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  • World Industry News

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  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

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    •   World Industry News
    (3/22/2006) Bolivia to nationalize oil & gas by 12 July
    (3/21/2006) China & Russia sign 3 oil & gas agreements
    (3/19/2006) Sabotage shuts down Eni Agip's Nigeria output
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (3/22/2006) US Gulf Knotty Head sidetrack finds 400 ft of pay
    (3/22/2006) Drilling resumed on NSW's Gloucester Gas Project
    (3/22/2006) Statoil's Barents Sea Uranus a dry hole
    (3/21/2006) Deepwater driving force in US Gulf production & potential
    (3/21/2006) AED Oil's Puffin-9 finds hydrocarbons in 2 of 4 targets
    (3/21/2006) Hariett spuds Zephyrus-1 offshore Western Australia
    (3/21/2006) TUSK has another light oil discovery in NW Alberta
    (3/21/2006) Satellite tech exploration achieves results
    (3/21/2006) Petronas makes new gasfield discovery off Sarawak
    (3/21/2006) Brigham scores apparent Texas Frio Trend discovery
    (3/21/2006) Total makes ultra deepwater discovery off Congo
    (3/20/2006) Canadian Superior sets 2-well program offshore Trinidad
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (3/22/2006) Daewoo extends its contract for the Nanhai II semi
    (3/22/2006) AWE contracts Ocean Patriot for 12 wells in 2006-07
    (3/20/2006) Chevron charters Atwood's Vicksburg jackup
    (3/20/2006) Neptune Discoverer contracted for Vietnam work
    (3/20/2006) Schlumberger to drill Petroceltic's Algerian program
    (3/20/2006) Approaching spring breakup halts Chinchaga Project
    (3/20/2006) Talisman gets go-ahead for 3 North Sea wildcats
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (3/22/2006) ONGC pumping $1 billion into lagging Assam fields
    (3/22/2006) TXCO's Glen Rose Porosity output increasing
    (3/22/2006) Technical failure leads to force majeure on Woollybutt
    (3/22/2006) Total to shutdown Angola's Girassol for maintenance
    (3/22/2006) Woodside fast-tracking Pluto gasfield development
    (3/22/2006) Lexington putting Barnett Shale well onstream
    (3/21/2006) Petrolifera pumps up Puesto Morales output
    (3/21/2006) Hydro's Grane Field sets output record
    (3/20/2006) Cabot completes 7 US Gulf producers
    (3/20/2006) West Africa's 1st rigless conductor installation completed
    (3/20/2006) Two North Sea Fields back to full output
    (3/20/2006) Stuart's Worrior-4 being completed as producer
    (3/20/2006) Australia's Longtom & Crux Fields to be developed
    (3/20/2006) OMV picks contractors for NZ's Maari Field development
    (3/20/2006) Vicpet spuds 4th Mirage well in South Australia
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (3/22/2006) Newfoundland-Labrador sets 3 block bids this year
    (3/22/2006) PetroFalcon sub buys Venezuela partner
    (3/22/2006) Santos farming into Icon's Queensland block
    (3/22/2006) Denmark awards go to key North Sea players (update)
    (3/21/2006) Chevron & partners withdraw from Nigeria's deepwater block
    (3/21/2006) Kazakhstan cancels Caspian licensing
    (3/21/2006) Denmark to license 14 blocks offered in 6th Round
    (3/21/2006) Shell EP Americas buys Canadian heavy oil leases
    (3/21/2006) Nido accepts Yilgam farm-in offer for Philippines SC54
    (3/21/2006) Petroecuador not in favor of Oxy contract offer (update)
    (3/20/2006) TG World joins BRPC in Alaska North Slope operations
    (3/20/2006) Shell farming into 2 Centurion blocks onshore Egypt
    (3/20/2006) Eldorado trades half of New Mexico prospect for funding
    (3/20/2006) Falcon farms into WhitMar's Texas Deweyville project
    (3/20/2006) OVL wins bid for Exxon Campos stake
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (3/20/2006) Fugro completes major Egypt AUV survey for BP
    (3/20/2006) PGS to build 3rd generation Ramform seismic vessel
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (3/21/2006) Colorado fines EnCana for contaminating water wells
    (3/21/2006) New injector well achieves zero discharge at Oseberg
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (3/22/2006) Aker Kvaerner awarded drilling system contract
    (3/21/2006) Total contracts 2 Doha Marine Services vessels
    (3/21/2006) Swire's Sakhalin-bound icebreaking PSV starts trials
    (3/21/2006) Oceaneering receives hurricane damage services contract
    (3/21/2006) ConocoPhillips paying $2.5-$3 billion to boost Lukoil ownership
    (3/21/2006) MMS & Hydro join A2D Gulf well log project
    (3/20/2006) Nexus nixes Anzon takeover offer
    (3/20/2006) BP contracts Kongsberg for Skarv & Idun systems
    (3/20/2006) Aker Yards to build construction vessels for DOF
    (3/20/2006) Subsea control system installed & started up
    (3/20/2006) Peak Group assembles eight-well program in Australia
    (3/20/2006) J. Ray McDermott awarded Su Tu Vang project
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 3/22
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 57.45
    0.0%
    Minas 61.10
    -1.2%
    Bonny Light 64.58
    +1.9%
    N. Sea Brent 63.26
    +0.6%
    Forties 63.68
    +2.0%
    Urals/Mediterranean 58.83
    +2.1%
    Alaska N. Slope 60.52
    -1.3%
    W. Texas Intermediate 62.77
    -1.3%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 7.17
    -0.1%
    UK Day Ahead** 0.0%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    March 21-23
    Offshore West Africa Conference & Exhibition, Abuja Nigeria
    March 22-24
    China Oil-Gas Pipeline Expo 2006, Shanghai, China
    March 27-29
    GEO Middle East Geosciences Exhibition & Conference, Bahrain, Bahrain
    March 28-29
    IADC/SPE Managed Pressure and Underbalanced Operations Conference, Galveston, Texas USA
    March 28-30
    International Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, Ankara, Turkey
    March 28-30
    Caspian & Black Sea Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, Ankara, Turkey
    March 29-31
    Flowexpo China, Guangzhou, China
    ...More Events

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