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  • World Industry News

  • Exploration & Discoveries

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  • Development & Production

  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Geosciences

  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (4/26/2005) Saboteurs hit Iraq northern oil pipeline again
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (4/27/2005) Cooper delays Kitson well in South Australia
    (4/27/2005) Melrose has mixed results on Egypt's El Mansoura
    (4/27/2005) Empire to drill Rough Range prospect
    (4/27/2005) Premier to drill appraisal of its Al Amir discovery
    (4/26/2005) Anadarko's Genghis Khan US Gulf discovery
    (4/26/2005) Lukoil gearing up to drill Kazakh Caspian prospect
    (4/26/2005) Origin reaches TD with Otway Basin offshore probe
    (4/26/2005) Petsec spuds Main Pass US Gulf well
    (4/26/2005) Harriet plugs & abandons Plato-2 off Australia
    (4/26/2005) Mosaic gets encouraging results at Rockhampton High
    (4/25/2005) Petronas discovers basement reserves off Terengganu
    (4/25/2005) Regal makes 3.8 Tcf gasfield discovery in Romania
    (4/25/2005) Vanco plugs & abandons Cote d'Ivoire probe
    (4/25/2005) Miller drilling Tennessee's Eureka structure
    (4/25/2005) Vietsovpetro makes another Vietnam discovery
    (4/25/2005) Apache JV appraising Egypt's Syrah discovery
    (4/25/2005) CGX gearing up to commence Guyana drilling program
    (4/25/2005) InterOil drilling Black Bass exploration well in PNG (update)
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (4/27/2005) Extended drilling contract for Bredford Dolphin
    (4/27/2005) Jurong to build new Petrojack jackup
    (4/27/2005) Smedvig secures new contract for West Setia
    (4/27/2005) Ausam spuds Surat/Bowen Basin well
    (4/26/2005) Petronas installs new sand control tool
    (4/26/2005) CO2 injection too expensive & risky for Norway EOR
    (4/26/2005) Bass Strait options Ocean Patriot for Moby-2
    (4/25/2005) Drilling progress on 1st new Louisiana Deep Lake well
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (4/27/2005) New technology extends US stripper wells productivity
    (4/27/2005) Victoria achieves oil flow at Mirage-1 in South Australia
    (4/27/2005) South Pars Phase 12 contract due for signing
    (4/27/2005) Cano hires Garb to study Texas' Desdemona Field
    (4/26/2005) Swift granted permit to develop Kauri & Manutahi finds
    (4/26/2005) St Mary adds 5th Centralhoma producer
    (4/25/2005) New combo platform replacing 3 on Valhall Field
    (4/25/2005) Sakhalin II gravity base platforms basin flooded
    (4/25/2005) DNO adds #5 to Yemen's Nabrajah development
    (4/25/2005) Rally optimizing operations on Egypt's Assran Field
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (4/27/2005) Petro-Canada to receive 3 Trinidad blocks
    (4/27/2005) Burlington gets Peruvian PSC for Block 104
    (4/27/2005) Gulf Keystone granted 2 more Algerian blocks
    (4/27/2005) Silver Star adds 2 sections of Joarcam lands
    (4/26/2005) Oxy in the wings for Oman's Mukhaizna Field
    (4/26/2005) Talisman awarded offshore Vietnam block
    (4/26/2005) Nordic to explore Canada's Beaver First Nation tribal lands
    (4/26/2005) Petrolia farms into 4 Quebec Gaspe Peninsula blocks
    (4/26/2005) Celtic acquiring Swan Hills/Virginia Hills assets in Alberta
    (4/26/2005) Emerald gets 2 new tech evaluation awards in Colombia
    (4/26/2005) KNOC granted Yemen's Ataq exploration block
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (4/27/2005) Use of drillbit energy for tomographic modeling
    (4/26/2005) GX opens advanced imaging center in Venezuela
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (4/27/2005) ChevronTexaco wins MMS' US Gulf SAFE Awards
    (4/26/2005) Statoil committed to CO2 storage
    (4/25/2005) ConocoPhillips gets okay for Ekofisk underwater ops
    (4/25/2005) Expro receives health & safety award
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (4/27/2005) Japex agrees to aid Iraqi exploration effort
    (4/27/2005) Hydro awards Stolt $50 million contract in Norway
    (4/27/2005) Aker Kvaerner contracted for South Pars 9 & 10
    (4/27/2005) Petrofac secures Kuwait upgrade project
    (4/26/2005) Keppel scores Caspian Kashagan contract
    (4/25/2005) Endeavour moves from Thailand to North Sea
    (4/25/2005) Forum & Sterling form JV for Philippine interests
    (4/25/2005) Statoil commended for payment transparency
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 4/27
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 48.88
    -2.0%
    Dubai Fateh 46.22
    -2.4%
    Bonny Light 51.74
    -1.9%
    N. Sea Brent 50.37
    -7.0%
    Forties 51.09
    -2.3%
    Urals/Mediterranean 46.89
    -2.5%
    Alaska N. Slope 47.56
    -5.9%
    W. Texas Intermediate 51.34
    -5.3%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 7.08
    -2.5%
    UK Day Ahead** 29.95
    -3.9%
    *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 27-29
    SPE Electric Submersible Pumps Workshop/Gulf Coast Section Meeting, The Woodlands, Texas USA
    May 2-5
    Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas USA
    May 11-12
    SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Scale, Aberdeen, Scotland UK
    May 13
    SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Corrosion, Aberdeen, Scotland UK
    May 15-17
    Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) Midyear Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska USA
    May 15-19
    SEG D&P Forum: Attenuation, Austin, Texas USA
    May 15-19
    API International Oil Spill Conference, Miami Beach, Florida USA
    May 16-18
    Cairo 2005 2nd International Petroleum Conference & Exhibition, Cairo, Egypt
    May 16-19
    Canadian SEG National Convention, Calgary, Alberta Canada
    ...More Events

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