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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
    (3/31/2004) The decision is made: OPEC cutting output (update)
    (3/30/2004) Japanese keeping close watch on China Pinghu gasfield
    (3/30/2004) Three Chechnya oilwells burning
    (3/30/2004) World has enough oil, OPEC will cut output - al-Naimi
    (3/29/2004) Australia Senate ratifies Sunrise unitization
    (3/29/2004) Tropical storm menacing Brazil's offshore installations
    (3/29/2004) North Sea oil & gas status & prospects analyzed
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (3/31/2004) Cabot logs 1 Canadian & 3 US Gulf discoveries
    (3/31/2004) Reliance scores 2 new gas discoveries in India's D6 Block
    (3/31/2004) DNO's DSTs confirms oil discovery in Yemen's Nabrajah Field (update)
    (3/31/2004) Centurion spuds El Wastani-3 appraisal well
    (3/31/2004) Dana's deepwater Pelican discovery proves 1 Tcf reserves
    (3/30/2004) Kenyan experts analyzing prospect data
    (3/30/2004) EPL drilling exploratory wells at two US Gulf sites
    (3/30/2004) Austral Pacific to spud NZ's Cheal A3X
    (3/30/2004) Taunton-4 & Blackthorn-1 extending field off Western Australia
    (3/30/2004) CNOOC confirms BZ 34-1 finding in Bohai Bay
    (3/29/2004) Great Artesian's Paranta-1 a future producer
    (3/29/2004) ENI discovers gasfield onshore Italy
    (3/29/2004) Kappa spuds two wells in Colombia's Magdalena Valley
    (3/29/2004) Double discoveries in deepwater Angola
    (3/29/2004) Cairn appraisal of Rajasthan discovery successful
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (3/31/2004) Mosaic recognized for innovative drilling
    (3/31/2004) Savanna Energy becomes world's largest coiled tubing driller
    (3/30/2004) Precision introduces shallow drilling light rig
    (3/30/2004) Roc's Beibu drilling delayed until April by rig availability
    (3/30/2004) Teton planning 4 horizontal wells in Russia's Goloil license
    (3/30/2004) Halliburton releases Z3 PDC cutter technology
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (3/31/2004) Pacific Tiger producing from Wichan Buri well
    (3/31/2004) Vintage drills successful An Nagyah appraisal in Yemen
    (3/31/2004) Harken drilling producer in Colombia's Palo Blanco Field
    (3/31/2004) ABS classes Constitution truss spar for Kerr-McGee
    (3/31/2004) ConocoPhillips ships Bayu-Undan's 1st condensate
    (3/31/2004) Cairn calling for rig to develop India's Block CB-OS/2
    (3/30/2004) Shell achieves industry's 1st helical strake replacement
    (3/30/2004) Lukoil sets Russian Caspian field production for 2008
    (3/30/2004) ATP commences production from Garden Banks 186
    (3/30/2004) Miller Petroleum to drill 50 wells in Tennessee
    (3/29/2004) Wyoming Pacific Rim gas production set for 2nd quarter
    (3/29/2004) Quarry completes Western Canada multi-well program
    (3/29/2004) CNOOC sets Xihu reserves at 47 million boe
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (3/31/2004) Trinidad & Tobago put off license awards again
    (3/31/2004) NNPC takes over Shell & ChevronTexaco fields
    (3/31/2004) Mitsui acquiring 40% of Woodside's Enfield project
    (3/31/2004) Talisman signs PSA for Malaysia's Block PM-314
    (3/31/2004) Woollybutt sale off but Wandoo sale on
    (3/31/2004) Rio Alto sells Ecuadorian interest, offering Argentine
    (3/30/2004) West Greenland Licensing Round opens 1 April
    (3/30/2004) Lexington takes option on Oklahoma CBM farm-in
    (3/29/2004) FAR farming into Louisiana's Lake Long Field
    (3/29/2004) Australia offering 31 new offshore blocks
    (3/29/2004) Syntroleum completes transfer of interest in Peru's Z-1 Block (update)
    (3/29/2004) Statoil assessing opportunities in Libya
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (3/31/2004) NXT completes SFD survey in Syria
    (3/31/2004) PGS asks to use Ramform vessels off Newfoundland
    (3/29/2004) Two Gulf of Oman blocks combined into one
    (3/29/2004) TGS-Nopec commences Heimdall non-exclusive 2D survey
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (3/30/2004) Tidewater wins the 2004 NOIA Safety in Seas Award
    (3/29/2004) Kerr-McGee finalist for MMS SAFE Award
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (3/31/2004) Midnight Express conversion nearing completion
    (3/31/2004) Hess contracts Schlumberger for global connectivity
    (3/31/2004) ExxonMobil sells Delhi sub to Gradav
    (3/31/2004) Schlumberger gives $16.7 million in software to Alberta tech institute
    (3/30/2004) Keppel Singmarine to build AHTS for Smit
    (3/30/2004) Atlas Energy acquiring Salt Lake assets
    (3/30/2004) China coal-to-oil project to use Shell technology
    (3/29/2004) Anadarko CEO offers best practices for reserves estimation
    (3/29/2004) Kuwait contracts Amec to manage $5 billion oilfield projects
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 3/31
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 31.70
    +1.8%
    Dubai Fateh 29.78
    -2.6%
    Bonny Light 33.24
    -1.7%
    N. Sea Brent 32.41
    -2.5%
    Forties 33.26
    -1.8%
    Urals/
    Mediterranean    		 30.01
    -1.7%
    Alaska N. Slope 34.51
    -1.4%
    W. Texas Intermediate 35.78
    -1.3%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 5.44
    +4.2%
    IPE Gas NB** 18.86
    +0.1%
    *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 5-7
    Gulf Coast Energy Marketplace, New Orleans, Louisiana USA
    April 5-7
    ESC Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas, USA
    April 6
    All-Russian Meeting of Producers & Consumers of Oil & Gas Equipment, Moscow, Russia
    April 6-8
    Russian Mechanical Engineering to Oil & Gas Complex Forum, Moscow, Russia
    April 6-8
    Deepwater Dry Tree Alternatives Forum, Galveston, Texas USA
    April 6-8
    Digital Energy 2004 Conference, Houston, Texas USA
    April 6-8
    North Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition, Atyrau, Kazakhstan
    April 12-13
    M&A Strategies and Opportunities in the Oil & Gas Industry of Russia, Houston, Texas USA
    ...More Events

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