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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
    Key crudes rise again on new supply concerns
    (5/13/2008) Traders at the London InterContinental Exchange and the New York Mercantile Exchange hit the floor running today in reaction to news that production cuts may be coming from Iran, despite denials from Iranian officials, who said that reductions in production were only being discussed at this time. Nevertheless it took little to stir market concerns about supply at a time when...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (5/14/2008) Service vessel commandeered off Niger Delta
    (5/13/2008) China quake shuts in oil and gas fields, death toll at 12,000 (update)
    (5/12/2008) Thousands killed in major China quake, hits giant gasfields
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (5/14/2008) Northern gets okay to drill onshore UK test in West Sussex
    (5/14/2008) Noble confirms Benita discovery in Equatorial Guinea
    (5/14/2008) Toreador's Szolnok well in Hungary a dud
    (5/14/2008) BG makes small discovery near Norway's Varg Field
    (5/13/2008) Nautical drilling Selkie exploration well off UK
    (5/13/2008) Talisman get permit for wildcat off Norway
    (5/13/2008) StatoilHydro makes 2 Oseberg area discoveries in North Sea
    (5/13/2008) Tullow scores discovery with Uganda exploration well
    (5/12/2008) Origin drilling Freshwater Point-1 off Western Australia
    (5/12/2008) EnCore's Cobra appraisal at TD & seeing gas
    (5/12/2008) Victory kicks off Texas Permian Basin deep gas project
    (5/12/2008) Dana scores again in UK northern North Sea
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (5/14/2008) Gulf Coast Western & Ventum Mandalay drilling Louisiana well
    (5/11/2008) KCA Deutag wins $100 million in land drilling deals
    (5/9/2008) Innamincka fishing for stuck pipe at Crocus South
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (5/14/2008) Contango drills another Louisiana Mary Rose producer
    (5/14/2008) Inpex hefts Indonesia's Masela Block reserves to 10 Tcf
    (5/14/2008) Petsec Main Pass 270 Field shut-in due to pipeline blockage
    (5/14/2008) Austin adds 11th well to Kentucky development
    (5/13/2008) Petrobras' Golfinho may see switch of FPSOs
    (5/13/2008) First horizontal producer on Syria's Khurbet East taps pay
    (5/12/2008) RWE Dea drilling Topaz well in UK Southern Gas Basin
    (5/12/2008) Contango's Mary Rose-2 tests 29 million cfe/d
    (5/12/2008) Kazakhstan threatens more sanctions if Kashagan delayed
    (5/12/2008) Shell achieves first gas from North Sea Shamrock Field
    (5/12/2008) First of 2 wells drilled in Nigeria's onshore Uquo Field
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (5/14/2008) Africa Oil buys into Wilton's Madagascar acreage
    (5/14/2008) Petronas picks up three Uzbek field PSAs
    (5/14/2008) Woodside completes acquisition of Shell NWS assets
    (5/14/2008) Petroceltic to enter Algeria's Isarene Permit 2nd phase
    (5/14/2008) Gazprom takes 9 strategic blocks on- and offshore Russia
    (5/13/2008) Merlin farmout out 3 South Australia Pedirka blocks
    (5/13/2008) ExxonMobil files against Alaska for $800 million in damages
    (5/13/2008) Aladdin to acquire 4 licenses in Russia's Orenburg area
    (5/13/2008) Japex returning stake in Philippines concession
    (5/13/2008) TriNorth Capital earns stake in 2 Eastern Siberia blocks
    (5/12/2008) JV signs PSC for Shakal Block with Iraq's Kurds
    (5/12/2008) India's DGH gives ONGC only 30-day extension
    (5/12/2008) Island sells Netherlands assets to Delta
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (5/14/2008) Pan Andean kicks off Columbia 2D shoot
    (5/14/2008) Cairn to commence 2D seismic shoot off Greenland
    (5/13/2008) Harmattan completes CDS shoot in Paraguay
    (5/13/2008) 3D shoot over project in Italy's Po Valley gets go-ahead
    (5/12/2008) Terrex shooting 2D in South Australia's Arckaringa Basin
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (5/14/2008) Diver rescue facilitated by Discoverer Deep Seas crew
    (5/12/2008) Oilfield safety services JV being launched
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (5/14/2008) Dockwise wins 3 more contracts worth $36 million
    (5/14/2008) Technip contracted for Oilexco subsea services
    (5/13/2008) Petrofac wins Centrica North Sea facilities management
    (5/12/2008) EnCana to divide into separate gas & oil companies
    (5/12/2008) Chiyoda wins RasGas FEED contract
    (5/12/2008) T-3 receives its largest order for pressure control systems
    ...More Company News
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      Industry Events
    May 15
    IADC Drilling Onshore America Conference & Exhibition, Houston, Texas, USA
    May 20-21
    6th Maghreb & Mediterranean 2008, Marrakech, Morocco
    May 20-21
    SPE Digital Energy Conference, Houston, Texas, USA
    May 20-21
    SPE Digital Energy Conference, Houston, Texas, USA
    May 20-22
    Mediterranean Offshore Conference, Alexandria, Egypt
    May 20-23
    1st Nigerian International Gas Conference & Exhibition, Abuja, Nigeria
    May 25-28
    Society of Professional Well Log Analysts, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    May 26-28
    Geological Association of Canada GAC-MAC 2008 Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada
    May 27
    SPE International Oilfield Corrosion Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    May 28-29
    SPE International Oilfield Scale Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    May 28-30
    European Association of Liquified Petroleum Gas - AEGPL 2008, Milano, Italy
    June 1-6
    SPE Reservoir Geomechanics Forum, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
    June 2-6
    National Fire Protection Association World Safety Conference & Exposition, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
    June 3-6
    Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference, Baku, Azerbaijan
    June 4-5
    Europe Upstream 2008, London, UK
    June 6-10
    Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, USA
    ...More Events

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