (2/16/2005) ExxonMobil solves Caspian anomalies with solid expandable
    (2/15/2005) Shell contracts Transocean semi & drillship
    (2/14/2005) Another Sinvest jackup job for Keppel FELS
    (2/14/2005) Saudi Aramco to be operating 70 rigs by yearend
    (2/14/2005) ROC kicks off $39 million drilling program
    (2/14/2005) Loon frac stims Slovenia appraisal well
    (2/13/2005) Active US rigs up 32, Canadian up 13
    (2/13/2005) Deep Drilling orders two new jackups
    (2/11/2005) Canadian Imperial to drill Alberta's Cranberry/Botha
    (2/10/2005) Workover completed on JB Henry-1 gas well in Texas
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (2/16/2005) Canoro begins well workover in Assam, India
    (2/15/2005) Shtokmanovskoye consortium to form this summer
    (2/15/2005) Brazil's Coral field workovers improve output
    (2/15/2005) Statoil to develop North Sea Volve discovery
    (2/15/2005) NW Australia's Mutineer-Exeter to start-up in March
    (2/14/2005) MSV Regalia okayed for Visund Field duty
    (2/14/2005) Sawtooth continues drilling program in Alberta
    (2/14/2005) Prirazlomnoye production next year if platform completed
    (2/14/2005) Partial shut-in of Papua New Guinea's Kutubu & Moran
    (2/14/2005) Central Azeri development on production
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (2/16/2005) Pemex receives single bid for Monclova Block
    (2/16/2005) Algeria to launch 7th licensing round
    (2/16/2005) Strat to acquire 80% interest in Orenburg oilfield
    (2/16/2005) Lukoil withdraws from Azerbaijan's Govsany-Zikh
    (2/16/2005) Tanganyika's Syrian field projects approved
    (2/16/2005) TXCO expands Texas Maverick Basin holdings
    (2/16/2005) Shell & Petronas granted 2 disputed blocks off Sabah
    (2/16/2005) White Nile granted Sudan's Block Ba
    (2/16/2005) Egypt awards Burren Energy 2 new blocks
    (2/15/2005) OMV granted buy-back contract for Iran's Raz Block
    (2/15/2005) Ramco swaps Montenegro assets for re-entry option
    (2/15/2005) Quest farms into Acadia North gas reserve
    (2/15/2005) Russia cancels licensing of Trebsa & Titova
    (2/15/2005) Indonesia looking for better deal on Aceh block revenues
    (2/14/2005) Five companies buy data on next Burgos blocks
    (2/14/2005) Maersk farming into Veritas North Sea block
    (2/14/2005) Shelton Canada & CNG to develop Ukraine's Biryuchya
    (2/14/2005) BASF in contention for Russia's Yuzhno-Russkoye Field
    (2/14/2005) Empire-led JV to receive Western Australia's EP439
    (2/14/2005) New South Texas exploration and development project
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (2/14/2005) Tusk shooting 2 3D surveys in NW Alberta
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (2/15/2005) Timor Leste asks for Woodside oil spill report
    (2/15/2005) 1000 scientists urge permanent ANWR protection
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (2/16/2005) Total may reconsider future investments in Russia
    (2/16/2005) Statoil contracts for new offshore bases
    (2/15/2005) Hydro awards Ormen Lange excavation to PSL
    (2/15/2005) deepwater mooring record set off Sabah
    (2/15/2005) Regulators urged to update reserves reporting rules
    (2/15/2005) Total's Novatek buy on hold until reorganization
    (2/15/2005) Burren buys major stake in Hindustan Oil
    (2/15/2005) Aker Kvaerner buys into RR Offshore
    (2/14/2005) Newpark to treat Anadarko's Wyoming CBM produced water
    (2/14/2005) Pemex grants $80 million contract to ABB for Gulf platform
    (2/14/2005) Peak Group wins Irish Sea well contract
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 2/16
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 40.54
    0.0%
    Dubai Fateh 37.59
    +0.2%
    Bonny Light 44.43
    +1.2%
    N. Sea Brent 44.80
    +1.8%
    Forties 44.55
    +0.8%
    Urals/Mediterranean 39.24
    +1.9%
    Alaska N. Slope 42.72
    +0.4%
    W. Texas Intermediate 47.17
    +0.1%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 6.20
    +0.2%
    UK Day Ahead** 28.85
    +4.5%
    *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 20-25
    SPE/AAPG Delivering Our E&P Promises, Galveston, Texas USA
    February 21-24
    Drilling Fluids Cuttings Management & Environmental Excellence, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    February 22-23
    GasCon Conference, Budapest, Hungary
    February 22-23
    Principles and Economics of Petroleum Exploration, Development & Production Seminar, Wellington New Zealand
    February 22-24
    Cairo International Exhibition & Conference for Gas Technology, Cairo Egypt
    February 23-25
    SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam Netherlands
    February 27-March 02
    Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference, Norman, Oklahoma USA
    February 28-March 03
    International Pump Users Symposium, Houston, TX USA
    February 28-March 03
    AAPG Prospect and Property Expo (AAPEX), London England
    ...More Events

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