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  • Oil and Gas Prices & Analysis
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  • World Industry News
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  • Exploration & Discoveries
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  • Drilling & Completion
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  • Development & Production
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  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Geosciences
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  • Health Safety & Environment
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  • Company News
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  • Industry Events
    •   Oil and Gas Prices & Analysis
    Prices rise on apparent OPEC output cut follow-through
    (2/3/2009) March deliveries in our monitored benchmarks rose again today as traders at the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and the InterContinental Exchange (ICE) in London act on indications that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is implementing its 4.2 million b/d production cut, which became effective on 1 January but still has a ways to go before it is fully in effect...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (2/4/2009) Foreign operators warned to leave Niger Delta or face massacre
    (2/4/2009) Three separate kidnappings in Niger Delta
    (2/3/2009) Court of Justice draws line between Ukraine & Romania
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (2/4/2009) Anadarko chalks up another deepwater US Gulf discovery
    (2/3/2009) Anadarko & CNOOC to drill deepwater South China Sea
    (2/3/2009) North Dakota well tests 1,200 b/d oil, 1.4 million cf/d gas
    (2/3/2009) Volga finds minor gas in Russia's Karpenskiy Block
    (2/3/2009) Petrobras turns in another possible Potiguar discovery
    (2/3/2009) Occidental to drill exploration well off Bahrain
    (2/3/2009) Beach's Perlubie-1 well finds oil in South Australia
    (2/2/2009) CEP drilling Moosebar Shale in BC, Canada
    (2/2/2009) BP makes gas discovery in Egypt's deepwater Mediterranean
    (2/2/2009) Mariner scores 2 US Gulf discoveries
    (2/2/2009) Anadarko scores major deepwater US Gulf discovery
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (2/4/2009) Thule Phoenix delivery to Royal Oyster delayed
    (2/4/2009) Newbuild jackup Emerald Driller enroute to Thai Gulf
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (2/4/2009) Aladdin drills another producer in Russia's Middle Sedolskaya
    (2/4/2009) Petrobras to execute all projects in 2009-13 plan - Gabrielli
    (2/3/2009) Pyramid embarking on 6-well US Gulf drilling program
    (2/3/2009) KNOC kicks off Kurdish Iraq development projects
    (2/3/2009) Saudi Aramco saving $1 billion on Karan gasfield development
    (2/3/2009) California's Vaca Tar Sands wells post 1,000 b/d flowrates
    (2/2/2009) PetroHunter tests 2 of 5 Buckskin Mesa wells
    (2/2/2009) Partners nix FPSO for China's Wei Oil Complex
    (2/2/2009) Recompleted Petrominerales' Corcel well producing 8,770 b/d
    (2/2/2009) Eni's Goliat FPSO to be a Sevan 1000 design
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (2/4/2009) Petrobras ordered to relinquish 25% of pre-salt concession
    (2/4/2009) MEO Australia wins work period extensions off Western Australia
    (2/3/2009) Toreador selling stake in Turkish Black Sea concession
    (2/3/2009) Roc picks up a permit off southeastern Africa
    (2/3/2009) BP sale of Kovykta to Gazprom not likely - BP CEO Hayward
    (2/2/2009) Long in limbo Brazil's 8th round still on hold
    (2/2/2009) Origin wins extension to NZ block, relinquishes another
    (2/2/2009) Black Stone buys interest in 5,700 wells for $150 million
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (2/3/2009) Seismic Ventures 1st to use 1DFM forward modeling technology
    (2/2/2009) Africa Oil processing Puntland 2D shoot
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (2/4/2009) Iran's Persian Gulf Abuzar platform on fire
    (2/3/2009) Gas leak on UAE's Shah Field kills 3, injures another
    (2/2/2009) Shell suspends Sikorsky copter flights in US Gulf
    (2/2/2009) Death aboard Apache-operated FSO Karratha Spirit
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (2/4/2009) Sarawak D1 dual wellhead platform designs completed
    (2/4/2009) New Superior derrick barge bound for West Africa
    (2/4/2009) Essar contracted for ONGC platform project
    (2/4/2009) Schlumberger contracted for UK Seismic Datastore
    (2/4/2009) Sonsub completes Frigg Field sealine decommissioning
    (2/3/2009) Helix Well Ops buys Optima system for well intervention vessel
    (2/3/2009) Meridian cost cutting trims expenses & personnel
    (2/3/2009) Marathon cuts 2009 budget by 24% to $5.7 billion
    (2/2/2009) WSP China contracted to provide OCTG in China
    (2/2/2009) Technip & Subsea 7 dissolve Asia-Pacific JV
    (2/2/2009) BP picks Halliburton for Angola deepwater developments
    (2/2/2009) Pemex contracts J. Ray to transport & install Campeche platforms
    ...More Company News
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      Industry Events
    February 5-6
    NAPE Expo, Houston, Texas USA
    February 9-13
    American Association of Petroleum Geologists Sixth Annual Winter Education Conference, Houston, Texas USA
    February 10-11
    E&P Information and Data Management, London, UK
    February 11
    Risks of Major Accidents in an Environmental Perspective, Stavanger, Norway
    February 11-12
    Gas Arabia 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE
    February 11-12
    Subsea 09, Aberdeen, UK
    February 12-13
    IADC/SPE Managed Pressure Drilling & Underbalanced Operations Conference & Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas USA
    February 16-19
    IP Week, London, UK
    February 17
    Global Slowdown Conference 2009, New Delhi, India
    February 17-18
    Sustainable Development & Local Content Implementation Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    February 17-19
    Australasian Oil & Gas Expo, Perth, Western Australia
    February 17-19
    First Annual Subsea Technical Conference, Perth, Western Australia
    February 17-19
    Society for Underwater Technology Annual Subsea Technical Conference, Perth, Western Australia
    February 18-20
    Brisbane Mining & Engineering Expo 2009, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    February 22-26
    ASEG International Conference & Exhibition, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    February 23-24
    Utilizing Associated Gas, London, UK
    February 25-26
    SPE/AIChE Joint Workshop: Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Sonoma, California, USA
    ...More Events

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