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    •   World Industry News
    (5/26/2004) Evacuation of Russian specialists from Iraq starts tomorrow (update)
    (5/25/2004) Mideast producers need $750 billion to boost output
    (5/25/2004) Pertamina halts Iraq exploration activities
    (5/25/2004) Norwegian companies pledged for Caspian projects
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (5/26/2004) Pemex to commence Progreso explorations in 2007
    (5/26/2004) Marathon spuds deepwater US Gulf exploration well
    (5/26/2004) Niko proves its Bangladesh gas discovery (update)
    (5/26/2004) Woodside & BHP spud Stybarrow-3 appraisal
    (5/25/2004) Gazflot to drill gas exploration wells in Yamal
    (5/25/2004) CNPC finds Junggar producer in Xinjiang's Xiazijie
    (5/25/2004) Changqing discovers major Inner Mongolia oilfield
    (5/25/2004) Shell to put Sheiba discovery in Egyptian desert onstream (update)
    (5/25/2004) Plainview, Texas wildcat spudded by Cambridge & Insignia JV
    (5/25/2004) Origin drilling Tarantula-1 onshore Perth Basin
    (5/24/2004) Hydro to commence drilling Brontes exploratory well
    (5/24/2004) Enterprise to spud Stokes Bay wildcat by August
    (5/24/2004) Santos sees oil shows in Cooper/Eromanga duo wells (update)
    (5/24/2004) Lone Wolf drills 3 new Brookshire Dome wells
    (5/24/2004) Statoil makes Norwegian Sea oil discovery
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (5/26/2004) Atwood rigs to drill off Sarawak & Western Australia
    (5/26/2004) National Oilwell introduces its Ideal Rig
    (5/26/2004) Tanganyika reaches TD with 1st Syrian horizontal well
    (5/25/2004) Appraisal completed of Siri Stine Segments 1 & 2
    (5/25/2004) KCA Deutag Wins $11 million drilling contract in Libya
    (5/24/2004) Pemex contracts 20 rigs for Gulf drilling
    (5/24/2004) Bredford Dolphin chartered for further Mediterranean work
    (5/24/2004) BJ Tubular completes Saudi expandable casing project
    (5/21/2004) Leiv Eiriksson contracted for Angola drilling
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (5/26/2004) QMAC's 1st Montana well a winner (update)
    (5/26/2004) PetroFalcon to develop Venezuelan gasfields
    (5/26/2004) China's Kela-2 Field developing with digital technology
    (5/26/2004) Vintage completes another An Nagyah well in Yemen
    (5/25/2004) Petsec predicts its US Gulf production to rise
    (5/24/2004) Transmeridian drilling producers on Kazakh South Alibek Field
    (5/24/2004) Bulgaria's Galata gasfield to go onstream in June
    (5/24/2004) Shell shuts in US Gulf Mars TLP for repairs
    (5/24/2004) Britannia gasfield shutdown again today
    (5/24/2004) Nigeria's $2.7 billion Bonga Field onstream in early 2005 (update)
    (5/24/2004) Fairborne completes 7 well workovers in Brazeau-Pembina
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (5/25/2004) Paramount acquiring Western Canadian properties
    (5/25/2004) Indusmin awarded 2 exploration blocks in Armenia
    (5/25/2004) ChevronTexaco sells Western Canada assets
    (5/25/2004) Newfield joins Petronas in Malaysian PSCs
    (5/25/2004) Petro-Canada acquires Intrepid's Buzzard share
    (5/24/2004) Havana Group/SGE acquire 50% of Mirasol Prospect
    (5/24/2004) Ireland to seek bids on Rockall Basin blocks
    (5/24/2004) Western Australia grants Jingemia production license
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (5/26/2004) Dragon Oil shooting seismic over Turkmen fields
    (5/26/2004) Statoil sets several seismic shoots for summer
    (5/25/2004) PGS launches seismic data processing center in Rio
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (5/26/2004) Statoil charters enviro-friendly supply ship
    (5/25/2004) Rigworker injured offshore Denmark
    (5/24/2004) Worker falls to death from Mobile Bay platform
    (5/24/2004) Genesis tool measures noise impact on marine mammals
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (5/26/2004) Clayton Williams buys West Texas gas producer
    (5/26/2004) Novus takeover finds Medco in the lead
    (5/26/2004) Yukos ordered to pay $3.4 billion, Khodorkovsky held
    (5/26/2004) FELS Setal/Technip JV to construct Petrobras P-51
    (5/26/2004) Hydro contracts Stolt Offshore for Ormen Lange work
    (5/26/2004) PetroVietnam names and shames 43 high officials
    (5/26/2004) Sondex acquiring Geolink in downhole technology sector
    (5/25/2004) BMB Munai buys Emir stake in Emir Oil
    (5/25/2004) Shipyard accident damages GSF Development Driller I
    (5/25/2004) Subsea 7 sells diving support vessel to Mideast buyer
    (5/25/2004) Oil Search allies with Halliburton for PNG operations
    (5/25/2004) Technip awarded major Otway Gas Project contracts (update)
    (5/25/2004) Sonoran, COWI & Eurovia join to develop Mideast fields
    (5/25/2004) Banff & Kyle subsea redevelopment contract awarded
    (5/24/2004) ONGC & Schlumberger form strategic alliance
    (5/24/2004) Russia's OMZ selling rig building to management
    (5/24/2004) Intelli-Site installation of Pemex security system
    (5/24/2004) Maritime Hydraulics contracted for Sakhalin derricks
    (5/24/2004) Wiser Oil being acquired by Forest Oil for $330 million
    (5/24/2004) ExxonMobil & Apache to optimize North American E&P
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 5/26
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 37.36
    0.0%
    Dubai Fateh 35.36
    +0.2%
    Bonny Light 38.80
    -0.6%
    N. Sea Brent 38.05
    -0.6%
    Forties 39.00
    -0.8%
    Urals/Mediterranean 35.80
    -0.6%
    Alaska N. Slope 39.99
    0.0%
    W. Texas Intermediate 40.70
    -1.0%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 6.58
    0.0%
    IPE Gas NB** 21.02
    -0.7%
    *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 28
    SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Corrosion, Aberdeen, Scotland UK
    June 1-4
    Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference, Baku, Azerbaijan
    June 2-3
    Offshore Newfoundland Petroleum Show, St. John's, Newfoundland Canada
    June 6-9
    SPWLA Annual Symposium, Noordwijk, Netherlands
    June 7-11
    EAGE Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition, Paris, France
    June 7-9
    Central European Gas Conference (CEGC), Bratislava, Slovakia
    June 8
    PIRA Canadian Energy Seminar, Calgary, Alberta Canada
    June 8-10
    Global Petroleum Show 2004, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    June 10
    PIRA West Coast Energy Seminar, Los Angeles, California USA
    June 13-15
    Asia Oil & Gas Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    ...More Events

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