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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
    Week ends with all monitored crudes over $100 per bbl
    (3/7/2008) This week of soaring record price increases ended today with key crudes among our monitored benchmarks somewhat down from their stellar heights of yesterday, although before settling today new all-time highs were achieved - WTI went to US$106.54 before backing down for the weekend...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (3/9/2008) Ecuador, Venezuela & Colombia agree to peaceful settlement (update)
    (3/6/2008) FARC cuts Colombia's Transandino pipeline
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (3/9/2008) Montello spuds Morgan County, Tennessee exploration well
    (3/9/2008) Innamincka spuds Yarrow North-1
    (3/9/2008) Energas to redrill Wyoming Finley well
    (3/7/2008) ConocoPhillips gets Norwegian wildcat drilling permit
    (3/7/2008) StatoilHydro discovery in Barents Sea Obesum prospect
    (3/6/2008) Sipetrol spuds exploration well in Egypt's East Ras Qattara
    (3/6/2008) StatoilHydro follows wildcat discovery with dry hole
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (3/9/2008) Horizontal wells proven right for Alberta's Basal Quartz
    (3/7/2008) Northern's Energy Exerter contracted
    (3/7/2008) Ensco ultra-deep semi contracted at $510,000/day
    (3/7/2008) StatoilHydro to share rig with Husky & Petro-Canada
    (3/7/2008) BG Norge given okay to drill with Bredford Dolphin
    (3/6/2008) Petrostar continuing downhole tool test at Maidstone
    (3/6/2008) Triangle sees shows in 2 Nova Scotia shall gas wells
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (3/9/2008) Yemen sets half-million b/d goal for 2010
    (3/9/2008) Cypress drilling 4th producer in Texas Rayburn Project
    (3/7/2008) Maxim gets go-ahead for development of Trinidad block
    (3/7/2008) Water plagues Incremental's Selmo Field sidetrack
    (3/7/2008) Caspian ACG Fields to reach 1 million b/d in 2009
    (3/7/2008) Venture puts another UK North Sea Chiswick well onstream
    (3/7/2008) North Dakota Williston Basin well put onstream
    (3/7/2008) Dejour completes winter drilling in Canada's Peace River Arch
    (3/6/2008) PDVSA pushing to improve Orinoco production
    (3/6/2008) Strata finds Alberta Cadotte Project viable
    (3/6/2008) 6th Kurdish Iraq field appraisal & development well tested
    (3/6/2008) First producer completed in Syria's Khurbet East Field
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (3/9/2008) Tusk swapping assets to gain 100% of BC gas property
    (3/9/2008) Toyota farms into Woodside-BHP block off Australia
    (3/9/2008) Geocan sells heavy oil assets for $50.9 million
    (3/9/2008) BLM offering 133 leases in Colorado national forest
    (3/7/2008) Petroecuador picks Ivanhoe for Pungarayacu development
    (3/7/2008) Lukoil pays $580 million for Uzbek licenses
    (3/7/2008) AED selling 60% stake in Australia assets to Sinopec
    (3/7/2008) ExxonMobil, Providence & Sosina win 13 blocks off Ireland (update)
    (3/6/2008) EnDevCo joins Upland in Peru exploration project
    (3/6/2008) Island farms out Ireland stake to Supernova
    (3/6/2008) Bridge acquires Warwick interest in 2 North Sea blocks
    (3/6/2008) Evolution sells interests in Louisiana's Tullos Field
    (3/6/2008) Afren buying Devon's Cote d'Ivoire interests
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (3/9/2008) Reliance prepping for another Bay of Bengal seismic shoot
    (3/7/2008) 2D shoot underway in Kurdish Iraq's Shaikan Block
    (3/5/2008) Aspen to shoot Northern California 3D looking for gas
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (3/9/2008) Field worker killed at Orleans Energy wellsite in Alberta
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (3/9/2008) AST adds remotely operated tow vehicle
    (3/7/2008) Swiber contracted for Mumbai High facilities
    (3/7/2008) Saipem awarded $598 million floating LNG project
    (3/6/2008) Heerema contracted to remove Ekofisk platforms
    (3/6/2008) Technip contracted for 2 UK North Sea field developments
    (3/6/2008) Petrofac launches education initiative in Sudan
    ...More Company News
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      Industry Events
    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
    March 12-14
    SPE North Africa Technical Conference & Exhibition, Marrakech, Morocco
    March 16-20
    NACE International Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    March 17-19
    Sub-Saharan Oil, Gas, & Petrochemical Exhibition & Conference, Cape Town, South Africa
    March 18-19
    14th Latin Upstream 2008, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    March 18-19
    SMN/SPE European Sand Management Forum, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    March 18-20
    TUROGE & Black Sea Oil & Gas Conference, Ankara, Turkey
    March 24-26-20
    AAPG Prospect & Property Expo, London, UK
    March 25-27
    4th Oil & Gas Asia International Exhibition, Karachi, Pakistan
    March 26-28
    Getenergy 2008, London, UK
    March 29-April 02
    AAPG Pacific Section Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA
    ...More Events

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