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  • World Industry News

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  • Development & Production

  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

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    •   World Industry News
    (3/23/2005) Disputed Sulawesi Sea talks ended today
    (3/21/2005) Nigeria's 2 oil industry unions call 3-day strike
    (3/21/2005) Deepwater expert objects to change in the Nigerian Petroleum Act
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (3/23/2005) ONGC exploring off India's Bengal coast
    (3/23/2005) Woodside spuds Pluto-1 off Western Australia
    (3/23/2005) Purcell adds three gas discoveries at Tenaka BC
    (3/23/2005) Shell expands Bonga Field in Nigerian deepwater
    (3/23/2005) PB Energy taps gas in Texas' Henry Dome Project
    (3/23/2005) Hydro's Obelix wildcat set for P&A as duster (update)
    (3/23/2005) Tri-Valley to drill frontier wildcat in Nevada
    (3/22/2005) Nabrajah-5 at basement with strong shows
    (3/22/2005) OMV's Maier-1 plugged and abandoned
    (3/22/2005) Origin spuds 1st Halladale well off Victoria, Australia
    (3/22/2005) POGC rig to drill Pakistan well
    (3/22/2005) US Gulf's Mad Dog delivers another discovery
    (3/21/2005) Beach spuds Almonta-1 in South Australia's Cooper Basin
    (3/21/2005) Arc gets encouraging result with Corybas-1
    (3/21/2005) Apache spuds Jane-1 off Western Australia
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (3/23/2005) Williams revving up its Colorado Piceance Basin drilling
    (3/22/2005) Chinese rigs arrive in Cuba to increase drilling 40%
    (3/22/2005) Rowan's 2nd Tarzan rig receives deep shelf drilling contract
    (3/22/2005) Three semis chartered for Norwegian waters
    (3/21/2005) GSF worldwide SCORE up 4.6%
    (3/21/2005) Aspen to drill 10 wells in California's Sacramento Valley
    (3/21/2005) BP completes horizontal gaswell in Lipscomb Texas
    (3/21/2005) Smedvig's West Alpha contracted for off-Norway drilling
    (3/21/2005) Pioneer commissions new Doyon Drilling rig for Alaska work
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (3/23/2005) ExxonMobil puts Irong Barat C platform online
    (3/22/2005) Unocal puts Moulavi Bazar onstream (update)
    (3/22/2005) PetroReconcavo declares another Bahia field viable
    (3/22/2005) California's North Franklin Gas goes onstream
    (3/21/2005) Kupolokun targets more local Nigerian content
    (3/21/2005) CanArgo Georgia well flows 20-25 million cf/d
    (3/21/2005) Technical problem delays Unocal's startup of Bangladesh field
    (3/21/2005) Lexington set to drill CBM well in Oklahoma's Coal Creek
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (3/23/2005) CNOOC seeking foreign partners for 10 offshore blocks
    (3/23/2005) PPL granted two onshore Pakistan licenses
    (3/23/2005) Kosmos Energy acquires stake in offshore Benin block
    (3/23/2005) K2 relinquishes tribal lands in Montana
    (3/23/2005) Dominican Republic talking licenses with Petrobras
    (3/22/2005) Apollo acquires Russia's Kaliningradneft
    (3/22/2005) Mitsui farming into AWE-held Kiwi block
    (3/21/2005) Kereco acquiring Alberta Sturgeon Lake South Field
    (3/21/2005) South Korea consortium buying stake in Malampaya
    (3/21/2005) Syria awards Tatneft Deir ez-Zour Block
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (3/23/2005) Vanco contracts PGS for 3D survey offshore Morocco
    (3/23/2005) Victoria, Australia offshore 3D survey completed
    (3/22/2005) Veritas completes new Nigeria 3D survey
    (3/22/2005) Seismic inversion system estimates reservoir characteristics
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (3/23/2005) Contractor dies from injuries on Parker Drilling barge
    (3/22/2005) Ecuadorian Indians to block oil drilling in tribal lands
    (3/21/2005) Settlement reached in Myanmar human rights lawsuit
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (3/23/2005) Petrolia to return drillship to Arktik
    (3/23/2005) Hess acquires majority ownership of Russia's Trabant
    (3/22/2005) Weatherford licensed for produced water separation technology
    (3/22/2005) Keppel to convert MST Odin for Norway's Alvheim Field
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 3/23
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 49.09
    -3.2%
    Dubai Fateh 46.01
    -3.5%
    Bonny Light 51.91
    -6.9%
    N. Sea Brent 53.04
    -4.5%
    Forties 52.18
    -6.9%
    Urals/Mediterranean 46.21
    -7.7%
    Alaska N. Slope 51.68
    -0.2%
    W. Texas Intermediate 53.81
    -4.0%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 7.27
    +1.4%
    UK Day Ahead** 24.80
    -13.1%
    *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
    8th International Flowexpo, Guangzhou, China
    March 21-23
    Offshore West Africa Conference & Exhibition, Abuja, Nigeria
    March 22-23
    Global Oil & Gas Opportunities: China 2005, Beijing, China
    March 30-31
    Coalbed & Coal Mine Methane Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA
    March 31-April 2
    SPE Western Regional Meeting, Irving, California USA
    April 3-5
    Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference, Dubai, UAE
    April 3-7
    NACE Corrosion Conference & Exhibition, Houston, Texas USA
    April 5-7
    SEAPEX Exploration Conference, Singapore
    ...More Events

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