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  • World Industry News

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  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

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    •   World Industry News
    (7/12/2006) Kazakhstan-China oil pipeline goes onstream
    (7/11/2006) Indonesia gives Aceh province greater autonomy
    (7/11/2006) Saudi Arabia calls for halt in Qatar-UAE gasline
    (7/10/2006) Status quo rule of new Kuwaiti oil minister
    (7/10/2006) Kidnapped Shell Nigeria contract worker released (update)
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (7/12/2006) Longtom appraisal well spudded in Gippsland Basin
    (7/12/2006) Beach to spud South Australia's Callawonga well
    (7/12/2006) Total extends US Gulf Alaminos Canyon discovery
    (7/12/2006) Roc's 1st Beibu Gulf discovery appraisal completed
    (7/12/2006) Petrobras scores light oil discovery in ultra deep Santos Basin
    (7/12/2006) Statoil's Norwegian Sea wildcat a dry hole
    (7/11/2006) InterOil's Elk may be PNG's biggest buck yet
    (7/11/2006) Drilling begins on Oklahoma's South Wilburton prospect
    (7/10/2006) Stuart's Revenue-1 a new South Australia discovery
    (7/10/2006) Shell-led gas JV spuds first exploration well in Saudi desert
    (7/10/2006) Hardman completes last Uganda discovery production test
    (7/10/2006) CNOOC wildcat in Bohai Bay a new discovery
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (7/12/2006) Norway's PSA okays Polar Pioneer & Ocean Vanguard
    (7/12/2006) Queensland's Waggamba-1H prepping to drill
    (7/12/2006) Quantum joining 1st Barnett Shale horizontal well
    (7/11/2006) First horizontal well completed at Contact's Stoney Creek
    (7/11/2006) Pan Orient drilling Thailand's Wichian Buri Field
    (7/10/2006) Petrojack selling newbuild jackups
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (7/12/2006) PetroSA to further develop South Africa's EM Fields
    (7/12/2006) Another $255.2 million to sustain Sleipner output
    (7/11/2006) Eastern Star completes New South Wales CBM drilling
    (7/11/2006) Manned subsea operation off Norway given go-ahead
    (7/11/2006) Falcon's Mako-6 in Hungary at 5,692 meters TD
    (7/11/2006) Third Ten Mile Draw gaswell being reworked
    (7/11/2006) Husky puts 5th White Rose producer onstream
    (7/11/2006) Redfork kicks off Kansas CBM drilling campaign
    (7/11/2006) European Gas spuds French CBM appraisals
    (7/10/2006) Gabon's East Orovinyare sidetrack taps pay
    (7/10/2006) Chevron trying steam to produce Saudi Wafra Field
    (7/10/2006) Fellows doubles Carbon County, Utah production
    (7/10/2006) Foothills testing 1st well in the Grizzly Bluff program
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (7/12/2006) New Zealand awards 7 new exploration blocks
    (7/12/2006) Repsol-YPF buys BP's stake in US Gulf Shenzi Field
    (7/11/2006) Icon sub renews Queensland permit after 7 years
    (7/11/2006) Major farming into Nexus' Crux project off Western Oz
    (7/11/2006) Hunt farming into Gasco Wyoming prospect
    (7/11/2006) Chad to offer 20 blocks in 1st licensing round
    (7/11/2006) CNPC farming into Indonesia's Bengara-II Block
    (7/10/2006) Lagasco doing deal for 2 Alberta First Nation blocks
    (7/10/2006) Caltex takes a stake in Mitsui Thai onshore blocks
    (7/10/2006) Harvest acquires Hess' near offshore properties
    (7/10/2006) Star farms into 2 Tethys blocks in Denmark
    (7/10/2006) Northern confirms transfer of Netherlands license
    (7/10/2006) Pacific Energy buying offshore California Beta Field
    (7/10/2006) Gulliver picks up new block onshore Western Australia
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (7/12/2006) Ithaca completes 3 block 3D shoot in North Sea
    (7/12/2006) BGP halfway in Iran 3D Amak project
    (7/12/2006) Fairfield processing Big Canyon 2D seismic data
    (7/11/2006) New Frontier acquires Colorado seismic data
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (7/9/2006) Fatal platform fire on ATP-ExxonMobil US Gulf facility
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (7/12/2006) AspenTech to optimize output on PTTEP's Bongkot Field
    (7/12/2006) Chevron signs 8 Niger Delta community agreements
    (7/12/2006) Neptune/Allied Diving win Apache project
    (7/12/2006) Petro-Canada hefts offer for Canada Southern Petroleum
    (7/11/2006) Metex & CSIRO link for coal gasification project
    (7/11/2006) KazMunaiGaz buys stake in KGM joint venture
    (7/11/2006) Aker Kvaerner to provide Neptune drillship equipment
    (7/10/2006) Saipem to maintain Eni's Italian production facilities
    (7/10/2006) FMC supplying mooring system for Stybarrow FPSO
    (7/10/2006) Aker Kvaerner contracted for Ormen Lange subsea compression
    (7/10/2006) DeepOcean adding Installer & Supporter ROV simulator
    (7/10/2006) AlMansoori acquires Egyptian tubular & wireline services
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 7/12
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 68.74
    0.0%
    Minas 74.14
    -+2.2%
    Bonny Light 75.63
    +2.1%
    N. Sea Brent 73.51
    -0.8%
    Forties 74.33
    +1.4%
    Urals/Mediterranean 69.28
    +1.9%
    Alaska N. Slope 72.79
    -1.4%
    W. Texas Intermediate 74.09
    -1.4%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 5.14
    -2.7%
    UK Day Ahead** 40.00
    +6.7%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    July 12-13
    Independent Oil & Gas Assoc. of New York Conference, Findley Lake New York, USA
    July 15-16
    G8 Summit, St Petersburg, Russia
    July 18-19
    East Coast Gas Developments Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    July 18-19
    HPHT Wells USA Conference, Houston, Texas USA
    July 18-19
    Southern Gas Association Operating Conference, Houston, Texas USA
    July 24-28
    Multiphase Research Group Frac School, Banff, Alberta, Canada
    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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