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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
    (3/5/2006) MEND to shutdown another 1 million b/d
    (3/3/2006) Twelve Petroecuador wells seized by protestors
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (3/5/2006) Pemex reveals 7 new discoveries
    (3/3/2006) Gas discovery in Chile's Magallanes Basin confirmed (update)
    (3/3/2006) Origin casing & suspending Queensland's Merriwee-1
    (3/3/2006) Colombia's Guariquies-1 well completed
    (3/2/2006) Contango scores discovery offshore Louisiana
    (3/2/2006) Beta's West Ant Hills probe nearing TD
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (3/3/2006) Stoneham Drilling constructing 7 land rigs
    (3/2/2006) Transocean's Deepwater Frontier contract extended
    (3/2/2006) GSF contracts for newbuild semi on 7-year term
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (3/3/2006) Great Artesian puts Smegsy on production
    (3/3/2006) Anzon batch drilling 3 more Basker-Manta producers
    (3/3/2006) Czech Janovice gasfield reserves up by 250%
    (3/3/2006) Texas' Tiller Ranch step-out extends reservoir
    (3/2/2006) Santos cases & suspends gas flowing Latemore-2
    (3/2/2006) Stuart to spud South Australia Worrior-4 producer
    (3/2/2006) CNOOC prepared for Chunxiao gasfield startup
    (3/2/2006) Statoil's Statfjord reorganization on target
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (3/5/2006) Iran issues 1st South Pars tenders under new government
    (3/3/2006) OMV okayed to operate in Norwegian waters
    (3/3/2006) Santos farms into Nexus' nearshore Bass Strait block
    (3/3/2006) Centrica to double interest in Norway's Statfjord
    (3/3/2006) Venezuela's new operating JVs begin next month
    (3/3/2006) PRB adds interests in Wyoming's Powder River Basin
    (3/2/2006) Ukraine receiving up to 15 bids for Black Sea block
    (3/2/2006) Sunshine granted Queensland exploration block
    (3/2/2006) Chevron acquires 5 Athabasca area oil sands blocks
    (3/2/2006) Alaska receives $31.2 million in bids for state licenses
    (3/2/2006) Total granted China's South Sulige Block
    ...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
    (3/5/2006) Shell contracts RGIT Montrose for survival training
    (3/3/2006) BP Alaska shuts in 100,000 b/d due to leak
    (3/3/2006) Enviro studies set for leases in Unita National Forest
    (3/2/2006) Jet-fire seals installed on Sakhalin platforms
    (3/2/2006) Petrol Oil & Gas to use natural biocides in drill fluid
    (3/2/2006) Peru's Camisea Field export line leaks to be investigated
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (3/3/2006) Technip's CSO Deep Blue mooring system upgraded
    (3/3/2006) Keppel building another Atwood jackup
    (3/2/2006) Tetra acquires Texas onshore production tester
    (3/2/2006) Karmsund building ROV/survey vessel for Ostensjo
    (3/2/2006) Pertamina set to be reorganized
    (3/2/2006) Veripos extends offshore DGPS network
    (3/2/2006) Keppel to carry out $177 million deepwater semi upgrade
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Fri. 3/6
    Oil (US$ 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 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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