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  • World Industry News

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    •   World Industry News
    (3/30/2005) Russian national oil company creation being considered
    (3/28/2005) Japan & India agree to joint development of Andaman Islands gas
    (3/28/2005) Just repaired Iraqi pipeline bombed again
    (3/28/2005) Gazprom & Egyptian Gas sign MOU for bilateral cooperation
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (3/30/2005) Canoro's Dergaon-1 re-entry taps Cretaceous gas
    (3/30/2005) Admiral Bay oil discovery at Swordfish Project in Kansas
    (3/30/2005) Unocal makes major find in Canada's Northwest Territories
    (3/29/2005) Woodside's Pluto-1 encounters 209-meter gas column
    (3/29/2005) Hardman to spud Marloo probe in Timor Sea
    (3/29/2005) M&P drills successful step-out of Congo well
    (3/29/2005) Roc's Hadda wildcat a tight dry hole (update)
    (3/29/2005) Large gasfield discovered in China's Sichuan province
    (3/28/2005) Murphy draws dual deepwater dusters off Congo
    (3/28/2005) BMB Munai's Kazakh well test shows 4 payzones
    (3/28/2005) Drilling commences on Haseeb-1 in Pakistan
    (3/28/2005) Vanco drilling Block CI-112 off Cote d'Ivoire
    (3/28/2005) Surge completes farm-in & commences drilling program
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (3/30/2005) Sylvan Lake partners spud long delayed Alberta well
    (3/29/2005) Ocean Rig's Leiv Eiriksson set for six wells after ExxonMobil
    (3/28/2005) Particle Drilling completes testing of particle impact drillbit
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (3/30/2005) Big Sky completes another well on Kazakh field
    (3/30/2005) Australia's Coonarah gas producer to go onstream
    (3/30/2005) Nacogdoches Gas completes 2nd gas producer
    (3/29/2005) Santos achieves first production from Mutineer-Exeter
    (3/29/2005) Pebercan completes Cuba's Seboruco producer
    (3/29/2005) Statoil preparing for Nigerian gas development
    (3/29/2005) PDVSA ups reserves by 192 million bbl with 2 new fields
    (3/29/2005) CNOOC to put gasfield in disputed waters onstream
    (3/28/2005) Kuwait to gain another quarter-million b/d by May
    (3/28/2005) Indonesia's Arun gas production returns to normal
    (3/28/2005) Goodrich drilling 4 Texas Cotton Valley gaswells
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (3/30/2005) Harken sub farms into Ohio CBM project
    (3/30/2005) Permian acreage offered in next University of Texas lease sale
    (3/30/2005) ChevronTexaco selling last offshore California interest
    (3/30/2005) Caliber farms into Alberta's Bolloque Project Leduc play
    (3/30/2005) Final sale of BG's Kashagan stake next week
    (3/30/2005) Empire awarded block onshore Western Australia Perth Basin
    (3/30/2005) Apollo granted Russian discovery permit
    (3/30/2005) Indonesia cancels April offering of 44 blocks
    (3/30/2005) X-Change buys 14 wells in East Texas Woodbine Field
    (3/29/2005) Bengara-II Block outside disputed new discovery area
    (3/29/2005) Angola's Block 18 changes hands
    (3/28/2005) Japan considering licensing disputed East China Sea area
    (3/28/2005) Libya's 2nd licensing round to offer 44 blocks
    (3/28/2005) MMS issues Western Gulf of Mexico lease sale notice
    (3/28/2005) Sibneft granted two blocks in Russia's Khanty-Mansiisk
    (3/28/2005) Reliance acquiring Hardy Oil's interest in 8 Indian blocks
    (3/28/2005) Persian Gulf's 1st R&D center for oil tools manufacturing
    (3/28/2005) Sudan's Block 5a awarded to White Nile Petroleum
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (3/30/2005) AWE 3D seismic shoot underway offshore NZ's Taranaki
    (3/29/2005) BGP's Niger Tenere seismic shoot at 40%
    (3/29/2005) 2D seismic acquired over Saskatchewan property
    (3/28/2005) Fugro achieves 50,000-mile point in 80,000-mile US Gulf survey
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (3/30/2005) Sakhalin Energy to reroute pipelines to protect whales
    (3/30/2005) Virginia governor vetoes bill to press for lifting of drilling ban
    (3/29/2005) 111,300-galllon saltwater/crude spill on Alaska North Slope
    (3/28/2005) BP & Nabors accused of 2 unreported fluid spills off Alaska
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (3/30/2005) Prosafe extends Safe Caledonia contract
    (3/29/2005) Stabil Drill providing tools for US Gulf ultra-deep wellbore
    (3/29/2005) Russia's largest Gazprom & Lukoil now in league
    (3/29/2005) Landmark receives Support Center Practices certification
    (3/29/2005) Sonardyne providing acoustic data loggers for Plutonio
    (3/29/2005) Diamond Offshore orders deepwater subsea BOP stack
    (3/28/2005) Sri Lanka decides not to sell Ceylon Petroleum
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 3/30
    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 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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