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    •   World Industry News
    (6/26/2006) Oil service workers' strike halts Barents Sea drilling (update)
    (6/26/2006) Kidnapped PGS oil workers in Nigeria released (update)
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (6/28/2006) Great Artesian's Rossco-1 flows 4.2 million cf/d
    (6/28/2006) Hardy prepping to spud 2 exploration wells off India
    (6/28/2006) White Sands spuds 1st Queensland Reids Dome well
    (6/27/2006) Santos prepping for Galloway-1 exploration well
    (6/27/2006) Lewis Energy finds gas shows with Barnett Shale wells
    (6/27/2006) Nexus to drill Victoria's Longtom appraisal
    (6/27/2006) Stuart spudding South Australia Revenue well
    (6/27/2006) Reliance makes deepwater discovery in Bay of Bengal
    (6/26/2006) Beach spuds Boomer in South Australia
    (6/26/2006) Scrubby well spudded onshore Western Australia
    (6/26/2006) InterOil's Elk a major Papua New Guinea gas discovery
    (6/26/2006) Statoil plans exploration to extend Norne life
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (6/28/2006) Serica pegs Seadrill 5 to drill producers off Indonesia
    (6/28/2006) COSL semi contracted to drill Indonesian Natuna Sea
    (6/27/2006) Venture pens long-term drilling contracts with Noble
    (6/27/2006) Enterra kicks off Oklahoma drilling program
    (6/27/2006) Oilex contracts rig for Cambay Phase 1 drilling
    (6/26/2006) Vanco contracts rig for Black Sea drilling
    (6/23/2006) Semi West Alpha approved for Norwegian Sea work
    (6/22/2006) Transocean to build new drillship on Hydro contract
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (6/28/2006) Equator & Peak sign for Bilabri FPSO off Nigeria
    (6/28/2006) Foothills commences California Grizzly Bluff drilling program
    (6/27/2006) Kappa takes Colombia's Arce-4 to total depth
    (6/27/2006) Corridor taps gas pay in latest McCully well
    (6/27/2006) Toreador installing unique production platform in Black Sea
    (6/27/2006) Anzon flows Basker-5 prior to clean-up
    (6/27/2006) Sudan's Tharjhat Field goes on production
    (6/27/2006) Toreador putting Romanian gasfield onstream
    (6/26/2006) Chevron puts Angola's deepwater Lobito Field onstream
    (6/26/2006) PA completes installation of Didon platform off Tunisia
    (6/26/2006) Petroecuador puts ex-Oxy block back to full production
    (6/26/2006) Western Capital drilling 2 more South Cottonwood Creek wells
    (6/26/2006) Tunisia's El Bibane output set for September start-up
    (6/26/2006) Buckling found in jacket of CNOOC's PY30-1 platform
    (6/26/2006) Russia's first offshore gas platform installed off Sakhalin
    (6/26/2006) Stuart completing Rimfire as an oil producer
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (6/28/2006) Philippines to award 4 exploration blocks in July
    (6/28/2006) PTTEP commits to $38 million to explore Oman block
    (6/28/2006) Brazil's ANP puts off tender of fields to tomorrow
    (6/28/2006) Oman grants Oilex-led consortium exploration block
    (6/28/2006) Plains to divest non-strategic California & Texas assets
    (6/28/2006) Indago awarded exploration block onshore Oman
    (6/27/2006) Husky farming into Hydro's Jeanne d'Arc Basin block
    (6/27/2006) Montage farms into Circle block off Panama
    (6/27/2006) Oando & Energia to jointly develop Nigeria marginal field
    (6/27/2006) Apache sells stake in China's Zhao Dong for $260 million
    (6/26/2006) GFI joins Transworld & Rion in Indonesia's Seruway
    (6/26/2006) Wintershall wins licenses in Danish North Sea
    (6/26/2006) FCP relinquishing Algeria's Rhourde Yacoub Block
    (6/26/2006) Oriental farms into Nigeria's Block OML67
    (6/26/2006) Circle Oil granted Morocco's Sebou Concession
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (6/28/2006) Pryme takes over Louisiana 3D project
    (6/28/2006) Rockhopper gets positive results from Falkland survey
    (6/27/2006) Roxar providing reservoir simulation software in Vietnam
    (6/25/2006) OIL sets seismic survey for Brahmaputra
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (6/27/2006) Fugro GEOS wins British Safety Council award
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (6/28/2006) Anadarko to divest its Canadian subsidiary
    (6/28/2006) New African E&P JV established
    (6/28/2006) JP Kenny wins 2 Norwegian North Sea contracts
    (6/28/2006) Origin Energy calls off acquisition of Contact Energy
    (6/28/2006) Pearl buying Canada's Nevarro Energy for $38.3 million
    (6/28/2006) Farstad enters offshore construction with Saipem vessel
    (6/28/2006) McDermott providing Qatargas condensate facilities
    (6/28/2006) Schlumberger acquires rights to Quorum software
    (6/28/2006) Statoil contracts modifications to Kristin & Asgard platforms
    (6/27/2006) Saxon acquiring Canadian drilling rig companies
    (6/27/2006) Vetco Aibel contracted to modify Statoil's Heidrun platform
    (6/27/2006) IBM creates Oil Sands Centre of Excellence in Alberta
    (6/26/2006) Technip augments subsea construction fleet
    (6/26/2006) Acergy contracted for deepwater project off Angola
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 6/28
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 64.36
    0.0%
    Minas 66.17
    -0.1%
    Bonny Light 70.76
    +0.3%
    N. Sea Brent 69.93
    -0.1%
    Forties 70.36
    +0.3%
    Urals/Mediterranean 64.51
    +0.3%
    Alaska N. Slope 69.57
    +0.1%
    W. Texas Intermediate 70.87
    +0.1%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 6.14
    -5.5%
    UK Day Ahead** 32.45
    -5.3%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    June 26-28
    Oil & Gas Developments in Arctic and Cold Regions, Stravanger, Norway
    June 27-28
    3rd North Sea Decommissioning Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    June 27-29
    Latin American Petroleum Show, Maracaibo, Venezuela
    June 28-29
    Oil, Gas & Natural Resources in Kazakhstan, London, UK
    July 2-7
    Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    July 2-7
    Australian Earth Sciences convention 2006, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    July 10-12
    Gulf of Guinea & Beyond Oil & Gas 2006, London, UK
    July 25-26
    Queensland State Energy Outlook Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    July 31-August 1
    Excellence in Upstream Energy, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    ...More Events

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