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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
    Mixed settlements as position limits imposed at Nymex & ICE
    (6/17/2008) The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission today revealed plans to impose limits on overseas oil trades, and the Intercontinental Exchange in London said it would comply with the new rules. The move is to curb speculation by large investors, including hedge funds and major banking institutions, which is generally seen as the principal cause for the record price increases over the past few months to far above the level required to meet supply and demand...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (6/18/2008) India & Myanmar object to Bangladesh licenses
    (6/18/2008) No border decision, but China & Japan to jointly develop gas (update)
    (6/17/2008) Resolution at hand in East China Sea gasfields stand-off (update)
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (6/18/2008) Brigham scores Southern Louisiana discovery
    (6/18/2008) Talisman drilling Trow test well in Norwegian North Sea
    (6/17/2008) Stuart set to spud Subzero-1 exploration well
    (6/17/2008) Petrolia to explore New Brunswick's Dalhousie for gas
    (6/17/2008) Kupe JV drilling Momoho-1 offshore New Zealand
    (6/17/2008) Eurogas drilling Ras el Besh well offshore Tunisia
    (6/17/2008) West Tapir off Suriname being plugged & abandoned
    (6/17/2008) Mariner scores with US Gulf Geauxpher discovery
    (6/17/2008) Petsec spuds test well in Louisiana Moonshine Project
    (6/16/2008) Hoang Long scores gasfield find off Vietnam
    (6/16/2008) GeoPark finds 2 new fields in southern Chile
    (6/16/2008) StatoilHydro wildcat in Norwegian Sea a gas discovery
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (6/17/2008) Semi Deepsea Delta being bought by Songa Offshore
    (6/16/2008) StatoilHydro gets okay to drill Arenaria test well
    (6/16/2008) Tenders opened for 2 test wells in southern Iraq
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (6/18/2008) PDVSA starts Mariscal Sucre development drilling
    (6/18/2008) Vaalco restores production from Gabon fields
    (6/18/2008) Beach puts Cooper Basin Parsons Field on production
    (6/17/2008) Cairn taps down India's Ravva Field infill program
    (6/17/2008) Gulfsands completes 2nd horizontal producer in Syria
    (6/17/2008) Calvalley concludes agreements for Yemen field production
    (6/17/2008) Technip contracted for Gjoa project pipeline systems
    (6/16/2008) TransGlobe drilling production wells on Egypt concessions
    (6/16/2008) W&T to develop Daniel Boone Field in US Gulf
    (6/16/2008) FPSO East Fortune contracted for Nigeria field
    (6/16/2008) Clough to install Reindeer project off Western Australia
    (6/16/2008) After fire shutdown, output resumes on Brage & Veslefrikk
    (6/16/2008) Anadarko ramps up Independence Hub output
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (6/18/2008) Sinopec completes buy of majority stake in Aussie fields
    (6/18/2008) InterOil sells 2 PNG blocks to Horizon Oil
    (6/18/2008) BPI expands CBM leasehold interest in Illinois Basin
    (6/18/2008) Wanderport joins UMA in Russian concession
    (6/18/2008) Dejour acquires Retamco assets in Colorado & Utah
    (6/17/2008) Northern boosts its North Dakota Bakken acreage
    (6/17/2008) Leed granted US Gulf West Cameron Block 106
    (6/17/2008) Petronas awards Sarawak block to Newfield-led JV
    (6/16/2008) Tower Resources acquires Comet Petroleum
    (6/16/2008) FieldPoint adds stakes in Texas & New Mexico plays
    (6/16/2008) Barbados offers offshore blocks - 2 extending into Venezuela
    (6/16/2008) RJK adds 10 St Lawrence, Quebec shale permits
    (6/16/2008) Chesapeake joins Goodrich in Louisiana projects
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (6/18/2008) Polarcus contracts 2 12-streamer 3D seismic vessels
    (6/18/2008) Modiolus 3D shoot underway in South Australia's Cooper Basin
    (6/18/2008) Landmark launches software upgrades to 70 E&P products
    (6/17/2008) New 2D acquired over Australia's Bonaparte Basin block
    (6/17/2008) PGS Ramform Sovereign completes 1st survey
    (6/16/2008) Paradigm releases pressure transient analysis software
    (6/16/2008) Ascent starts 2D seismic shoot over Italian permit area
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (6/15/2008) Fire on Oseberg A platform quickly extinguished
    (6/13/2008) Blowout in Mississippi triggers evacuation
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (6/18/2008) Bumi Armada to provide FPSO for Agip Nigeria field
    (6/18/2008) Acergy to replace Danish inter-field injection pipeline
    (6/17/2008) Medco sells its stake in Apexindo for $333 million
    (6/17/2008) Range partners with MarkWest for Marcellus Shale Project
    (6/17/2008) Rolls-Royce contracted for Russia's Shtokmanovskoye
    (6/17/2008) McDermott & CSIC form JV for new China construction yard
    (6/16/2008) Altai acquires remaining interest in its Utica Shale Project
    (6/16/2008) WorleyParsons Zarubezhneft JV to begin Sakhalin project
    (6/16/2008) Lamprell takes Riginvest contract to build new jackup
    (6/16/2008) Samsung to build Saipem deepwater development vessel
    ...More Company News
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      Industry Events
    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
    July 6-11
    International Offshore & Polar Engineering Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    July 9-11
    AAPG 20th Annual Natural Gas Strategy Conference & Investment Forum, Denver, Colorado, USA
    July 15-16
    IADC Lifting & Mechanical Handling Conference, Houston, Texas, USA
    July 16-18
    2008 South East Asia Australia Offshore Conference, Darwin, NT, Australia
    August 5-14
    International Union of Geological Sciences Congress, Oslo, Norway
    August 24-29
    SPE R&D Meets Reality - Technologies That Will Make a Difference, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada
    August 24-29
    SPE Steam Generation Forum, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada
    August 25-28
    IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference, Jakarta Indonesia
    August 26-29
    Offshore Northern Seas Exhibition & Conference, Stavanger, Norway
    September 9-10
    IADC Drilling HSE Europe Conference & Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    September 9-12
    Texas Tech University International Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop, Houston, Texas, USA
    September 14-17
    PESA 3rd Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium, Sydney, Australia
    September 14-20
    Association of Engineering Geologists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    ...More Events

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