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  • World Industry News

  • Exploration & Discoveries

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  • Development & Production

  • Licensing & Concessions
  • Geosciences

  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
  •   World Industry News
    (5/5/2006) Nationalization of Peru's oil & gas next
    (5/4/2006) Latin presidents meet over Bolivian nationalization
    (5/4/2006) Numerous casualties at Nigeria's Qua Iboe terminal confrontation
    (5/4/2006) Petrobras cancels Bolivia gas industry investments
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (5/7/2006) Great Artesian spudding South Australia's Cadenza
    (5/7/2006) Exploration consortium set for offshore Argentina blocks
    (5/5/2006) Shell Nigeria makes deepwater discovery at Bonga North
    (5/5/2006) DNO scores new discovery in Yemen's Block 32
    (5/5/2006) Roc strikes oil in China's Beibu Gulf
    (5/5/2006) BP makes 10th discovery in ultra-deep Angola block
    (5/4/2006) Santos planning 3 appraisals in Australia's Timor Sea
    (5/4/2006) Woodside to drill 2nd Kenya wildcat in deepwater
    (5/4/2006) Island spuds offshore Ireland exploration well
    (5/4/2006) Winslow drilling Alberta's Sawtooth prospect
    (5/4/2006) PTTEP scores gas discovery in Oman
    (5/4/2006) Vicpet drilling South Australia's Jindivik exploration well
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (5/5/2006) Statoil exploratory drilling with Ocean Vanguard approved
    (5/4/2006) Gazflot to drill Shtokmanovskoye well this summer
    (5/4/2006) INTEQ launches rotary closed loop drilling system
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (5/7/2006) Norwest drills 3 wells in Kentucky, 5 in West Virginia
    (5/7/2006) Development of Iran's central gasfields near completion
    (5/7/2006) Tullow starts long-term gas production test in Bangladesh
    (5/5/2006) AED prepping to put Timor Sea Puffin-7 onstream
    (5/5/2006) Toreador tests of Turkey Black Sea producers successful
    (5/5/2006) Pan Orient to drill 4-6 wells in Thailand's Wichian Buri Field
    (5/5/2006) Subsea 7 to carry out diving operations on Ekofisk
    (5/4/2006) Longtom reserves now put at 438 bcf
    (5/4/2006) Subsea multiphase pump starts up on UK Lyell Field
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (5/5/2006) Louisiana to bar MMS lease sale if royalty not shared
    (5/5/2006) Chinese consortium buys 6 overseas oilfields
    (5/5/2006) PetroSA lands block rights in Egypt's Gulf of Suez
    (5/5/2006) Shell to win prized Kazakh Caspian block (exclusive)
    (5/4/2006) Norse Energy buys bigger stakes in Brazil's BS-3 Project
    (5/4/2006) Gujarat government wants 20% of GSPC discovery
    (5/4/2006) Avery farming into Sunshine Gas' Queensland concession
    (5/4/2006) Stone farming into Bohai Bay blocks
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (5/5/2006) PGS sets multi-client surveys off Cyprus
    (5/4/2006) Farm-in 3D shoot to spot Louisiana prospects
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (5/5/2006) Australia establishes new Marine Protected Areas
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (5/5/2006) PDVSA buying 28 rigs from China Petro Tech
    (5/5/2006) Repsol to work with Bolivia in petroleum nationalization
    (5/5/2006) National Oilwell Varco introduces of Rapid Rig
    (5/4/2006) DNV extends US authority to MODUs
    (5/4/2006) Moho Bilondo FPU getting water treatment system
    (5/4/2006) Horizon investigating improper payment
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Fri. 5/5
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 66.41
    0.0%
    Minas 70.79
    -4.7%
    Bonny Light 72.14
    -1.2%
    N. Sea Brent 70.95
    +0.9%
    Forties 71.34
    -1.0%
    Urals/Mediterranean 64.74
    -1.3%
    Alaska N. Slope 68.59
    +3.4%
    W. Texas Intermediate 70.56
    +0.9%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 6.82
    +4.1%
    UK Day Ahead** 37.50
    +5.2%
    *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 9-11
    Arab International Exhibition & Conference for Gas & Petroleum, Cairo, Egypt
    May 10-11
    NACE Internal Corrosion Seminar, Houston, Texas USA
    May 15-18
    SPE Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, Canada
    May 15-18
    Geological Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
    May 16-18
    Uzbekistan International Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, Tashkent Uzbekistan
    May 17-19
    World GTL Summit, London, UK
    ...More Events

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