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  • World Industry News

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  • Company News

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    •   World Industry News
    (4/6/2005) Shell shuts down Nigeria flowstation to halt occupation
    (4/5/2005) OPEC extra half-million b/d hike being discussed
    (4/5/2005) Nigerian oil workers commence planned protest
    (4/4/2005) After 2 years of talking, UK & Norway sign gas treaty
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (4/6/2005) FX Energy testing Railroad Valley Nevada wildcat
    (4/6/2005) Sawtooth discovers new oil pool at Redwater, Alberta
    (4/5/2005) Harriet JV spuds Romulus off Western Australia
    (4/5/2005) Offshore Victoria Halladale well encounters gas
    (4/5/2005) Tanganyika strikes oil in Egypt's West Gharib Block
    (4/5/2005) Excess pressure delays Capco well in US Gulf
    (4/5/2005) Apache scores dual major discoveries in Egypt
    (4/5/2005) GSPC encouraged by its Indian east coast KG-8 well results
    (4/5/2005) South Australia Almonta-1 well proves a duster
    (4/4/2005) EPL has 5 exploratory successes in US Gulf
    (4/4/2005) Ivanhoe's Sunwing spuds Sichuan, China gas probe
    (4/4/2005) Hess strikes out with US Gulf Wembley well
    (4/4/2005) Statoil spuds Guovca wildcat in Barents Sea
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (4/6/2005) Petrolia & Gazflot still talking bareboat charter
    (4/6/2005) Titan starts 2nd phase of Kosciusko-1 well workover
    (4/5/2005) Ensco orders replacement rig for its Ensco 64
    (4/5/2005) Patterson UTI reports 8,195 drilling days in March
    (4/4/2005) Rowan awarded offshore Newfoundland drilling contract
    (4/4/2005) Transocean awarded contracts for 4 high spec rigs
    (4/4/2005) Diamond Offshore buying Garden Banks semi
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (4/6/2005) Record gas flows at Queensland's Berwyndale South
    (4/6/2005) Russia's Irkutsk Okrug developing Kovyktinskoye Field
    (4/6/2005) Addax achieves first oil in offshore Nigeria Okwori Field
    (4/5/2005) Indonesia dangling unspecified incentives to boost production
    (4/5/2005) Cano has positive EOR results on Nowata Field
    (4/5/2005) Offshore Newfoundland fields unitized
    (4/5/2005) Australia's Greater Gorgon framework agreement signed
    (4/5/2005) Petronas puts its Pakistan discovery onstream
    (4/5/2005) Venture puts Saturn development Annabel on production
    (4/4/2005) Petropars focusing on South Pars Phase 12 this year
    (4/4/2005) MODEC to provide FPSO for KNOC off Vietnam
    (4/4/2005) Lukoil puts Nakhodka gasfield on production
    (4/4/2005) Russia's Tomsk block Middle Nyurola output rising
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (4/6/2005) Ascent acquiring 90% interest in Dutch & Swiss blocks
    (4/6/2005) Petroleum Development Corp acquires North Dakota optio
    (4/6/2005) Paladin buying Elf's stake in UK North Sea block
    (4/5/2005) ExxonMobil gets exclusive shot at UAE's Upper Zakum
    (4/5/2005) Cal Dive farms into 2 Hess US Gulf deepwater blocks
    (4/5/2005) Essential Petroleum buying stake in exploration license
    (4/5/2005) Venezuela launches offshore gas licensing round (update)
    (4/5/2005) Canadian company granted Iraqi oilfield development
    (4/5/2005) Aztec Oil & Gas participating in 2 deep Louisiana wells
    (4/5/2005) Pioneer awarded interest in deepwater Nigerian block
    (4/4/2005) Guatemala taking bids on 2 blocks
    (4/4/2005) PTTEP farming out Cambodia offshore block
    (4/4/2005) Total awarded Cameroon's offshore Dissoni Block
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (4/5/2005) Todd shooting NZ's largest onshore Taranaki 3D survey
    (4/4/2005) Multiwave signs with BP for 4C seafloor seismic off Indonesia
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (4/5/2005) BP seeking to drill in Wyoming wildlife area
    (4/4/2005) Semi GSF Grand Banks spill offshore Newfoundland
    (4/4/2005) Nuclear bombed Russian well threatening nature reserve
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (4/6/2005) Foreign shareholders in Gazprom to be allowed
    (4/6/2005) Sahara & Quickflow team to bid for African developments
    (4/6/2005) Highpine & Vaquero merger creates major Pembina Nisku player
    (4/6/2005) OMV closes sale of 25.1% of Rompetrol
    (4/6/2005) Global Industries contracted for Mumbai High project
    (4/5/2005) Gaz de France set for partial privatization by summer
    (4/5/2005) Shell UK charters Olsen's Borgholm Dolphin
    (4/5/2005) Devon divests virtually all offered US properties
    (4/4/2005) Sevan secures charter for FPSO SSP300
    (4/4/2005) SembCorp Marine awarded $129 million contract for new rig
    (4/4/2005) XTO completes Antero & Barnett Shale acquisition
    (4/4/2005) Petrohawk Energy to acquire Mission Resources
    (4/4/2005) ChevronTexaco buying Unocal for $18 billion
    (4/4/2005) Peak Group to deliver 30 wells this year
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 4/6
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 52.10
    -0.3%
    Dubai Fateh 49.73
    +0.1%
    Bonny Light 54.28
    -0.5%
    N. Sea Brent 55.27
    -0.3%
    Forties 54.28
    -0.7%
    Urals/Mediterranean 48.08
    -0.3%
    Alaska N. Slope 52.72
    -0.4%
    W. Texas Intermediate 55.85
    -0.3%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 7.43
    -4.3%
    UK Day Ahead** 32.20
    +6.3%
    *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 10-13
    North African/Mediterranean Petroleum & Geosciences Conference & Exhibition, Algiers, Algeria
    April 11-12
    IADC Offshore Logistics Conference & Exhibition, Lafayette, Louisiana USA
    April 11-13
    Technology Uptake Forum, Galveston, Texas USA
    April 12-13
    SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing Conference & Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas USA
    April 12-14
    SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference & Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia
    April 13-16
    Iran Oil Show and International Oil, Gas, & Petrochemcial Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
    April 17-19
    SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA
    April 18-20
    Nigeria Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, Abuja, Nigeria
    April 19-20
    Russia & CIS Bottom of the Barrel Tech Conference, Moscow, Russia
    April 19-20
    API Annual Pipeline Conference, Austin, Texas USA
    ...More Events

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