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  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (4/21/2004) 70% of Libya's oil resources not discovered
    (4/21/2004) Floodwaters inundate Australia Cooper Basin Christies Field
    (4/21/2004) Naval guards kill 5 of 9 Nigerian militants at Agip flow station
    (4/20/2004) Norway & Nigeria sign oil development aid deal
    (4/20/2004) US sanctions to be lifted from Libya this week
    (4/19/2004) Venezuela's Chavez again threatening to halt oil to US
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (4/21/2004) Novus' Padre Island Texas wells to be tested
    (4/21/2004) Lakes encouraged by results from Wombat-2 (update)
    (4/21/2004) Sonangol's deepwater Block 34 fizzles so far
    (4/21/2004) Harken's Colombia well Estero-4 tests positive
    (4/21/2004) Roc well in China's Beibu Gulf a disappointment
    (4/21/2004) Statoil drilling Topas probe from Gullfaks C
    (4/20/2004) Marathon to drill another deepwater probe off Nova Scotia
    (4/20/2004) Petrosearch abandons North Dakota wildcat
    (4/20/2004) Goodrich makes Cotton Valley discovery in Louisiana
    (4/20/2004) BHP Billiton drilling 1st of 3 deepwater probes off Western Oz
    (4/20/2004) Premier's Sinapa-2 well off Guinea Bissau inconclusive
    (4/20/2004) Total makes another find in Angola's ultra-deep Block 32
    (4/20/2004) Cairn makes 3rd big discovery in India's Rajasthan
    (4/19/2004) Harriet's Monet-1 taps 20-meter oil column
    (4/19/2004) Gastar plans 2nd Deep Hilltop well in East Texas
    (4/19/2004) Calvalley completes 1 drilling another Yemen test well
    (4/19/2004) Kerr-McGee scores another deepwater US Gulf discovery
    (4/19/2004) Antrim to spud its 1st exploration well on Australia's NW Shelf
    (4/19/2004) Enterprise Energy joins in spudding Acacia Grove wildcat (update)
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (4/19/2004) Defiant shuts down drilling during spring break-up
    (4/19/2004) KCA Deutag to drill ExxonMobil German gaswells
    (4/19/2004) GlobalSantaFe Worldwide SCORE slightly down
    (4/19/2004) Ocean Rig to drill 3 Barents Sea wells for Statoil & Hydro
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (4/21/2004) Meridian's latest Biloxi Marshlands well tests 9.3 million cf/d
    (4/21/2004) Combined gas & liquids injection project near launch
    (4/21/2004) Ivanhoe sets China & California for developments in 2004
    (4/20/2004) UAE to heft its output almost a million b/d by 2006
    (4/20/2004) Woollybutt FPSO enroute home to restart production (update)
    (4/20/2004) Kufpec restarts its Indonesian Oseil Field
    (4/20/2004) NZOG suspends Taranaki Basin's Amokura-1 (update)
    (4/20/2004) Kazak-China pipeline construction postponed until next year (update)
    (4/20/2004) BHP Billiton appraisal proves Neptune Field extent
    (4/19/2004) BG & Hess set development plan for North Sea gasfields
    (4/19/2004) Swift succeeds with Louisiana Lake Washington wells
    (4/19/2004) Indusmin completes Krasnopolanske gasfield pilot
    (4/19/2004) Gazprom & TNK-BP to jointly develop Kovykta Field
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (4/21/2004) Pacific Stratus acquiring Gran Colombia Oil & Gas
    (4/20/2004) Noble increases interest in ConocoPhillips find
    (4/20/2004) Nexus granted undrilled Gippsland Basin block offshore Victoria
    (4/20/2004) Rocky Mountain Gas buying into Oyster Ridge CBM
    (4/20/2004) Maersk granted 8 Morocco Tarfaya Basin blocks
    (4/20/2004) Line forming to vie for Lukoil's stake in Caspian field
    (4/20/2004) XTO completes acquisition of Barnett Shale properties
    (4/19/2004) Galaxy sub boost stakes in 63 CBM wells & Wyoming acreage (update)
    (4/19/2004) New Venezuelan gas exploration blocks to be offered
    (4/19/2004) Nigeria to hold licensing round next year
    (4/19/2004) ConocoPhillips' Dragon Project farmout approved
    (4/19/2004) Statoil acquires 100% of deepwater Brazilian block
    (4/19/2004) Lukoil to develop Iraq's West Kurna-2
    (4/19/2004) CanArgo's contract on Georgia's Samgori Block effective
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (4/21/2004) TGS-Nopec & Fugro start new North Sea long-offset seismic program
    (4/20/2004) SCS to do geochemical study off Guinea
    (4/19/2004) EnCana to shoot 3D off Nova Scotia's Sable Island
    (4/19/2004) Gail & Gazprom shooting 3D off India's east coast
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (4/21/2004) Amnesty Int'l slams US for protecting oil interests in Colombia
    (4/21/2004) Burlington embroiled in Amazonian conflict
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (4/21/2004) Integrated Reservoir Completions Center opened in South Texas
    (4/21/2004) J. Ray McDermott awarded RasGas deck & pipeline expansion
    (4/21/2004) Lukoil on ExxonMobil's heels for world's largest reserves
    (4/21/2004) Infinity acquires Blue Star Acid Services
    (4/21/2004) Wood Group acquires Deepwater Specialists
    (4/21/2004) INTEC launches LNG services unit
    (4/20/2004) Socar completes core & oil library
    (4/20/2004) StimTube used to boost flow on North Sea well
    (4/20/2004) Statoil sets summer student project
    (4/19/2004) Wartsila to provide main engines for Sakhalin icebreaker
    (4/19/2004) Halliburton agrees to settle Barracuda-Caratinga claims
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 4/21
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 32.89
    0.0%
    Dubai Fateh 31.43
    -1.3%
    Bonny Light 33.95
    -1.0%
    N. Sea Brent 32.75
    -1.2%
    Forties 34.00
    -1.1%
    Urals/
    Mediterranean    		 30.12
    -1.4%
    Alaska N. Slope 35.28
    -3.1%
    W. Texas Intermediate 36.53
    -2.8%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 5.48
    -0.9%
    IPE Gas NB** 19.62
    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 22-23
    Mexico Energy 2004, Houston, Texas USA
    April 25-26
    Iran's Gas Export Vision Conference, Tehran, Iran
    April 26-27
    Offshore Asset Risk Management, Aberdeen, Scotland UK
    April 26-30
    Africa Oil & Gas, Trade and Finance Conference & Exhibition, Marrakech, Morocco
    April 27-28
    UK Gas Challenges, London, UK
    April 28-29
    Produced Water Management Conference, Houston, Texas USA
    April 28-30
    Asia Pacific Technology Conference, Singapore
    April 29
    5th International Oil Summit, Paris, France
    May 2-4
    Williston Basin Horizontal Well & Petroleum Conference, Minot, North Dakota, USA
    May 3-6
    Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas USA
    ...More Events

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