The Upstream Industry's Most
Reliable Biweekly E-News

Thursday, February 21, 2008
Home | Stats | Special Features | Regional Spotlight | Technical Reports | Hot Spots | Products/Services | Book Reviews | Calendar | Links | Associations | Search
  In This Issue
  • 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
    WTI crude oil passes $100 per bbl for March delivery
    (2/19/2008) A day before the March contract expires, West Texas Intermediate rose US$4.51 to settle at a new record high at $100.01, reflecting increases by all of our monitored benchmarks, which were driven up in price today by worries at both the London InterContinental Exchange (ICE) and the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) about supply adequacy over the coming months...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (2/20/2008) Agip manager kidnapped in Port Harcourt
    (2/20/2008) IEA calls for OPEC to hold output steady
    (2/19/2008) Iraq & Iran to jointly develop & produce border fields
    (2/19/2008) Chevron resumes operations off Western Australia (update)
    (2/18/2008) Cyclone Nicholas shuts in 40% of Australia production (update)
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (2/20/2008) BG drilling Norway's North Sea Phi-North Prospect
    (2/20/2008) Eni gas discovery reported on Norway's Afrodite Prospect
    (2/20/2008) Canadian Superior spuds Bounty well off Trinidad
    (2/20/2008) Nexus' Crux-4 appraisal proves field extension
    (2/20/2008) Coelacanth-1 set to spud 1st week of March
    (2/20/2008) Roc re-spuds China exploration well in Beibu Gulf
    (2/20/2008) StatoilHydro makes oil discovery on Norway's M Prospect
    (2/19/2008) Empire drilling exploration well in North Perth Basin
    (2/19/2008) Frontera sees oil shows in Rep of Georgia Lloyd-1 sidetrack
    (2/19/2008) Petrominerales taps oil in Colombia's Corcel-3
    (2/19/2008) Petro Hunt plugging & abandoning South Louisiana well
    (2/18/2008) Anadarko prepping to drill Brazil's pre-salt area
    (2/18/2008) Fireball Creek test well spudded onshore New Zealand
    (2/18/2008) Pearl finds Lisah-1 off East Java all wet
    (2/18/2008) Sibir starts 2008 Koltogorsky exploration program
    (2/18/2008) Hess drilling appraisal in northeastern Thailand
    (2/18/2008) Range drilling Teboursouk exploration well onshore Tunisia
    (2/18/2008) Samson spuds New Mexico Permian test well
    (2/18/2008) Gavea & Eromanga see oil & gas in Brazil re-entry
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (2/20/2008) Transocean drillship wins 3-year contract extension
    (2/19/2008) Drillship Deep Venture to spud Namibia well next month
    (2/19/2008) Regal contracts rigs to drill 2 Ukraine fields
    (2/18/2008) Hercules buying 3 Transocean rigs for $320 million
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (2/20/2008) Tethys preparing Oman Block 15 development plan
    (2/20/2008) Incremental penetrates 3 zones in onshore Turkey well
    (2/20/2008) StatoilHydro gets production go-ahead for Oseberg D
    (2/20/2008) Dejour to test British Columbia Peace River Arch gaswell
    (2/20/2008) Chevron sub installs intelligent well completion at Agbami
    (2/20/2008) DNO spuds new Draupner producer off Norway
    (2/20/2008) ExxonMobil offers Alaska another Point Thomson plan
    (2/20/2008) Cooper lines up Ensco rigbarge for Sumatra test well
    (2/19/2008) Nigeria's Kwa Iboe gas liquids project set to start
    (2/19/2008) UK North Sea Breagh reserves put at 545 bcf
    (2/18/2008) PA Resources spuds new well on Tunisia's Didon Field
    (2/18/2008) Tullow wins unexpected gasflow in UK Wissey Field
    (2/18/2008) Saudi Arabia's Khursaniyah set to go onstream
    (2/18/2008) Petroiran puts Iran's giant Azadegan on production
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (2/20/2008) Northern adds more North Dakota Bakken Shale land
    (2/20/2008) ExxonMobil farming out stake in blocks off Ireland
    (2/20/2008) Venezuela asks ExxonMobil to resume arbitration
    (2/20/2008) Gazprom granted 2 blocks in Kyrgyzstan
    (2/20/2008) Petrel wins extension to Iraq tech agreement
    (2/20/2008) UK launches Seaward & Promote Licensing of 2,297 blocks
    (2/19/2008) Libya formalizes PSCs with Oxy & Shell
    (2/19/2008) Arctic Oil & Gas maps polar claim exploration
    (2/18/2008) MOL granted Pakistan Frontier Province exploration block
    (2/18/2008) Empyrean pulls out of Texas' Margarita Project
    (2/18/2008) US BLM offering 52 Utah blocks for lease
    (2/18/2008) Caza farms out South Texas interest to Sojitz
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (2/19/2008) Vulcan receives Newfoundland Bay St George seismic
    (2/18/2008) Interpretation of North Falkland 3D shows finds major reserves
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (2/20/2008) Eni and Enel join forces to combat climate change
    (2/20/2008) Tengizchevroil again told to utilize sulfur
    (2/18/2008) Oil spill at Total's Dalia FPSO off Angola
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (2/20/2008) Weatherford contracted for Angolan deepwater project
    (2/19/2008) Shell lifts force majeure at Nigeria's Forcados terminal
    (2/19/2008) Petrobras data theft related to Tupi & Jupiter discoveries (update)
    (2/18/2008) ONGC contracts 3 Mumbai High South platforms
    (2/18/2008) WellDynamics wins 2 frame agreements from StatoilHydro
    (2/18/2008) Rancher to receive CO2 from ExxonMobil for EOR
    ...More Company News
      Sponsored by
      Industry Events
    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
    API Spring Petroleum Measurement Standards Meeting, Dallas, Texas, USA
    March 10-12
    New Zealand Petroleum Conference, Auckland, New Zealand
    March 10-12
    World Heavy Oil Congress, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    March 11-12
    IADC International Deepwater Drilling Conference & Exhibition, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    March 11-13
    Oceanology International 2008 International Conference & Exhibition, London, UK
    March 12-13
    Texas A&M University Multiphase User Roundtable, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    ...More Events

    Click here to access the Oil and Gas International subscription form.
    Click here for previous issues of OGI newsletter.

    ©Copyright 2001-2008, Oil and Gas International. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of any content in the Oil and Gas International website and newsletter, whether by caching, framing, or any similar means, is completely prohibited without advance consent in writing from Oil and Gas International. The content, including articles, maps, graphics, and site information, may not be copied, reproduced, modified, rewritten, or republished in any form, written or electronic, without written permission from Oil and Gas International. The OGI globe logo and Oil and Gas International are registered trademarks. For permissions, contact us.

    To unsubscribe to this service, please click here.