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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
    (4/12/2006) Ecuador president vetos 60% state share in oil production
    (4/11/2006) Timor Sea Treaty extended 12 months
    (4/11/2006) MEND threatens ExxonMobil Nigerian Delta operations
    (4/10/2006) IEA dismisses OPEC call for demand guarantees
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (4/12/2006) Noble makes deepwater US Gulf discovery at Redrock
    (4/12/2006) 2nd well set to test Texas' deep Mission River structure
    (4/12/2006) Pemex to finalize Noxal I flowtests this month
    (4/12/2006) Ivanhoe tests lower zones at California well
    (4/12/2006) Vietsovpetro strikes oil off southern Vietnam
    (4/12/2006) Petsec makes US Gulf million-bbl oil discovery
    (4/11/2006) Tarim Oilfield drilling 45 wells in Xinjiang basin
    (4/11/2006) Roc spuds Willows well onshore UK
    (4/11/2006) Pearl completes Jasmine duo in Gulf of Thailand
    (4/11/2006) Obo-1 in Nigeria-Sao Tome JDZ a billion-bbl discovery?
    (4/10/2006) Candax's Tunisia test well taps hydrocarbons
    (4/10/2006) Lukoil subsidiary discovers new oilfield In Urals
    (4/10/2006) Vicpet spuds Lightning-1 in South Australia's Cooper Basin
    (4/10/2006) PNR test drilling South Texas' Edwards Trend
    (4/10/2006) Oilexco abandons Joy in UK North Sea
    (4/10/2006) Cheetah prepping for Papua New Guinea Kuru-2 re-entry
    (4/10/2006) Talisman proves added reserves in North Sea find
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (4/12/2006) Dune contracts drilling rig for Barnett Shale program
    (4/12/2006) Verenex contracts two rigs for its Libyan operations
    (4/11/2006) Island tags Petrolia for 150-day drilling program
    (4/11/2006) Second rig arrives off Brazil for Manati drilling
    (4/11/2006) Lexington adds Barnett Shale well & drilling interest
    (4/11/2006) $139 million North Sea shared drilling program underway
    (4/10/2006) Three Parker Drilling rigs contracted
    (4/10/2006) Keppel FELS completes deepwater jackup Deep Driller 2
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (4/12/2006) GSF Adriatic VI now off Gabon for development drilling
    (4/12/2006) Saudi Aramco contracts expansion of Shaybah Field
    (4/11/2006) Corridor McCully well taps major gas pay in New Brunswick
    (4/11/2006) Enfield online in 2nd quarter instead of 3rd
    (4/11/2006) Dragon restores output on Turkmen Caspian Field
    (4/10/2006) Last phase of seabed testing for Ormen Lange
    (4/10/2006) Altius resuming full production on Kazakh Besbolek Block
    (4/10/2006) Petrol's Kansas Coal Creek Project goes onstream
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (4/12/2006) Taghmen takes on 2 blocks onshore Colombia
    (4/12/2006) Grove to receive 4 Netherlands North Sea blocks
    (4/12/2006) Crosspoint to acquire stake in Louisiana gasfield
    (4/12/2006) Nexen loses in dispute over Yemen areas
    (4/12/2006) PTTEP granted Oman's Block 58
    (4/12/2006) Tethys buys majority stake in Oman Block 15
    (4/11/2006) Teton farms into North Dakota Bakken oil play
    (4/11/2006) BHP granted 2 blocks in Caribbean offshore Colombia
    (4/11/2006) Kremlin okays TNK-BP Verkhnechonskneftegaz buyout
    (4/10/2006) Colombia picks 8 to bid for Meta E&P project
    (4/10/2006) Coastal Caribbean wins 2 Montana permits, 3rd pending
    (4/10/2006) JAG granted 16 exploration permits in Quebec
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (4/11/2006) FX completes 2D over Poland's Sroda Field area
    (4/10/2006) Geological heterogeneity modeling system released
    (4/10/2006) TGS releases latest version of PRIMA 8.0
    (4/10/2006) Field analysis by integrating AVO & log analysis
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (4/12/2006) Nigerian court orders Shell to end flaring in 1 year
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (4/12/2006) Chevron pens Niger Delta community partnership deal
    (4/12/2006) Awilco options SembCorp jackup at $132-$142 million
    (4/12/2006) Sevmash to construct another MOSS platform
    (4/11/2006) Union Drilling to acquire 3 NatOil rigs
    (4/11/2006) Jurong to convert 2 semis for Noble Drilling
    (4/11/2006) Wood Group unit wins Algeria gas engineering contract
    (4/10/2006) Island Offshore commissions new Ulstein x-bow vessel
    (4/10/2006) Jurong to build a deep drilling jackup for JackInvest I
    (4/10/2006) Landmark adding Pavilion modeling to DecisionSpace
    (4/10/2006) Schlumberger selects BT for E&P communications
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 4/12
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 62.13
    0.0%
    Minas 65.90
    +0.2%
    Bonny Light 68.75
    -1.4%
    N. Sea Brent 67.63
    -0.3%
    Forties 67.25
    0.0%
    Urals/Mediterranean 62.65
    -1.0%
    Alaska N. Slope 65.59
    -0.6%
    W. Texas Intermediate 67.60
    -0.5%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 7.69
    +8.9%
    UK Day Ahead** 44.00
    0.0%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    April 18-19
    76th Annual Meeting & Texas Petroleum Expo, Wichita Falls, Texas USA
    April 20-23
    Iran Oil & Gas Show, Tehran, Iran
    April 22-26
    SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposiumw, Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
    April 23-25
    CERI Oil Conference, Calgary, Alberta Canada
    April 24-25
    North American Gas Strategies Annual Conference, Houston, Texas USA
    April 24-27
    LNG 15, International Liquefied Natural Gas Conference, Barcelona, Spain
    April 24-28
    International Pipeline Technology Trade Fair, Hannover, Germany
    April 25-27
    API Pipeline Conference, Fort Worth, Texas USA
    April 26-28
    Oil & Gas West Asia Exhibition & Conference, Muscat, Oman
    April 30-May 2
    Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    ...More Events

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