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  • World Industry News

  • Exploration & Discoveries

  • Drilling & Completion

  • Development & Production

  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Geosciences

  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (4/27/2006) World Bank & Chad reach interim agreement
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (4/28/2006) Greymouth makes New Zealand gas discovery at Turangi
    (4/28/2006) Husky spuds deepwater wildcat off China
    (4/27/2006) Unicorp secures rig to drill Kentucky prospect
    (4/27/2006) Aral spuds 2nd Kazakh probe & shoots 3D
    (4/27/2006) Oil shows in South Australia's Silver Sands exploration well
    (4/27/2006) Total scores ultra-deep discovery in US Gulf
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (4/27/2006) TPAO contract's Atwood Southern Cross semisubmersible
    (4/27/2006) Akita construction of new rig near completion
    (4/26/2006) Transmeridian contracts 4 rigs for Kazakh program
    (4/25/2006) Norway's PSA okays drilling on Norne with Transocean Arctic
    (4/24/2006) Keppel FELS ready to deliver 1st of 4 SeaDrill jackups
    (4/24/2006) AED shuts down Puffin drilling due to Cyclone Monica
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (4/30/2006) Iran's Doroud re-development complete before October
    (4/28/2006) Eni's Tea gasfield development gets go-ahea
    (4/28/2006) Victoria grants production license for giant Kipper gasfield
    (4/28/2006) Socar investing $300 million in Caspian platforms
    (4/28/2006) ExxonMobil puts Nigeria's Erha Field on production
    (4/27/2006) Suelopetrol to resume drilling Lake Maracaibo field
    (4/27/2006) Shell & PDVSA to put $70 million into Venezuela's Urdaneta
    (4/27/2006) Santos' East Java Oyong Field output delayed again
    (4/27/2006) Veritas to deploy first Orca marine seismic system
    (4/27/2006) Frontera completes 2nd Rep. of Georgia Taribani producer
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (4/28/2006) Oman's major gas Block 60 awarded to BG
    (4/28/2006) Chevron granted PSC for offshore Vietnam Phu Khanh block
    (4/28/2006) EXCO adds Appalachian Basin proven production
    (4/28/2006) CNOOC captures 6 blocks onshore Kenya
    (4/27/2006) Argentine province to offer 13 blocks
    (4/27/2006) Bounty farming into Rough Range's Dune block
    (4/27/2006) Wintershall wins stake in Gazprom's Yuzhno Russkoye Field
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (4/28/2006) Wavefield upgraded Bergen Surveyor to shoot Norway 2D
    (4/27/2006) TGS to shoot new MC 2D survey in Russia's Sea of Okhotsk
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (4/27/2006) CETCO cleans up Triton FPSO contaminated water
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (4/28/2006) Petrobras contracts new Subsea 7 division
    (4/28/2006) Consafe Offshore awarded Sakhalin supply boat deal
    (4/28/2006) ODIM contracted for new seismic vessel handling system
    (4/27/2006) IOC sells 1.9% interest in ONGC for $814 million
    (4/27/2006) Deep Sea Supply contracted for 2 AHTS vessels
    (4/27/2006) PSL contracted for Piper B platform tests
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Fri. 4/28
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 67.00
    0.0%
    Minas 71.92
    +0.6%
    Bonny Light 74.45
    +0.1%
    N. Sea Brent 74.57
    +1.9%
    Forties 74.15
    +1.6%
    Urals/Mediterranean 68.05
    +2.1%
    Alaska N. Slope 71.87
    +2.5%
    W. Texas Intermediate 75.17
    +2.0%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 7.75
    -2.1%
    UK Day Ahead** 38.50
    -1.3%
    *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 30-May 2
    Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    May 1-3
    IOGCC Midyear Meeting, Point Clear, Alabama USA
    May 1-4
    OTC Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas USA
    May 3-5
    Canadian Petroleum Industry Annual Safety Seminar, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    May 4
    PSA Well Safety Seminar, Stavanger, Norway
    May 7-10
    APPEA Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Assoc Conference & Exhibition, Gold Coast, Australia
    May 9-11
    Arab International Exhibition & Conference for Gas & Petroleum, Cairo, Egypt
    May 10-11
    NACE Internal Corrosion Seminar, Houston, Texas USA
    May 15-18
    SPE Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, Canada
    May 15-18
    Geological Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
    ...More Events

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