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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
    Most crudes spiked over $50/bbl before settling
    (3/31/2009) Trade at both the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and the London InterContinental Exchange (ICE) was driven to recover earlier losses and exceed the US$50 per bbl level as oil took its cue from reports that Wall Street appears about to achieve its best month in six years on the strength of both bank and technology shares surging...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (3/25/2009) Nigeria's oil workers suspend strike (update)
    (3/23/2009) Niger Delta oil workers striking tomorrow
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (4/1/2009) Repsol makes new gas discovery in Algerian desert
    (4/1/2009) Golden Gate sees oil shows in Bullseye test well
    (4/1/2009) Noble strikes oil & gas on deepwater US Gulf prospect
    (4/1/2009) Verenex confirms 11th & 12th oil discoveries in Libya's Area 47
    (4/1/2009) Pan Orient finds more oil onshore Thailand
    (4/1/2009) Brigham scores Frio gas discovery in South Texas
    (4/1/2009) Det Norske-drilled ExxonMobil wildcat a North Sea winner
    (3/31/2009) Wintershall prepping to drill Norway's Grosbeak
    (3/31/2009) Edison finds further gas deposits in Egypt's Abu Qir
    (3/31/2009) Rift's PNG Puk-Puk tests show 100 million cf/d potential
    (3/31/2009) Beach kicking off 6-well South Australia exploration program
    (3/31/2009) Po Valley testing Bezzecca-1 well in northern Italy
    (3/31/2009) StatoilHydro wildcat finds a dry hole
    (3/30/2009) Starfish finds oil in Brazil's Potiguar Basin
    (3/30/2009) Dana makes small discovery onshore Egypt
    (3/30/2009) Repsol makes significant gas discovery off Morocco
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (4/1/2009) New ultra-deepwater semi to start maiden project in June
    (3/31/2009) Rosneft sub contracts 4 land rigs from Integra construction unit
    (3/31/2009) Drydocks launches 3rd UMW offshore rig
    (3/30/2009) Ensco names next ultra-deepwater semi from Keppel
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (3/31/2009) Petroamazonas prepping to develop 4 Ecuador blocks
    (3/31/2009) Pemex awards another 500-well Chicontepec project to Weatherford (update)
    (3/31/2009) Centrica to convert Bains Field to gas storage
    (3/31/2009) Providence completes drilling of UK Singleton producer
    (3/30/2009) First production from UK Ettrick Field delayed
    (3/30/2009) Ascent's PetroHungaria drilling Peneszlek sidetrack
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (4/1/2009) Total sells stake in Canada's Northern Lights to Sinopec
    (4/1/2009) NZOG joins AuDAX-operated AIM for Romania
    (4/1/2009) BG ups Gulf of Thailand assets with buy of Rio Tinto sub
    (3/31/2009) Continental wins Indonesia Bengara II license extension
    (3/31/2009) Nexus sells remaining stake in Western Oz permit
    (3/31/2009) Kairiki selling stakes in Sicily Channel blocks
    (3/30/2009) Iraq puts up 45 wells in South Rumaila Field for bids
    (3/30/2009) Lease extension for Pakistan's Uch Field unlikely
    (3/30/2009) Apache wins 10-year addition to 8 Argentine licenses
    (3/30/2009) Lundin acquiring Talisman stake in North Sea Krabbe discovery
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (4/1/2009) PGS completes Artemis 3D survey off Western Australia
    (3/30/2009) EMGS to provide electromagnetic services for Shell E&P
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (4/1/2009) Bond copter with 14 aboard crashes in UK North Sea
    (4/1/2009) StatoilHydro receiving order for regulatory violations (update)
    (3/31/2009) Aker Spitsbergen cited for emergency preparedness faults
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (4/1/2009) BP sued for 2006 Alaska oil spill
    (4/1/2009) Lloyd's Register contracted for Algeria's In Amenas Project
    (4/1/2009) Seastream's Jascon 25 installing Pyrenees facilities
    (3/31/2009) Double Eagle acquires Petrosearch Energy in stock deal
    (3/31/2009) CUEL contracted for PTTEP's Arthit 1C platform project
    (3/31/2009) Maurel & Prom to swoop on distressed company holdings
    (3/30/2009) Seadrill buys Petromena bond loan
    (3/30/2009) Canada supports Aboriginal stake in Mackenzie Gas Project
    (3/30/2009) PetroVietnam does co-op deals with Argentina & Bolivia
    (3/30/2009) Eni India picks BJ Services for onshore India well services
    (3/30/2009) Keppel picks up three projects worth $197 million
    (3/30/2009) Eni contracts Sevan Marine Goliat FPSO engineering services
    (3/30/2009) OMV sells all of its interest in MOL
    ...More Company News
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      Industry Events
    April 2-3
    Georgian International Oil, Gas, Energy and Infrastructure Conference & Showcase (GIOGIE), Tbilisi, Georgia
    April 4-8
    SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
    April 6-7
    Excellence in Oil and Gas 2009, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    April 8-10
    ATYRAU Regional Oil & Gas Exhibition & OilTech Kazakhstan Petroleum Technology Conference, Atyrau, Kazakhstan
    April 16
    GPA Mid-continent Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
    April 20-22
    SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, The Woodlands, TX
    April 21-22
    IADC Drilling HSE Middle East Conference & Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE
    April 21-22
    Middle East Gas Summit (MEGAS), Beirut, Lebanon
    April 24-27
    CPS/SEG International Geophysical Conference & Exposition, Beijing, China
    April 27-29
    EAGE European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Paris, France
    April 29-May 1
    SPE Electric Submersible Pump Workshop, The Woodlands, Texas USA
    May 4-7
    Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA
    May 4-6
    EAGE International Petroleum Conference & Exhibition, Shiraz, Iran
    May 10-12
    Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission Midyear Meeting (IOGCC), Anchorage, Alaska, USA
    May 11-13
    Oil & Gas Outlook Brazil 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    May 11-14
    Intergas: 5th International Conference for Oil & Gas, Cairo, Egypt
    May 11-22
    The 9th Annual International Capacity-Building Program, Houston, Texas, USA
    ...More Events

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