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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 ends with prices well up on spec buying
    (7/13/2007) All of our monitored benchmarks closed the week today significantly higher than yesterday's settlements, with current reference crude North Sea Brent at an 11 month high at more than US$77 per bbl. Factors driving the day's increases - up an average of $1 over yesterday - at both the...Complete Daily Prices & Analysis
      World Industry News
    (7/13/2007) Lonestar Drilling rigworkers released in Niger Delta (update)
    (7/11/2007) Russia & Norway sign treaty fixing Barents Sea boundary
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (7/15/2007) Plains drilling Nevada Robinson Summit exploration well
    (7/13/2007) Aspen taps more pay in California's Grimes Field
    (7/13/2007) PetroVietnam drilling Te Giac Hong test well off Vietnam
    (7/13/2007) Empyrean spuds 3rd Texas Coast Margarita well
    (7/13/2007) Tullow's Nzizi-2 in Uganda finds significant gas reserves
    (7/12/2007) Clayton Williams abandons Cobena well in Louisiana
    (7/12/2007) ONGC drilling test well on Qatar's Najwat Najem prospect
    (7/12/2007) McMoRan finds five payzones in Flatrock prospect
    (7/12/2007) Royale spuds 1st of 3 Utah Uintah Basin Moon Canyon wells
    (7/12/2007) Addax scores oil & gas discoveries off Nigeria
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
    Global Pacific & Partners
      Drilling & Completion
    (7/13/2007) Basic adds 9 new rigs to raise fleet to 379
    (7/13/2007) WestSide spuds 1st farm-in well in Queensland's Bowen Basin
    (7/12/2007) Seadrill orders new ultra-deepwater drillship
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (7/15/2007) Great Eastern commenced CBM production in India
    (7/13/2007) Iran's newfound Paranj Field goes onstream
    (7/13/2007) Carrizo tests 2 more Barnett Shale wells in north Texas
    (7/13/2007) Corridor's McCully D-66 well penetrates 43.5 meters gas pay
    (7/13/2007) Crimson commences Madisonville-Rodessa production
    (7/12/2007) Pemex seeking provider of Maloob Field drilling platform
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (7/15/2007) Enhanced Oil Resources adds second New Mexico field
    (7/15/2007) Pakistan grants Baluchi block to state oil company
    (7/15/2007) GAIL exits Myanmar's A-7 Block
    (7/15/2007) CNOOC wins Somalia Puntland concession
    (7/15/2007) Turkey to join Iran's South Pars development
    (7/13/2007) Argentina's Rio Negro receives 8 bids for offered blocks
    (7/12/2007) MORE farms into Aragorn's Cagayan acreage
    (7/12/2007) Nine bidders take 13 new Peru blocks
    (7/12/2007) Gastar farming into Eastern Star CBM properties
    (7/12/2007) Chesapeake buys into Anadarko's West Texas Deep Haley
    (7/12/2007) Anadarko & Artumas deny Comoros talks (update)
    (7/12/2007) Fox acquires Alaska North Slope exploration rights
    (7/12/2007) Tajikistan awards license to Manas Petroleum sub
    (7/12/2007) Rosneft takes over another batch of Yukos assets
    (7/12/2007) Kodiak acquires Thunder River assets for $27 million
    (7/12/2007) Thailand extends PTT's Bongkot & Chevron's U fields concessions
    (7/12/2007) Gazprom chooses Total as Shtokmanovskoye partner
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (7/13/2007) CGGVeritas concludes Tunisia Gulf of Hamammet survey
    (7/13/2007) Woodside shooting aeromag & gravity onshore Mauritania
    (7/13/2007) Caspian Services providing vessels for Veritas Caspian shoot
    (7/13/2007) TGS-Nopec alters West Africa & US Gulf survey schedules (update)
    (7/12/2007) RXT has start-up delays in both Nigeria and Caspian
    (7/12/2007) COGC & Chevron in San Joaquin Basin seismic farmout
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (7/11/2007) Patterson-UTI issued fines for hazardous working conditions
    (7/9/2007) ONGC supply vessel sinks - 5 missing, feared dead
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (7/13/2007) Deep Down wins US Gulf Green Canyon contract
    (7/13/2007) Cameron contracted for Apache's Van Gogh development
    (7/13/2007) Constellation acquiring Oklahoma Cherokee Basin properties
    (7/13/2007) Technip contracted for US Gulf deepwater umbilical installation
    (7/13/2007) Statoil does frame deals with Dresser-Rand & Nuovo Pignone
    (7/12/2007) Helix signs deepwater well intervention deal with Shell
    (7/12/2007) Lloyds wins major contracts for Libyan projects
    (7/12/2007) Prosafe receives contract extension for FSO Endeavor
    (7/12/2007) $350 million Skarv topsides contract goes to Samsung
    (7/12/2007) BJ PPS adds 3 more split skid nitrogen generator units
    (7/12/2007) NKT Flexibles contracted for Gjoa & Visund risers
    ...More Company News
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      Industry Events
    July 16-19
    Exploration & Production Asset Management, Houston, Texas USA
    July 17-19
    Geological Society of London Emerging Plays in Australasia, London, UK
    July 23-27
    IEEE/IGARSS International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Barcelona, Spain
    July 24
    World Oil Future 2007, Johannesburg, South Africa
    July 24-26
    NFPA Americas Fire & Security Expo, Miami, Florida USA
    July 26-27
    West China International Oil & Gas Conference & IPPE 2007 Exhibition, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
    August 10
    Selection & Design Criteria for Sand Control Screens, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    August 13-15
    Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Strategy Conference, Denver, Colorado USA
    August 14
    Modern Cement Integrity Evaluation, Singapore
    August 15
    Modern Production Logging Practices, Singapore
    August 15-16
    World Energy Engineering Congress 2007, Atlanta, Georgia USA
    August 23-24
    Summer North American Prospect Expo, Houston, Texas USA
    August 28-29
    IADC Well Control Conference of the Americas & Exhibition, Galveston, Texas USA
    ...More Events

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