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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
    Prices plummet post holidays on dollar & demand issues
    (5/27/2008) Traders at both the London InterContinental Exchange and the New York Mercantile Exchange took to the floor today to sell down on the news that the US dollar has gained sufficient strength to send speculators back to equities and word that at least four Asian countries are cutting subsidies on fuel, which is expected to lessen demand. Furthermore, further sabotages in the Niger Delta has sent Royal Dutch Shell's output down again...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (5/28/2008) MEND warns of series of bombings in Niger Delta tomorrow
    (5/28/2008) Unhappy with high oil prices, Indonesia exiting OPEC
    (5/26/2008) Africa Oil equipment convoy attacked in Somalia
    (5/26/2008) How to divide the Arctic Ocean into 5 parts (update)
    (5/26/2008) MEND bombs another Shell pipeline in Niger Delta
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (5/28/2008) DONG drilling Norway's Ipswich Prospect
    (5/28/2008) Santos gives up on Western Oz Adams-1 well
    (5/28/2008) Eni drilling deepwater wildcat offshore Western Australia
    (5/28/2008) Beach fails to find hydrocarbons in Otway sidetrack
    (5/28/2008) Bowleven drilling test well offshore Cameroon
    (5/28/2008) Texas Crude scores in Sugarloaf condensate & gas flows
    (5/28/2008) InterOil's Papua New Guinea Elk-4 prepping for DST2
    (5/28/2008) Arkhangelovskoe discovery output boosted
    (5/27/2008) March strikes out with 2nd Chile Pica North test well
    (5/27/2008) Turkey's Edirne Gas Project Ikihoyuk-1 well scores high tests
    (5/27/2008) Nautical draws a duster with UK Selkie well
    (5/27/2008) Bayou Bend to drill Haystack well in US Gulf Marsh Island
    (5/27/2008) OMV planning exploration wells in Kurdish Iraq
    (5/27/2008) Hoang Long halts drilling of Te Giac Den sidetrack
    (5/27/2008) Total makes important gas discovery off Brunei
    (5/27/2008) Valiant spuds exploration well on UK North Sea Globe prospect
    (5/26/2008) Deepwater discovery in US Gulf Stones unit
    (5/26/2008) Golden Eye to spud 1st Greenbush well in North Dakota
    (5/26/2008) TT2 in southern Tunisia produces oil shows
    (5/26/2008) Solana's Primavera-1 in Colombia scores on test
    (5/26/2008) Allied Energy drilling 2 more wells in Southeast Ohio
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (5/28/2008) COSL Rig 7002 makes debut in Libya
    (5/27/2008) JV re-entering shut-in Cities Services well in Texas
    (5/27/2008) Helix sails into deepwater US Gulf with its Q4000
    (5/26/2008) Nordic contracts rig for 2 Preeceville wells
    (5/26/2008) Transocean selling jackup to Kuwait's Gupico
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (5/28/2008) New Zealand's Maari platform installed
    (5/28/2008) Shell's Perdido ultra-deep US Gulf platform sails for Texas
    (5/28/2008) Petrofac wins okay for UK Don Fields development
    (5/27/2008) Novatek to build artificial island to develop Arctic oilfield
    (5/27/2008) Salinas putting 4th horizontal well onstream
    (5/27/2008) Austral Pacific to drill 2 producers on New Zealand field
    (5/26/2008) Pacific Rubiales' La Creciente well reaches TD
    (5/26/2008) Flowtests completed on NZ's Kupe South well
    (5/26/2008) StatoilHydro restarts Vigdis & Snorre, prepping for Statfjord restart (update)
    (5/26/2008) Denmark's Nini East development set for first oil next year
    (5/26/2008) Caspian puts another Kyrgyz Mailisu well onstream
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (5/28/2008) Global terminating Woodside's farm-in off Kenya
    (5/28/2008) XTO pays $1.85 billion for Bakken Shale properties
    (5/27/2008) Gazprom and Rosneft split the Russian Arctic
    (5/27/2008) Lundin take Rangkas PSC onshore West Java
    (5/27/2008) Shell & Aramco up South Rub al-Khali interests
    (5/26/2008) Russia to cut oil company taxes beginning next year
    (5/26/2008) Rift assumes 100% ownership of Papua New Guinea assets
    (5/26/2008) Sonatrach granted Libya Ghadames Basin blocks
    (5/26/2008) PA Resources awarded large license off Greenland
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (5/28/2008) Aker contracts BOS for Norwegian Sea 3D shoot
    (5/27/2008) Seismic shoot set for Albanian onshore blocks
    (5/27/2008) Schlumberger introduces analysis service for carbonate reservoirs
    (5/26/2008) GC Rieber acquiring 2D source vessel for Fugro
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (5/28/2008) Schlumberger & GE Energy form carbon sequestration alliance
    (5/27/2008) Spectra planning British Columbia carbon capture & sequestration
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (5/28/2008) Schlumberger to offer BabelFish software
    (5/28/2008) Saipem wins $600 million in Egypt & Angola contracts
    (5/28/2008) FMC extends Woodside frame agreement another 5 years
    (5/27/2008) CGGVeritas's Sercel acquires Metrolog
    (5/26/2008) Chinese majors wooing Talisman, Santos & Repsol
    (5/26/2008) Linc joining Huadian for China clean coal project
    (5/26/2008) Subsea 7 acquires Skandi Navica pipelay vessel
    (5/26/2008) Penn West Energy Trust to acquire Endev Energy
    ...More Company News
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      Industry Events
    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
    June 9-11
    Asian Geosciences Conference & Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    June 9-11
    SPE Tight Gas Completions Conference, San Antonio, Texas USA
    June 9-12
    EAGE/SPE EurOPEC Conference & Exhibition, Rome, Italy
    June 9-13
    ASME Turbo Expo, Berlin, Germany
    June 10-12
    Global Petroleum Show, Calgary, Akberta, Canada
    June 11-12
    IADC World Drilling Conference & Exhibition, Berlin, Germany
    June 15-20
    ASME Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering - OMAE 2008, Estoril, Portugal
    June 18-19
    5th Mideast Upstream 2008, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    June 18-21
    American Association of Professional Landmen Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    June 19-21
    IPAA Midyear Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
    June 23-27
    API E&P Standards on Oilfield Equipment & Materials Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    June 24-26
    Russian Petroleum & Gas Congress, Moscow, Russia
    June 24-26
    Neftegas Exhibition, Moscow, Russia
    June 29-July 03
    World Petroleum Congress, Madrid, Spain
    ...More Events

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