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    •   World Industry News
    (8/21/2004) Al-Sadr's Mehdi Army bombs main Basra export pipeline
    (8/20/2004) Mehdi Militia torches Iraq's South Oil Company
    (8/19/2004) Venezuela to call for hike in OPEC price range
    (8/19/2004) US MMS providing added encouragement for deep gas
    (8/19/2004) BP oilfields in Bolivia countermanded by peasants
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (8/20/2004) Devlan gets go-ahead to drill MacKenzie NWT well
    (8/20/2004) Shell discovers gas on Malaysia's Sarawak block
    (8/19/2004) CGX seismic identifies Guyanese drill-ready targets
    (8/19/2004) Gastar's Cheney-1 well in Texas logged 400 ft of pay
    (8/19/2004) Apache scores 2 Egypt discoveries for total 70 million cf/d
    (8/19/2004) Origin gearing up to drill offshore West Oz Fiddich prospect
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (8/20/2004) China Energy Ventures contracts drilling on Kazakh field
    (8/20/2004) Lakes fracing Wombats 1 & 2 amid gasflows
    (8/19/2004) Advanced cementing unit commissioned on GSF rig
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (8/22/2004) Make-up set for lost Temsah gas, platform to be destroyed
    (8/20/2004) Blizzard completes 12 wells in Alberta's Grande Prairie
    (8/19/2004) BG investing $100 million in Tunisia's Miskar gasfield
    (8/19/2004) Hydraulic pump proving near flawless in field tests
    (8/19/2004) Caspian Shah-Deniz gasfield reserves boosted
    (8/19/2004) Total launches development of Angola's deepwater Rosa Field
    (8/19/2004) Jingemia-4 output increasing according to plan
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (8/21/2004) EGAS to launch new 10-block licensing round
    (8/20/2004) Calpine to raise $223 million selling Rocky Mountain gas reserves
    (8/20/2004) Kimberley Otto sub granted West Oz block
    (8/20/2004) August Energy farms into Mississippi Puckett Field
    (8/20/2004) Apache paying $1.3 billion for Anadarko US Gulf shelf properties
    (8/20/2004) Deep Well successful in acquiring 3 Alberta properties
    (8/20/2004) Santos increases offshore Victorian gas interests
    (8/18/2004) Petrobras dominates 2nd day of Brazilian Round (update)
    (8/18/2004) Kimberley Oil awarded Canning Basin permit
    (8/18/2004) Faroes open for bids in 2nd licensing round
    (8/18/2004) Parallel exercises preferential right on Texas asset
    (8/18/2004) UPC buying Firebag East remaining permits for 100% ownership
    (8/18/2004) Inpex & Total talking JV for Azadegan development
    (8/17/2004) ENAP's Sipetrol expanding into exploration in Libya
    (8/17/2004) Brazil Round 1st day has major JVs winning key blocks (update)
    (8/17/2004) 421 bids received in Western US Gulf Sale 192
    (8/17/2004) XTO completes $912 million ChevronTexaco properties buy
    (8/17/2004) Bidders in Brazil's 6th Round limited to local subs & offices
    (8/17/2004) Hydro farms into offshore Madagascar block
    (8/17/2004) Woodside withdraws from offshore Kenya block
    (8/17/2004) Calpine selling Canadian gas assets for $625 Million
    (8/16/2004) Shell & Libya's NOC still talking gas development terms
    (8/16/2004) California's North Franklin project acreage expanded
    (8/16/2004) Libya launches 1st post-sanctions licensing round
    (8/16/2004) Victoria takes over Russia's SGI & West Medvezhye Field
    (8/16/2004) Husky granted China's deepwater Block 29/26
    (8/16/2004) Paladin farming into Forest Oil block off Gabon
    (8/16/2004) Foreign companies vying to develop Iran's giant Yadavaran Field
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (8/19/2004) Colombia's Pacific coast seismic reprocessing sought
    (8/19/2004) Veritas launches new pore pressure prediction algorithm
    (8/19/2004) Petronas opens new KL 3D visualization center
    (8/19/2004) 3D survey over Iran's Zavareh-Kashan ends in September
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (8/19/2004) Nigeria committed to zero gas flaring by 2008
    (8/19/2004) Mackenzie Gas Project enviro review underway
    (8/19/2004) Judge viewing Ecuador's Amazon sites said polluted
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (8/22/2004) KBR criticized for role in rehabilitating Iraqi oilfields
    (8/20/2004) Teikoku Oil boosts ownership of Egyptian Petroleum
    (8/20/2004) Grant Prideco to acquire DPI drillbit maker for $17 million
    (8/20/2004) Saipem said to win $800 million Kashagan deal
    (8/20/2004) China interested in bidding for Yukos' key production unit
    (8/19/2004) Occupation of BP's Bolivian fields ends, operations resume (update)
    (8/19/2004) PGS taking a hit from Norwegian union lockout
    (8/19/2004) Prosafe contracted for Girassol FPSO modification project
    (8/19/2004) Global Industries selling Arapaho derrick barge
    (8/19/2004) Schlumberger contracted for Uzbek reserves count (update)
    (8/19/2004) Gazprom & Rosneft considering Sakhalin joint project
    (8/19/2004) Tesco cancels sale of rigs to Drillmar
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Fri. 8/20
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 42.60
    0.0%
    Dubai Fateh 41.33
    +0.4%
    Bonny Light 45.57
    -0.1%
    N. Sea Brent 44.77
    -0.1%
    Forties 45.72
    -2.9%
    Urals/Mediterranean 41.27
    -1.3%
    Alaska N. Slope 45.74
    +0.8%
    W. Texas Intermediate 47.86
    +1.7%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 5.39
    +1.3%
    IPE Gas NB** 22.53
    +3.5%
    *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 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
    September 6-7
    Sudan Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, Khartoum, Sudan
    September 6-10
    International Pipe Line and Offshore Contractors Association Conference, Berlin, Germany
    September 8-9
    Offshore Operations Russia/CIS Conference & Exhibition, Moscow, Russia
    September 13-15
    IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    ...More Events

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