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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
    Pre-holiday closings mostly up on fundamentals
    (5/22/2009) Trade today at the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and the InterContinental Exchange (ICE) in London was primarily on the basis of rather weak fundamentals as opposed to the downward drift in the US dollar, in which crude oil is denominated - the usual trigger for a much more bullish floor. Instead, traders with expectations that economic recovery is going to continue to drive prices higher...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (5/24/2009) IEA predicting $170 billion drop in E&P investment this year
    (5/21/2009) Venezuela expropriates another 35 service companies (update)
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (5/24/2009) PDVSA drilling exploratory well on Equator's Puna Island
    (5/24/2009) Petrobras finds oil in Shell-relinquished Brazilian block
    (5/24/2009) Dana Gas' Tulip-1 another gas discovery in Egypt
    (5/22/2009) Rockhopper reclassifies old Shell well as gas discovery
    (5/22/2009) ExxonMobil makes minor North Sea discovery
    (5/21/2009) Repsol to resume testing Eq Guinea discovery
    (5/21/2009) Pemex completes Tekel-1 in Campeche Bay
    (5/21/2009) Petrobras sets 2-year $300 million Black Sea exploration
    (5/21/2009) Niko kicks off Tamil Nadu exploratory drilling
    (5/21/2009) Venture appraisal on UK North Sea Kew Field finds gas
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (5/24/2009) Texas' TRC accidently plugs producing well
    (5/24/2009) Keppel delivers jackup to China Oilfield Services
    (5/22/2009) Scorpion jackup gets 6 months more in Vietnam
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (5/24/2009) Saudi Arabia's Khurais Field start-up delayed (update)
    (5/23/2009) ExxonMobil completes 1st Alaska Point Thomson well
    (5/22/2009) Denmark's Nini East platform set for installation
    (5/22/2009) Eni denies intention to develop 3rd Phase of Iran's Darkhovin (update)
    (5/22/2009) Troll takes its turn for shutdown & maintenance
    (5/22/2009) Maari JV to drill an appraisal on New Zealand's Manaia
    (5/22/2009) FPSO Sevan Voyageur staying on Shelley Field
    (5/21/2009) Helix Producer I arrives in US Gulf for topsides installation
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (5/24/2009) PetroTel granted onshore/offshore block by Oman
    (5/22/2009) Total JV gives bigger stake in Libya blocks to NOC
    (5/22/2009) Adelaide farms out 90% interest in South Australia permit
    (5/21/2009) Santos said selling 4 Australia Timor Sea gas projects
    (5/21/2009) Artumas farming out Mozambique stakes
    (5/21/2009) Medco getting extension to Indonesia's Aceh Block A
    (5/21/2009) Chesapeake selling a stake in its Barnett Shale for $500 million
    (5/21/2009) PGNiG scores concession in Egyptian Western Desert
    (5/21/2009) PrimeGen acquiring stake in Timan-Pechora field
    (5/21/2009) Ascent farms out half its Slovenian exploration project
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (5/22/2009) 2D seismic shoot contracted off Tanzania
    (5/22/2009) SCAN completes 2D shoot off northern Peru
    (5/21/2009) Excel doing 100 sq km Magdalen Islands gravity survey
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (5/24/2009) Alberta halts drilling of wells with high hydrogen sulfide
    (5/21/2009) Midair emergency forces CHC crew copter back to base
    (5/21/2009) Five Chesapeake Energy workers exposed to contaminant
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (5/24/2009) PetroChina buying 45.5% of Singapore Petroleum
    (5/22/2009) Neptune stacks up $20 million in construction contracts
    (5/21/2009) Chevron picks INTECSEA for Rosebank Project
    ...More Company News
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      Industry Events
    May 25-27
    CSM-CMM Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    May 25-27
    CSM-CMM Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    May 25-28
    Gastech International Conference & Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE
    May 27-29
    SPE European Formation Damage Conference, Scheveningen, Netherlands
    May 31-June 3
    SPE Latin American & Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Cartagena, Colombia
    May 31-June 5
    SPE Artificial Intelligence in the E&P Industry Forum, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
    June 2-5
    Caspian International Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference, Baku, Azerbaijan
    June 4-5
    IADC International Tax Seminar, Miami, Florida, USA
    June 4-5
    7th Annual Joint Oil Data Initiative Conference, Quito, Ecuador
    June 4-7
    Middle East Oil and Gas Expo 2009, Mersin, Turkey
    June 7-10
    AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, USA
    June 8-11
    SPE Europec/EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    June 8-10
    ILTA Annual International Operating Conference & Trade Show, Houston, Texas, USA
    June 9-11
    GO-EXPO Gas and Oil Exposition, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    June 10-12
    Asian Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Engineering Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    June 11
    Subsea Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    June 11-12
    World Ocean Engineering Summit, Shanghai, China
    June 13-17
    ASME Turbo Expo, Orlanso, Florida, USA
    June 14-16
    Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
    June 15-16
    Offshore Decommissioning Summit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    June 15-17
    IPAA Midyear Meeting, Laguna Nigel Dana Point, California, USA
    ...More Events

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