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  • Oil and Gas Prices & Analysis
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  • World Industry News
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  • Exploration & Discoveries
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  • Drilling & Completion
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  • Development & Production
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  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Geosciences
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  • Health Safety & Environment
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  • Company News
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  • Industry Events
    •   Oil and Gas Prices & Analysis
    Prices drop average $2 on weak demand, strong dollar
    (4/16/2010) The week's trade ended today with all of our monitored benchmarks dropping by an average of US$2 a bbl with the exception of Tapis, which has reported late and does not reflect the most current settlement. Traders at both the InterContinental Exchange (ICE) in London and the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) were primarily influenced by another slippage by the euro to send the US dollar higher along with the yen and thereby make crude oil less attractive...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (4/18/2010) GECF not ready to restrict gas supply to boost price
    (4/15/2010) Ash from Iceland volcano grounds all flights across Europe
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (4/16/2010) Oil Search's 2nd DST on Yemen well shows oil flow
    (4/16/2010) AWE's Hoki-1 fails to find hydrocarbons off NZ so far
    (4/16/2010) Korka-1 exploration well to spud in PNG this weekend
    (4/16/2010) Rockhopper drilling 2nd exploration well off Falklands
    (4/16/2010) Adelaide prepping to drill Patrick-1 well in Cooper Basin
    (4/16/2010) Pemex's latest Labay well a major deepwater gas discovery
    (4/15/2010) OIL to drill test wells in western Rajasthan
    (4/15/2010) Ithaca appraisal of Stella Field finds significant extension
    (4/15/2010) Dana makes significant gas find in UK Platypus Prospect
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (4/18/2010) US rig count rises again - this week by 15
    (4/16/2010) Daewoo to build drillship for KNOC & partners
    (4/16/2010) ExxonMobil sets world record for extended-reach well
    (4/16/2010) Petrolia completing & evaluating 3 wells in Gaspe
    (4/15/2010) Keppel FELS delivers Maersk's 3rd deepwater semi
    (4/15/2010) Aurelian brings in Schlumberger to frac Romanian well
    (4/15/2010) Three more wells drilled on TN-K acreage in Kentucky
    (4/15/2010) Far East sets E&P program for China's Shouyang Block
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (4/18/2010) BG Norge to tie Norway's Pi Field to UK Armada platform
    (4/16/2010) Fast-track development of Petrobras' Aruana discovery set
    (4/15/2010) PetroNeft taps down 1st of 9 Tomsk producers
    (4/15/2010) Centrica sub drills successful Cygnus Field appraisal
    (4/15/2010) Exall Marten Mountain wells find two productive oil zones
    (4/15/2010) Po Valley developing Italy's Bezzecca gasfield
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (4/18/2010) Jordan nixes Dead Sea deal with Trans-Global
    (4/18/2010) Agora farming into Premier & Valiant UK licenses
    (4/16/2010) US MMS hands over US Gulf's Entrada to ATP
    (4/16/2010) Venoco sells Texas producing properties
    (4/16/2010) Iraq to auction licenses for 3 more fields
    (4/16/2010) Trinidad & Tobago offering 46 offshore blocks
    (4/16/2010) Petrobras discussing sale to Sinopec of stakes in 2 blocks
    (4/15/2010) Baytex buys heavy oil assets in SW Saskatchewan
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (4/18/2010) Ukrgazdobuvannya shoots 2D & 3D in 1st quarter
    (4/16/2010) Petronas joins low frequency seismic JIP
    (4/16/2010) Geoscience Australia survey spotlights Western Oz frontier zone
    (4/16/2010) NPD concludes seismic project off Lofoten, Vesteralen, & Senja
    (4/15/2010) First 3D seismic vessel fit for Arctic launched
    (4/15/2010) Spectrum shooting Eastern US Gulf Big Wave MC program
    ...More Geosciences
      LNG/LPG
    (4/12/2010) Fluor JV contracted for Qatar's Pearl GTL Project
    ...More LNG/LPG
      Health Safety & Environment
    (4/18/2010) Tullow denies inadequate enviro protections in Uganda
    (4/15/2010) Cabot agrees to remedy contaminated water wells
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (4/16/2010) ABB wins contract to power Barents Sea Goliat FPSO
    (4/15/2010) M-I Swaco wins $800 million Angola contract
    (4/15/2010) Condensate stripping facility set for PNG's Elk/Antelope
    (4/15/2010) InterMoor wins Noble project off Equatorial Guinea
    (4/15/2010) Apache acquires Mariner Energy for $2.7 billion
    ...More Company News
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      Industry Events
    April 19
    Oil & Gas West Asia Conference, Muscat, Oman
    April 19-21
    Excellence in Oil & Gas, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    April 21-22
    Russia & CIS Bottom of the Barrel Technology Conference, Moscow, Russia
    April 21-22
    Underwater Technology Conference, Bergen, Norway
    April 22-23
    The Artic: Territory of Dialogue Conference, Moscow, Russia
    April 26-28
    SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
    April 27-29
    Tight Gas Completions: Technology Appications & Best Practices Workshop, Denver, Colorado USA
    May 3-6
    Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas USA
    May 11-13
    Uzbekistan International Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    May 13-15
    Successful EPC Contracting in India, New Delhi, India
    May 16-19
    APPEA Conference & Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia
    May 18-20
    Mediterranean Offshore Conference & Exhibition, Alexandria, Egypt
    May 18-19
    Asia Bottom of the Barrel Technology Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    May 19-22
    Pakistan Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference (POGEE 2010), Karachi, Pakistan
    May 20
    IADC Drilling Onshore Conference & Exhibition, Houston, Texas USA
    May 24
    SPE International Conference on Oilfield Corrosion, San Antonio, Texas USA
    May 24
    ILTA Annual International Operating Conference & Trade Show, Houston, Texas USA
    May 26
    SPE International Conference On Oilfield Scale, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    ...More Events

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