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  • World Industry News

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  • Development & Production

  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

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  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (5/24/2006) Disgruntled OIL workers torch 3 Assam oilwells
    (5/22/2006) US Gulf operators warned to prepare for hurricanes
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (5/24/2006) Aurora's Alaska Kenai well a duster
    (5/24/2006) Syria exploration well finds oil & gas shows
    (5/24/2006) Golden Eagle spuds Paradox Basin-1 well in Utah
    (5/24/2006) Roc to production test China Beibu Gulf discovery
    (5/24/2006) Santos spuds Sampang exploration well off Indonesia
    (5/24/2006) Hess' Danish well proves extension of South Arne Field
    (5/24/2006) Kingfisher exploration well spudded by Uganda's Lake Albert
    (5/24/2006) Beach finds new oil pool in South Australia
    (5/23/2006) Toreador's Black Sea test well taps significant gas
    (5/23/2006) Pearl completes 4 Gulf of Thailand exploration wells
    (5/23/2006) Hardman succeeds with Mputa appraisal in Uganda
    (5/22/2006) Pannonian to test Glantal gaswell in SW Germany
    (5/22/2006) Melrose has apparent discovery onshore Egypt
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (5/24/2006) Sinvest takes delivery of Deep Driller 1
    (5/24/2006) New contract secured for tender rig T-6
    (5/24/2006) Sedco 709 set for refurbishment in Cape Town
    (5/24/2006) Chevron Australia contracts Songa Mercur semi
    (5/23/2006) Gold tied down 2 rigs for Peru & Colombia drilling
    (5/23/2006) Lexington drilling new Barnett Shale horizontal well
    (5/22/2006) Abraxas has six Texas wells in the works
    (5/22/2006) Two payzones tapped at Palmetto Point, Mississippi
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (5/24/2006) New module to boost Oseberg East output by 40 million bbl
    (5/24/2006) Eastern Star spuds another Bibblewindi CBM producer
    (5/24/2006) Crescent completes UAE Mubarek Field producer
    (5/23/2006) CNOOC commences output from Bozhong 25
    (5/23/2006) Hess receives 2 TLPs for Equatorial Guinea development
    (5/23/2006) Petrobras to boost gas production over next 3 years
    (5/23/2006) Son of Pink Floyd producer tests 4.3 million cf/d
    (5/23/2006) Indago spuds West Bukha-2 offshore Oman
    (5/23/2006) Petrovietnam to put Ca Ngu Vang onstream
    (5/23/2006) Reworked North Sea's Schooner-Ketch well onstream
    (5/23/2006) Petsec puts 3 new US Gulf wells on production
    (5/22/2006) Fellows Carbon County, Utah workover completed
    (5/22/2006) Agip permitted to restart Niger Delta flow station
    (5/22/2006) Gabon's East Orovinyare well tests max of 4,535 b/d
    (5/22/2006) Hurricane shut-in Mars platform back onstream
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (5/24/2006) Russia puts up 3 more Yamal fields for lease
    (5/24/2006) Superior buys 13 Oklahoma leases from Hudson
    (5/24/2006) Petrobras increases interests offshore Angola
    (5/24/2006) Ausam farming into Australia's Bainbilla Block
    (5/24/2006) Victory Energy to participate in New Mexico's Mesa project
    (5/24/2006) Total takes a share in 4 BHP-operated blocks off Australia
    (5/23/2006) Cuba concludes Repsol exploration pact
    (5/23/2006) Brazil's 8th round to include more gas-prone blocks
    (5/23/2006) Eni & Reliance take Timor Leste's licenses
    (5/23/2006) Pogo granted east coast New Zealand block
    (5/23/2006) Madalena farms into Storm's Hammamet Block off Tunisia
    (5/23/2006) Eternal Energy to drill North Sea farm-in exploration well
    (5/23/2006) Eldorado farms into West Texas Palo Duro acreage
    (5/22/2006) Angola awards relinquished parts of Blocks 17 & 18
    (5/22/2006) Zauralneftegaz seeking 5 West Siberia licenses
    (5/22/2006) Aurora farms into California's North Belridge Field
    (5/22/2006) Petsec awarded US Gulf Main Pass block
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (5/23/2006) Big Canyon GPS finished, 2D shoot to start
    (5/22/2006) 2D shoot over NZ's Canterbury Basin completed
    (5/22/2006) TGS extends US Gulf MC3D survey to Eastern Delta
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (5/23/2006) KCA Deutag wins IADC safety award
    (5/23/2006) Statoil given notice to bring Island Frontier into compliance
    (5/22/2006) Atlantic LNG Trinidad Train 2 accident injures employee
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (5/24/2006) Sevan Marine contracts Wood Group for O&M support
    (5/24/2006) National Oilwell Varco wins drilling equipment contract
    (5/24/2006) Labtech builds H2S unit for Kashagan Field
    (5/24/2006) Joint development of field life extension tools
    (5/24/2006) Major drilling equipment contract to Aker Kvaerner
    (5/23/2006) Occidental to lose stake in Ecuador pipeline
    (5/23/2006) CNR contracts Jacobs for bitumen upgrader study
    (5/23/2006) Santos contracts Maleo gasfield pipeline
    (5/23/2006) AlMansoori forms industry equipment JV with Micoda
    (5/22/2006) C-Nav GPS to be installed on all Veritas seismic vessels
    (5/22/2006) BH Global Marine contracted for Petrobras FSO
    (5/22/2006) BJ contracted for controversial East China Sea project
    (5/22/2006) SembCorp Marine doubling Cosco ownership
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 5/22
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 62.95
    0.0%
    Minas 68.71
    -0.4%
    Bonny Light 67.85
    -1.1%
    N. Sea Brent 68.68
    -1.4%
    Forties 66.35
    -1.1%
    Urals/Mediterranean 61.45
    -1.2%
    Alaska N. Slope 66.93
    -1.4%
    W. Texas Intermediate 68.53
    -1.3%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 5.77
    +0.2%
    UK Day Ahead** 38.75
    +5.4%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    May 29-30
    Conference on Field Reservoir Management, Stavanger, Norway
    May 30
    SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Corrosion, Aberdeen, Scotland
    May 31-June 1
    SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Scale, Aberdeen, Scotland
    May 31-June 2
    CIS Oil & Gas Summit - 6th Annual Conference, Paris, France
    June 1
    Subsea Solutions, Paris, France
    June 4-7
    Society of Professional Well Log Analysts Annual Symposium, Veracruz, Mexico
    June 5-9
    World Gas Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    June 6-9
    Azerbaijan International Caspian Oil & Gas Conference, Baku, Azerbaijan
    June 7-8
    NOC-IOC Symposium, Surrey, UK
    June 8-9
    Conference on EPC Contracts, Mumbai, India
    June 8-11
    California Independent Petroleum Association Annual Meeting, La Jolla, California USA
    June 12-14
    Asia's Geosciences Conference & Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    ...More Events

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