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  • World Industry News

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  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (8/11/2004) Two Gulf hurricanes send oilworkers to shore (update)
    (8/11/2004) OPEC at maximum capacity - Venezuela's Ramirez
    (8/11/2004) Oz's Downer meeting Timor's Horta over sea revenues
    (8/11/2004) IEA says OPEC spare capacity at 600,000 b/d
    (8/11/2004) ExxonMobil also halting US Gulf production as storm approaches (update)
    (8/10/2004) Tropical Storm Bonnie forces US Gulf crew evacuations
    (8/10/2004) Iraq exporting stored Basra crude - fields still shutdown (update)
    (8/10/2004) Attempted Mauritania coup stalls offshore development
    (8/9/2004) OPEC inviting non-members to Vienna meeting on prices
    (8/9/2004) Iraq's southern oilfields shutdown by Shi'ite resistance to occupation
    (8/9/2004) Azerbaijan, Iran to continue talks on Caspian status
    (8/9/2004) World oil industry mourns Red Adair
    (8/9/2004) No sign of Japan quitting Iran for Libya under US pressure
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (8/11/2004) India's GSPC finds oil in Ahmedabad block
    (8/11/2004) Petrobras discovery reported in southern Argentina
    (8/11/2004) Melrose's Aga taps Mansoura gas in Egypt
    (8/10/2004) Victoria Petroleum gets South Australia go-ahead to drill
    (8/10/2004) Salym Petroleum taps bonus structure in Upper Salym Field
    (8/10/2004) InterOil suspends Moose 2ST1 to await larger rig & seismic
    (8/10/2004) Cairn makes 4th oil discovery in northern Rajasthan
    (8/9/2004) Arc spuds Centella-1 in Western Australia's Perth Basin
    (8/9/2004) Isramco to drill off Israel near Nir-1 & Nir-2 (update)
    (8/9/2004) Packer failure delays Smegsy-1 testing (update)
    (8/9/2004) India offers to explore Sri Lanka's Gulf of Mannar
    (8/9/2004) Comet East 1 plugged and abandoned (update)
    (8/9/2004) Chavez launches lead Deltana gas exploration project
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (8/11/2004) ONGC picks winners in 7-rig tender
    (8/11/2004) Lakes analyzing Trifon-2 & prepping to frac Wombat 1 & 2
    (8/10/2004) 1st intelligent well completion installed on Shell's Mars
    (8/10/2004) ABS classes Rowan's new Tarzan jackups
    (8/9/2004) Whicher Range frac program halted by equipment failure
    (8/9/2004) Mosaic begins Queensland drilling program with Mamaree-2
    (8/9/2004) Devon drills 100th horizontal well in Texas' Barnett Shale
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (8/11/2004) Woodside & partners return to Mauritania projects (update)
    (8/11/2004) Talisman puts North Tartan on production in UK North Sea
    (8/11/2004) Kizomba A goes onstream in Angolan deepwater
    (8/11/2004) Meridian Resource puts Biloxi Marshland wells onstream
    (8/10/2004) Santos Basin development to triple Brazil's gas reserves
    (8/10/2004) Vulcan contracts Rose drilling rig for Newfoundland Flat Bay well (update)
    (8/10/2004) ConocoPhillips & BP to expand Alaska's West Sak output
    (8/10/2004) Petsec sees boost in offshore Louisiana Vermilion field
    (8/9/2004) $1.7 billion Camisea gasfield goes onstream in Peru
    (8/9/2004) AWE completes testing of Yolla-4 development well
    (8/9/2004) Australia's Amadeus Basin Palm Valley-11 plugged & abandoned
    (8/9/2004) New ultrasound technology to upgrade sour crude oil
    (8/9/2004) Production at Iran's Salman Field reaches 40 million bbl
    (8/9/2004) Husky production-testing Atlantic Canada's White Rose
    (8/9/2004) Rideau commences drilling 2nd Manitoba offset
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (8/11/2004) Cairn acquires 5 new Nepalese exploration blocks
    (8/11/2004) OVL trades Sudan block interests for Greater Nile stake
    (8/11/2004) New Zealand extends Pogo's Taranaki Basin permit
    (8/11/2004) Mitsui joins Total farming into Santos' North Bali I Block
    (8/11/2004) Shell and BP considering Iraq reservoir management projects
    (8/10/2004) Extreme Energy acquiring lease on Alberta Tsuu T'ina land
    (8/10/2004) Oxy adds 2 Peruvian E&P blocks to portfolio
    (8/10/2004) India to offer added Andaman oil blocks for licensing
    (8/9/2004) Myanmar & Daewoo agree to GAIL-OVL stake in Block A-3 (update)
    (8/9/2004) Molopo & Helm farming into OCA's Queensland CBM project
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (8/9/2004) Pancontinental commences offshore Malta 2D survey
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (8/11/2004) One of Egypt's largest gasfields still burning (update)
    (8/10/2004) Blowout hits Temsah platform off Egypt - GSF jackup collapses
    (8/10/2004) UK HSE reports rise in fatal rig accidents
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (8/11/2004) Federal Energy Agency calls for unfreezing of Yukos accounts (update)
    (8/11/2004) IOC finalizing $600 million buy of 40% Medco ownership
    (8/10/2004) Subsea 7 IRT has role in diverless FSU thruster replacement
    (8/10/2004) Sonoran completes $40 million acquisition of Baron Oil
    (8/10/2004) Justice in Yukos affair differs daily - Tomskneft plea rejected (update)
    (8/9/2004) Centrilift establishes ESP repair center in Yamal-Nenets
    (8/9/2004) CorrOcean contracted for subsea sensors off Angola
    (8/9/2004) Dubai' Emir Maktoum comes to Yukos' aid with $10 billion (update)
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 8/11
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 35.91
    0.0%
    Dubai Fateh 34.72
    -0.2%
    Bonny Light 37.82
    +1.2%
    N. Sea Brent 37.39
    -3.5%
    Forties 38.17
    +1.6%
    Urals/Mediterranean 35.02
    +1.4%
    Alaska N. Slope 38.10
    -1.9%
    W. Texas Intermediate 39.88
    -0.9%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 5.90
    -4.5%
    IPE Gas NB** 21.25
    -0.2%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    August 15-19
    ASEG-PESA Geophysical Conference & Exhibition, Sydney, NSW Australia
    August 19-21
    FIGAS International Gas Congress & Exhibition, Lima, Peru
    August 24-27
    ONS 2004, Stavanger, Norway
    August 31-September 01
    Energy Technology Expo and Conference, Denver, Colorado USA
    September 3-4
    2nd North Asia Oil, Gas & Pipelines Conference, Seoul, South Korea
    September 5-9
    World Energy Congress & Exhibition, Sydney, NSW Australia
    September 5-9
    Near Surface 2004, European Meeting of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, Utrecht, Netherlands
    September 6-7
    11th India Oil & Gas Review Symposium, Mumbai, India
    September 6-7
    High Tech Well Russia Conference & Exhibition, Moscow, Russia
    ...More Events

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