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  • World Industry News

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  • Development & Production

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  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

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  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (3/1/2006) Japan & China to try again to resolve East China Sea division
    (3/1/2006) Six Willbros workers released by Nigeria militants (update)
    (2/28/2006) Malta & Tunisia end feud in joint exploration pact
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (3/1/2006) Essential prepping to spud Pritchard-1 onshore Victoria
    (3/1/2006) FX's Drozdowice well in Poland a dud
    (3/1/2006) Pearl taps gas in Makassar Straits test well
    (3/1/2006) Oak Hills drilling North Texas' Barnett Shale well
    (3/1/2006) Aramco makes new Saudi Arabia gas discovery
    (3/1/2006) ExxonMobil North Sea wildcat a dry hole
    (2/28/2006) CDS's 1st Paraguay well a disappointment
    (2/28/2006) DNO's Jaguar exploration well looking like duster
    (2/28/2006) Santos scores again at South Australia's Derrilyn
    (2/28/2006) Callon completing US Gulf Blondie-1
    (2/27/2006) Kuwait makes major gas discovery at Umm Niqa
    (2/27/2006) Perenco makes oil discovery onshore Gabon
    (2/27/2006) BHP Billiton to spud Western Oz deepwater wildcat
    (2/27/2006) Stealth horizontal CBM well in Nova Scotia successful
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (3/1/2006) Aspen to drill 15 wells in California's Sacramento Valley
    (3/1/2006) CNR's Baobab Field gets record ESS installation
    (3/1/2006) Statoil to plug abandoned North Sea well
    (3/1/2006) Transocean wins 5-year contract for newbuild drillship
    (3/1/2006) Jackup Bob Palmer wins 2-year US Gulf contract
    (2/27/2006) Transocean drillship wins 3-year contract extension
    (2/27/2006) Hydro extends KCA Deutag drilling contract
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (2/28/2006) NNPC & ExxonMobil to develop 3 Akwa Ibom fields
    (2/28/2006) Statoil Installs 3rd & 4th South Pars 6 & 8 decks
    (2/28/2006) Cyclone Emma halts Woodside's Cossack production
    (2/28/2006) Niko stops gas flow from Bangladesh's Feni Field
    (2/28/2006) Oilex begins workover of Queensland's Rookwood Field
    (2/28/2006) Offshore Gabon's East Orovinyare well completed
    (2/27/2006) Dragon entirely in Venezuela but Hibiscus crosses border
    (2/27/2006) Petrobras P-52 platform hull heading for Brazil
    (2/27/2006) Santos spuds first Tintaburra development well
    (2/27/2006) ATP puts Netherlands North Sea well onstream
    (2/27/2006) Vicpet spuds Mirage-3 in South Australia
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (3/1/2006) Geocan farms into Alberta acreage via 3D seismic deal
    (3/1/2006) Berry completes Piceance Basin acquisition
    (3/1/2006) Otway Basin farm-in finalized for Oilex & Indian JV
    (3/1/2006) Bow farming into Mosaic Queensland block
    (3/1/2006) Heritage signs 2nd Kurd agreement
    (3/1/2006) THX sells Texas Gulf assets for $220 million
    (3/1/2006) Cygam signs new exploration permit in Tunisia
    (2/28/2006) Eni wins 4 exploration blocks onshore Pakistan
    (2/28/2006) Cantex farms into Texas' Val Verde play
    (2/28/2006) Gran Tierra adds another Argentine asset
    (2/27/2006) Tag Oil & Austral Pacific buy Tap's NZ onshore assets
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (3/1/2006) Vulcan processing Newfoundland Bay St George seismic
    (3/1/2006) Rockhopper's Falklands surveys completed
    (3/1/2006) ConocoPhillips picks ModViz for E&P visualization
    (2/28/2006) TGS to shoot major US Gulf deepwater 3D survey
    (2/27/2006) Petronas shooting seismic over 3 Myanmar blocks
    (2/27/2006) OYO providing BP Caspian seabed acquisition system
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (2/22/2006) Search & rescue helicopter complex set for BP's Miller platform
    (2/22/2006) Cal Dive employee killed on Gannet Field aboard Seawell
    (2/20/2006) Hydro's Grane Field back onstream after brief shutdown
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (3/1/2006) FMC contracts JDR for Congo & Nigeria deepwater projects
    (3/1/2006) Petrofac contracted for Karachaganak project
    (2/28/2006) ExxonMobil picks SAAG for workover project
    (2/28/2006) Wentworth & Petromax form oil sands tech JV
    (2/28/2006) WorleyParsons wins Saudi/Kuwait 5-year contract
    (2/28/2006) Keppel delivers SBM's FPSO Capixaba for Petrobras
    (2/28/2006) CRSI absorbing 3 upstream Kazakh companies
    (2/27/2006) Suez & Gaz de France to merge
    (2/27/2006) Global contracted to link Mexico's Ku-Maloob-Zaap Fields
    (2/27/2006) ProSafe wins contract extension for Safe Scandinavia
    (2/27/2006) Odfjell orders new $406 million semi from Daewoo
    (2/27/2006) Patch Energy establishes Canadian Oilsands
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 3/1
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 57.17
    0.0%
    Minas 59.87
    -2.0%
    Bonny Light 60.66
    -2.0%
    N. Sea Brent 59.64
    -1.8%
    Forties 60.06
    -2.0%
    Urals/Mediterranean 55.16
    -2.1%
    Alaska N. Slope 59.54
    -1.3%
    W. Texas Intermediate 61.84
    -1.2%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 7.53
    -0.4%
    UK Day Ahead** 51.50
    -7.2%
    *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 5-6
    Gas Arabia, United Arab Emirates
    March 5-8
    New Zealand Petroleum Conference, Auckland, New Zealand
    March 6-7
    CERI North American Natural Gas Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    March 7
    2006 Global Energy Forum, Houston, Texas USA
    March 8
    IADC Spring Meeting, Houston, Texas USA
    March 8-9
    Asia Upstream 2006, Singapore
    March 9-10
    China Oil & Gas Summit 2006, Beijing, China
    March 12-16
    NACExpo Annual Conference & Exposition, San Diego, California USA
    March 16-17
    Georgian International Oil, Gas, Energy Conference, Tbilisi, Georgia
    March 17
    Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    March 20-22
    Biennial Geophysical Seminar - Closing the Gap in Reserves Replacement, Kristiansand, Norway
    March 20-22
    Norwegian Petroleum Society Biennial Geophysical Seminar, Kristiansand, Norway
    March 21-23
    Offshore West Africa Conference & Exhibition, Abuja Nigeria
    ...More Events

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