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  • Oil and Gas Prices & Analysis
  • World Industry News
  • Exploration & Discoveries
  • Drilling & Completion
  • Development & Production
  • Licensing & Concessions
  • Geosciences
  • Health Safety & Environment
  • Company News
  • Industry Events
  •   Oil and Gas Prices & Analysis
    Key crudes climb on more supply worries
    (2/14/2008) The key crudes among our monitored benchmarks rose significantly in price per bbl today on new concerns about supply security vis-a-vis Venezuela's threats to cut off oil to the United States and to ExxonMobil in particular. In addition, traders at both the London InterContinental Exchange (ICE) and the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) sent North Sea Brent and...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (2/14/2008) Mexico worried US may extract crude from Mexican reserves
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (2/15/2008) Tanzania's Kiliwani-1 plugged, Kiliwani North-1 to spud
    (2/15/2008) Extension of Lundin's Nemo Field off Norway confirmed
    (2/14/2008) Oil Search struggling with stuck pipe in PNG Paua well
    (2/14/2008) Beach to drill South Australian exploration well at Murrippi
    (2/14/2008) Buganviles exploration well in Colombia reaches TD
    (2/14/2008) Sipetrol plugging & abandoning Egypt sidetrack
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (2/16/2008) Kan Tan IV in tow to new Trinidad drillsite
    (2/15/2008) Superior launches new liftboat Superior Liberty
    (2/15/2008) Empire sending Hunt rig to Tasmania for 8-well program
    (2/15/2008) Providence lines up semisubmersible for Celtic Sea drilling
    (2/15/2008) Emerald to drill 3 test wells, 2 development wells in Colombia
    (2/14/2008) Transocean Explorer set for 2 years drilling off Sulawesi
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (2/16/2008) Tanganyika pegs $206 million for Syrian operations
    (2/16/2008) Tri-Valley drilling producers at California's Pleasant Valley
    (2/15/2008) Sibir drilling 1st producer on Orekhovskoye Field
    (2/15/2008) Rosneft expects Vankorskoye onstream before yearend
    (2/15/2008) StatoilHydro submits Morvin development plan for approval
    (2/14/2008) Cyclone Nicholas shuts in Australia's Legendre & Stag Fields
    (2/14/2008) ADNOC picks ConocoPhillips to develop Shah sour gas field
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (2/16/2008) Eni deal with Venezuela for compensation
    (2/16/2008) Centrica acquiring stake in Sojitz North Sea gasfields
    (2/15/2008) Serica offering stake in 3 blocks off Ireland
    (2/15/2008) KNOC goes for more Kurd oil despite Baghdad warning
    (2/14/2008) Total to receive $834 million for nationalized Sincor stake
    (2/14/2008) Austin farms into Park City Gas Field in Kentucky
    (2/14/2008) Aurelian wins three new licenses in central Poland
    (2/14/2008) Pryme sells Louisiana Tuscaloosa Trend project to BP
    (2/14/2008) Empire farms out Western Australia interest to DVM
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (2/16/2008) Read to shoot borehole seismic for BP & StatoilHydro
    (2/15/2008) ASRC Energy Services to shoot Chukchi seismic
    (2/15/2008) ONGC cancels Liaohe 3D seismic contract
    (2/14/2008) PGS completes 3D shoot off Falkland Islands
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (2/17/2008) Safety violations cleared for Diamond Offshore semi
    (2/16/2008) Alberta oil sands called "most destructive project on the planet"
    (2/15/2008) Karachaganak JV fined $7.45 million for pollution
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (2/16/2008) Lamprell to refurbish Al Ghallan jackup drilling rig
    (2/15/2008) Perry Slingsby wins contract for 10 ROVs
    (2/15/2008) Vroon launches 3 platform support vessels
    (2/15/2008) Government ownership of StatoilHydro going to 67%
    (2/15/2008) SBM wins Petrobras turnkey contract for P-57 FPSO
    (2/15/2008) Simmons selected for Transocean sale of 2 semis
    (2/14/2008) Subsea 7 & SeeByte to develop new gen AUV
    (2/14/2008) Petrobras field data stolen
    (2/14/2008) Chevron joins project providing 8 learning centers in Nigeria
    (2/14/2008) Aker Kvaerner acquires simulation & visualization company
    ...More Company News
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      Industry Events
    February 18-19
    Gas Arabia 3rd Annual International Conference for the Middle East Gas, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    February 18-20
    Nigeria Oil & Gas 2008, Abuja, Nigeria
    February 18-21
    IP Week, London, UK
    February 20-24
    Pipeline Contractors Association Annual Conference, Maui, Hawaii, USA
    February 24-27
    AAPG Southwest Section Meeting, Abilene, Texas, USA
    February 24-27
    Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
    February 25-27
    Texas Tech University Gas Well Deliquification Workshop, Denver, Colorado, USA
    February 25-27
    SPE Intelligent Energy Conference & Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    February 26-27
    IADC Drilling HSE Asia-Pacific Conference & Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    February 27-March 8
    4th International Tube & Pipe Industry Fair, Istanbul, Turkey
    February 28-29
    13th Asia Upstream 2008, Singapore
    March 3-5
    GEO Middle East Geosciences Conference, Manama, Bahrain
    March 4-6
    IADC/SPE Drilling Conference & Exhibition, Orlando, Florida, USA
    March 4-6
    Indian Oil & Gas, Mumbai, India
    March 9-13
    The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    March 10-11
    Unconventional Gas, London, UK
    March 10-13
    Gastech International Conference & Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand
    March 10-14
    GaAPI Spring Petroleum Measurement Standards Meeting, Dallas, Texas, USA
    ...More Events

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