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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
    Week begins bearishly on supply & refinery optimism
    (5/1/2007) Markets on both sides of the Atlantic today appeared to be relatively optimistic about coming supply statuses and the ability of refineries to gin out enough gasoline to keep US cars rolling throughout the coming summer driving season...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (5/1/2007) Aging offshore oil & gas workforce a myth - Oil & Gas UK
    (5/1/2007) Six Chevron workers kidnapped from FPSO off Niger Delta
    (4/30/2007) Industry survey reveals UK leads in R&D activities
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (5/2/2007) Engineers accidentally find gas reserve in Kashmir
    (5/2/2007) With no gas found, Aurelian's Radauti East to be disposal well
    (5/2/2007) China fronting 2/3 of E&P fund with Venezuela
    (5/2/2007) Gulf Keystone revives shut-in Sonatrach discovery well
    (5/2/2007) Aabar's Makassar Straits finds 618-ft gas column off Kalimantan
    (5/2/2007) Repsol's 2 Libya discoveries prove contract area
    (5/1/2007) Rally finds heavy oil in Egypt's Issaran Block
    (5/1/2007) Empire's Nevada Cobble Cuesta a duster
    (5/1/2007) Medco makes gas discovery in US Gulf of Mexico
    (5/1/2007) BHP spuds 1st of 5 Exmouth test wells off Western Australia
    (4/30/2007) Aladdin's Russian Middle Sedolskoye well a duster
    (4/30/2007) Petrobras about to spud 10th current exploration well
    (4/30/2007) Ascent's Huermeces well in NW Spain a duster
    (4/30/2007) PetroSun spuds 1st of 4 Arizona exploration wells
    (4/30/2007) PA completes Tunisian offshore appraisal sidetrack
    (4/30/2007) MOG to spud onshore southern Italy sidetrack
    (4/30/2007) BLM grants drilling permits for Colorado's Barcus Creek
    (4/30/2007) PetroHungaria drilling 2 Nyirseg wells in NE Hungary
    (4/30/2007) Kuwait follows gasfield find with oil discovery
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (5/2/2007) Providence completes Celtic Sea site survey for summer drilling
    (5/2/2007) Seadrill orders another semi from Jurong
    (5/2/2007) WellDynamics & Expro integrating downhole monitoring
    (5/1/2007) Weather keeping Wilcraft jackup from moving
    (5/1/2007) Subsurface safety valve can hang a million-lb drillstring
    (4/30/2007) ABS develops enhanced monitoring system for aging rigs
    (4/30/2007) Debris-free perforating debuts at OTC
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (5/2/2007) AED's Puffin development well flows at 11,660 b/d
    (5/2/2007) Talisman puts 2 wells off Norway on production at 24,000 b/d
    (5/2/2007) Nigeria's Umusadege well going on production
    (5/2/2007) Saudi Arabia to raise output to 12.5 million b/d
    (5/1/2007) Royale drills another winner in Sacramento Basin
    (5/1/2007) Winstar tests Tunisia's Chouech Es Saida well
    (4/30/2007) Aztec completes 4 producers in West Virginia
    (4/30/2007) CanArgo Manavi well to be fracced to restart flow
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (5/2/2007) ExxonMobil request to stay relinquishing Alaska license denied
    (5/2/2007) Putin dangles tax breaks to entice offshore developers
    (5/2/2007) CITIC Resources buying 50% stake in Kazakh block
    (5/2/2007) Nova Scotia investing in R&D to prompt exploration
    (5/2/2007) Bolivia officially approves Petrobras production
    (5/2/2007) Pryme joins Amelia Resources in Louisiana's Florida Parishes
    (5/1/2007) Antares farms into new South Texas gas exploration
    (5/1/2007) Venezuela assumes operation of all oilfields (update)
    (5/1/2007) PTTEP boosts stake in Chevron Thai Gulf block
    (5/1/2007) Occidental does another asset swap with BP
    (5/1/2007) Sri Lanka puts 3 offshore blocks up for bid
    (5/1/2007) Saxon appraises AleAnna's New Mexico & Italy assets
    (4/30/2007) Northern adds another Netherlands license
    (4/30/2007) Cirrus wins license for Netherlands North Sea block
    (4/30/2007) Black Rock farms into Paraguay's Boqueron Block
    (4/30/2007) High Tech seeking Sudan Muglad Basin block farmout
    (4/30/2007) March wins approval for northern Chile blocks
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (5/2/2007) GXT & Suelopetrol link to offer seismic imaging in South America
    (5/2/2007) I/O's Apache FireFly Project underway in northeast Texas
    (5/1/2007) Primeline & CNOOC review 3D over South China Sea block
    (4/30/2007) Sherritt awards 2 Caribbean 3D surveys to SCAN
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (5/1/2007) Shell defaults on end to gas flaring court order
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (5/2/2007) DNV establishes well intervention equipment class notation
    (5/2/2007) Hydril introducing new chrome production tubing
    (5/2/2007) Aker Kvaerner wins Gjoa semi mooring contract
    (5/1/2007) TNK-BP buys majority stake in Severnoyeneftgaz
    (5/1/2007) First anywhere multi-purpose support vessel launched
    (5/1/2007) Fugro GEOS sets "firsts" with Thunder Horse current profiler
    (5/1/2007) Dockwise & Sealift to merge
    (5/1/2007) FMC to supply additional subsea systems for Agbami Project
    (5/1/2007) CEO of BP resigns on being outed by ex-lover
    (4/30/2007) Velosi contracted for Nigeria & Egypt projects
    (4/30/2007) Chesapeake acquiring Gastar East Texas undeveloped lease
    (4/30/2007) Oilexco to employ Sevan 300 #3 on UK's Shelley Field
    (4/30/2007) Triton Group buys Sub-Atlantic ROV producer
    (4/30/2007) Roxar to supply wet gas meters for key Statoil gasfields
    (4/30/2007) Eni buys Dominion US Gulf assets for $4.76 billion
    ...More Company News
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      Industry Events
    May 4-6
    Geological Society of America Cordilleran Meeting, Bellingham, Washington, USA
    May 6-8
    IOGCC Midyear Issues Summit, Bellingham, Point Clear, Alabama USA
    May 6-9
    AAPG Hedberg Research Conference: Mobile Shale Basins, The Hague, The Netherlands
    May 7-9
    Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Meeting, Saint George, Utah USA
    May 7-10
    Blowout Prevention School, Norman, Oklahoma USA
    May 8-11
    Petroleum Industry's Annual Safety Seminar, Banff, Alberta, Canada
    May 9-10
    Maghreb & Mediterranean Oil & Gas Annual Exhibition, Marrakech, Morocco
    May 14-15
    Deloitte Energy Conference, Washington, D.C.
    May 14-17
    Canadian Joint Conference (Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Canadian Well Logging Society), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    May 15-16
    Asia Bottom of the Barrel Technology Conference & Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    May 15-17
    Indonesian Petroleum Association Annual Convention, Jakarta, Indonesia
    May 15-17
    Intergas IV 2007 International Conference & Exhibition, Cairo, Egypt
    May 15-17
    International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA
    May 15-17
    11th Uzbekistan International Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    May 16
    CADE/CAODC Drilling Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    May 16-19
    Pakistan Oil, Gas & Energy Exhibition & Conference, Karachi, Pakistan
    ...More Events

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