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    •   World Industry News
    (4/13/2005) Japan defies China with East China Sea permits (analysis)
    (4/13/2005) Iraq's Northern Oil Company attack leaves 9 dead
    (4/11/2005) IEA says OPEC able to meet demand
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (4/13/2005) Murphy wins 2 & loses 2 in US Gulf & South China Sea
    (4/13/2005) Drilling suspended at Thunder Hawk after 500-ft pay find
    (4/13/2005) Drilling to begin at Alberta's Bulwark Project
    (4/13/2005) Emerald's Vigia well taps pay in Colombia
    (4/13/2005) Premier finds oil in Egypt with first farm-in well
    (4/12/2005) Halladale sidetrack offshore Victoria drilling ahead
    (4/12/2005) Eurogas plugs & abandons Tunisian exploration well
    (4/12/2005) Capco to sidetrack US Gulf Galveston block well
    (4/12/2005) Dual disappointments for OMV in Australia block
    (4/12/2005) Stuart starts Baystone-1 test well in South Australia
    (4/11/2005) Handcock test well completed on Texas' Allen Ranch
    (4/11/2005) Delayed Alberta's Sylvan Lake exploration well spudded
    (4/11/2005) Woodside's Pluto larger gasfield than thought
    (4/11/2005) Kodiak gets BLM approval for Chicken Ranch well
    (4/11/2005) Calvalley's Yemen Hiswah-4 appraisal confirms discovery
    (4/11/2005) Apache plugging & abandoning Carnarvon Basin probe
    (4/11/2005) Contact's 1st New Brunswick well in completion
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (4/13/2005) Western Lakota to acquire six drilling rigs
    (4/12/2005) Lexington & Newfield Oklahoma well completed
    (4/12/2005) Atwood Southern Cross & Atwood Eagle contracted
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (4/13/2005) DNO's Nabraja-5 tests 5,800 b/d from basement
    (4/13/2005) Statoil awards 3 life-extension contracts for Statfjord
    (4/12/2005) Oman to develop its side of gasfield shared with Iran
    (4/12/2005) Dragon finds added Caspian oil & gas in deeper zones
    (4/11/2005) Kovyktinskoye development priority for TNK-BP
    (4/11/2005) PetroChina puts another major gasfield onstream
    (4/11/2005) Ausam drilling Namarah producer onshore Queensland
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (4/13/2005) Chesapeake buying multiple Texas assets for $686.4 million
    (4/13/2005) Norwest farms into Miller Appalachian shale play
    (4/13/2005) Bojonegoro has option to buy stake in Sukawati Field
    (4/13/2005) Petrogen doubles interest in Texas Gulf island field
    (4/13/2005) ONGC in talks to buy Pogo's Thailand assets
    (4/12/2005) ExxonMobil relinquishes option on Nigeria-Sao Tome JDZ blocks
    (4/12/2005) Roc buys options on 4 Beetaloo Basin blocks
    (4/12/2005) CNOOC takes a stake in Canada's oil sands
    (4/12/2005) PDVSA integrating Venezuela gas projects
    (4/12/2005) Nigeria approves Lundin acquisition of Aje block
    (4/12/2005) Timor Leste preparing for its first licensing round
    (4/12/2005) GeoGlobal joins GSPC in India's Cambay Basin block
    (4/11/2005) Australia offering 29 new offshore blocks
    (4/11/2005) Itochu buys into Tullow's Alba & Caledonia Fields
    (4/11/2005) AWE farming into Shell NZ exploration blocks
    (4/11/2005) Denmark receives Open Door Area application
    (4/11/2005) ONGC proposes joint exploration with Petrobangla
    (4/11/2005) Indonesia planning CBM exploration auction
    (4/11/2005) Indonesia puts 5 blocks up for bid - 1 disputed
    (4/11/2005) Antrim farming into Nexen North Sea block
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (4/13/2005) Rock Solid Images to provide Burlington with iMOSS
    (4/13/2005) Terrex to shoot 2D seismic in South Australia
    (4/13/2005) Serica commences 2D Biliton seismic survey
    (4/11/2005) Santos' offshore East Java 3D seismic survey underway
    (4/11/2005) Dragon completes Caspian 3D survey
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (4/13/2005) BP has another oil & gas leak at Alaska's Prudhoe Bay
    (4/13/2005) Statoil stops drilling Barents Sea well (update)
    (4/12/2005) Statoil reports Barents Sea oil spill
    (4/12/2005) Man dies in fall from drilling rig
    (4/11/2005) Esso Australia wins two industry enviro awards
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (4/13/2005) ConocoPhillips to up stake in Lukoil
    (4/13/2005) Enterra buying Rocky Mountain Gas for $20 million
    (4/13/2005) PetroQuest buys private US Gulf E&P company
    (4/13/2005) Expro acquires DHV International
    (4/12/2005) BP contracts Prosafe's MSV Regalia
    (4/12/2005) Cal Dive acquires Stolt Offshore US Gulf & Trinidad assets
    (4/12/2005) Maverick acquiring Camden Resources
    (4/12/2005) Junex & Petrolia forces for E&P in Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula
    (4/11/2005) Landmark selects Red Hat Enterprise Linux for support platform
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 4/13
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 51.85
    0.0%
    Dubai Fateh 47.63
    -0.2%
    Bonny Light 51.86
    -3.9%
    N. Sea Brent 52.89
    -2.1%
    Forties 51.67
    -1.4%
    Urals/Mediterranean 46.32
    -5.1%
    Alaska N. Slope 50.25
    -1.5%
    W. Texas Intermediate 53.32
    -1.5%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 7.47
    -0.3%
    UK Day Ahead** 30.35
    -7.5%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    April 17-19
    SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA
    April 18-20
    Nigeria Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, Abuja, Nigeria
    April 19-20
    Russia & CIS Bottom of the Barrel Tech Conference, Moscow, Russia
    April 19-20
    API Annual Pipeline Conference, Austin, Texas USA
    April 20-21
    IADC/SPE Managed Pressure Drilling Conference & Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas USA
    April 20-24
    Oil & Gas Energia Exposicion, Neuquen, Argentina
    April 25-27
    Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Budapest, Hungary
    April 27-29
    SPE Electric Submersible Pumps Workshop/Gulf Coast Section Meeting, The Woodlands, Texas USA
    ...More Events

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