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March 3, 2005
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  • World Industry News

  • Exploration & Discoveries

  • Drilling & Completion

  • Development & Production

  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Geosciences

  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (3/1/2005) Indonesia deploys warships to disputed waters off Borneo
    (2/28/2005) Norwegian rig shortage not due to regulations
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (3/2/2005) Energy 51 to begin Sylvan Lake prospect next week
    (3/2/2005) Wellbore damage shuts down Padre Island, Texas well
    (3/2/2005) Tanganyika spuds 3rd Egypt exploration well
    (3/2/2005) Chipmunk discovery a heavy oil Peace River find
    (3/1/2005) EnerGulf & JEBCO agree on Tanzania exploration
    (3/1/2005) Echidna High-1 spudded in Victoria, Australia's Gippsland Basin
    (3/1/2005) Hurricane tests positive & Minuteman producing
    (3/1/2005) Fred Denison-2 being completed for production
    (3/1/2005) Vintage's Yemen Malaki well plugged & abandoned
    (2/28/2005) Regal appraisal of Greek discovery hits a snag
    (2/28/2005) US Gulf wildcat set for Dominion's Green Canyon 385
    (2/28/2005) Future production testing planned for Corybas 1
    (2/28/2005) Touchstone's Texas gaswell tests 2 million cf/d
    (2/28/2005) Black Swan to begin Thai Gulf exploratory drilling
    (2/28/2005) InterOil obtains $125 million for PNG exploration
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (3/2/2005) Delek & SPDC JV to drill North Dakota wells
    (2/28/2005) Kodiak sets casing on Wyoming Masterson prospect
    (2/28/2005) Murphy charters Smedvig's new West Setia
    (2/28/2005) Major Drilling buying Dynatec Drilling assets
    (2/28/2005) GlobalSantaFe takes delivery of new ultra-deepwater semi
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (3/2/2005) 2006 set for startup of Xinjiang's giant Dina gasfield
    (3/1/2005) Taghmen begins Guatemala operations with workovers
    (3/1/2005) Brigham's directional Caranchua Bay well reached TD
    (3/1/2005) Texas Redwater Project set for workover & new wells
    (3/1/2005) Good results from Egypt's El Wastani-4 gaswell
    (3/1/2005) First condensate from Angola's Sanha Field
    (3/1/2005) Soroosh field to increase production to 100000 bpd
    (2/28/2005) Roc spuds Cliff Head-6 off Western Australia
    (2/28/2005) ERA's Australia Gunnedah CBM flow high quality
    (2/28/2005) Halliburton's KBR puts Brazil's Caratinga onstream
    (2/28/2005) Miramar spuds gaswell in Hidalgo Texas
    (2/28/2005) Maverick puts first Turner Ranch wells onstream
    (2/28/2005) PTTEP to put Oman's Shams Field onstream
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (3/2/2005) ONGC granted PSC for Qatar's Najwat Najem
    (3/2/2005) BP & TPOC farm into Georgia Black Sea block
    (3/2/2005) Hardman selling Gabon subsidiaries & PSC stakes
    (3/2/2005) Shell farms into ExxonMobil Orphan Basin blocks
    (3/2/2005) ConocoPhillips granted Malay deepwater block
    (3/1/2005) Pakistan offering 4 blocks in Sindh & Punjab
    (3/1/2005) Lion may keep Indonesia's Bula Block
    (3/1/2005) Nigeria planning 80-block licensing this year
    (3/1/2005) Petro-Canada farming into Fort Hills oil sands project
    (3/1/2005) Philippines awards Visayan Basin block
    (3/1/2005) Goldnev negotiating Green River, Wyoming farm-in
    (2/28/2005) ENI granted 2 offshore Pakistan blocks
    (2/28/2005) KCS Energy to acquire East Texas & Louisiana properties
    (2/28/2005) Forest Oil buys Buffalo Wallow Field for $230 million
    (2/28/2005) Centurion selling Candax Tunisian assets
    (2/28/2005) Arabian Oil awarded Egyptian onshore block
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (3/1/2005) Veritas Viking II set for 3D shoot off New Zealand
    (3/1/2005) Petrolia to restart 2D shoot over Quebec property
    (2/28/2005) TGE surveying Tajik prospects for Gazrpom
    (2/28/2005) Fairfield to shoot 4D over BP's deepwater Atlantis Field
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (2/28/2005) UKOOA responds to report on fatal North Sea helicopter accident
    (2/28/2005) Nabors Drilling employee killed in Suncor Energy accident
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (3/2/2005) US Feds investigating Halliburton again
    (3/2/2005) Elf Nigeria contracts CHC helicopters
    (3/2/2005) Marathon contracts BJ Services for cementing
    (3/1/2005) Subsea 7 contracted to replace Varg riser
    (3/1/2005) CNOOC contracts for Penglai FPSO hull
    (3/1/2005) ExxonMobil sells stake in Sinopec
    (2/28/2005) Corruption & mismanagement in PDVSA a threat
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 3/2
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 40.54
    0.0%
    Dubai Fateh 37.59
    +0.2%
    Bonny Light 44.43
    +1.2%
    N. Sea Brent 44.80
    +1.8%
    Forties 44.55
    +0.8%
    Urals/Mediterranean 39.24
    +1.9%
    Alaska N. Slope 42.72
    +0.4%
    W. Texas Intermediate 47.17
    +0.1%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 6.20
    +0.2%
    UK Day Ahead** 28.85
    +4.5%
    *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 1-3
    Subsea Tieback Forum, Galveston, Texas USA
    March 2-4
    East African Petroleum Conference, Entebbe, Uganda
    March 6-9
    Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA
    March 7-9
    SPE Exploration and Production Environmental Conference, Galveston, Texas USA
    March 7-10
    API Petroleum Measurement Spring Meeting, Phoenix, Ariizona USA
    March 8-9
    Independent Operators Forum, Aberdeen Scotland
    March 9-11
    Russia Petroleum Technology Forum, Moscow, Russia
    March 12-15
    SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show & Conference, Manama, Bahrain
    March 14-17
    GasTech 2005, Bilbao, Spain
    ...More Events

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