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  • World Industry News

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  • Development & Production

  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (8/23/2006) Shell Nigeria employee killed in Sunday's gun battle
    (8/22/2006) Iranian forces fire on Romanian oil rig
    (8/21/2006) Guarani Indians occupy Petrobras Bolivia pumping station
    (8/21/2006) UK & Norway facing twin challenges
    (8/21/2006) Four EU states seeking extension of EEZs
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (8/23/2006) Apache's Libris probe off Western Australia delayed
    (8/23/2006) Total prepping to test Norwegian Sea Hans prospect
    (8/22/2006) Hydro spuds appraisal of Astero wildcat discovery
    (8/22/2006) Hardman's Uganda flowtests prove Mputa commercial
    (8/22/2006) ConocoPhillips drilling Timor Sea test well
    (8/22/2006) Lundin drilling Inishbeg exploration well off Ireland
    (8/22/2006) Hurricane spuds test well West of Shetlands
    (8/22/2006) Pan Orient IDs exploration targets in new 3D data
    (8/22/2006) Santos' Galloway exploration well all wet
    (8/21/2006) Wintershall to proceed with Monterey appraisal
    (8/21/2006) Daewoo drilling dual appraisal wells on Mya discovery
    (8/21/2006) Chevron prepping for Rosebank-Lochnagar appraisals
    (8/21/2006) Daqing Oilfield discovers four oilfields in NE China
    (8/21/2006) Sinopec fails to find significant pay in Iranian block
    (8/21/2006) Heritage spuds Kingfisher-1 in Uganda
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (8/23/2006) InterOil quells Elk pressure problem
    (8/23/2006) Peak Group secures 13-well multi-client drilling contract
    (8/22/2006) Ocean Vanguard charter extended 2 years
    (8/22/2006) EV Offshore facilitates CNR downhole casing retrieval
    (8/21/2006) Reliance putting 3 rigs to work in India's Block D6
    (8/21/2006) Big Sky begins Kazakh deep drilling campaign
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (8/23/2006) Salinas spudding California's North San Ardo
    (8/23/2006) Saga drilling Russia's East Shaltinsky workover well
    (8/23/2006) China's Bohai Bay Zhao Dong field set for development
    (8/23/2006) 1st lifting from Sudan's Thar Jath Field
    (8/23/2006) 3rd ZB well drilled on India's Mumbai High
    (8/23/2006) Global to drill 5 wells in Colombia's Primavera Field
    (8/23/2006) Statoil's Gullfaks to produce another 20 years
    (8/22/2006) Far East drilling 4th well in China's Shouyang Block
    (8/22/2006) Assam field redevelopment project launched
    (8/22/2006) Hydro planning new North Sea gas development
    (8/22/2006) Statoil gets go-ahead for Gjoa development
    (8/21/2006) Snohvit development for oil production study underway
    (8/21/2006) Successful use of wireless telemetry on BP's Claire Field
    (8/21/2006) Foothills production-testing Grizzly Bluff well
    (8/21/2006) Statoil increases activity on Norwegian shelf
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (8/23/2006) Trefoil acquires 2 new Argentine oilfields
    (8/23/2006) Oil Basins farms into Australia's Bass Strait block
    (8/23/2006) ExxonMobil offering its share of BP's Skarv Field
    (8/23/2006) Ascent farms out Hungary's Pannonian Basin blocks
    (8/23/2006) Shell offering stake in Caspian Inam Block
    (8/23/2006) Robson buys stake in Superior's Oklahoma well program
    (8/23/2006) Patriot acquires Anadarko's Big Horn Basin acreage
    (8/23/2006) Northern farms out stakes in Italy's Po Basin blocks
    (8/22/2006) Tatneft extends license for Romashkinskoye Field
    (8/22/2006) Exoil-led consortium wins 2 blocks off South Australia
    (8/21/2006) Tamil Nadu license goes to Niko Resources
    (8/21/2006) MedOil applies to explore off Spain's Costa Valencia
    (8/21/2006) Nigeria to launch 50-block round in October
    (8/21/2006) Ireland awards exploration licenses for Slyne Erris Donegal area
    (8/21/2006) More Venezuela fields added to Harvest-CVP joint venture
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (8/23/2006) Fugro watching wind & waves for Ormen Lange project
    (8/22/2006) PGS to shoot 3D over UK Southern Gas Basin blocks
    (8/21/2006) Veritas Caspian JV shooting Kazakh offshore block
    (8/21/2006) Cantex looking for closure in Big Canyon Prospect
    (8/21/2006) Western Geco to shoot major 3D in Australia's Bass Strait
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (8/22/2006) Frontier Drilling blowout in Lavaca, Texas still burning
    (8/22/2006) Norway's PM challenges oil industry
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (8/23/2006) PetroChina buys PetroKazakhstan
    (8/21/2006) Roxar acquires UK software developer
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 8/23
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 66.85
    0.0%
    Minas 71.10
    -2.5%
    Bonny Light 72.64
    +0.2%
    N. Sea Brent 72.30
    +1.0%
    Forties 71.94
    +0.2%
    Urals/Mediterranean 66.74
    +0.2%
    Alaska N. Slope 69.84
    -11.3%
    W. Texas Intermediate 71.14
    +1.5%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 6.73
    +0.3%
    UK Day Ahead** 32.55
    -0.6%
    *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 22-25
    ONS Offshore Northern Seas Exhibition, Stavanger, Norway
    August 27 - September 1
    17th International Sedimentological Congress, Fukuoka, Japan
    September 4-5
    13th India Oil & Gas Review Symposium & Exhibition, Mumbai, India
    September 11-12
    2006 Gas Shales Canadian Summit, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    September 11-13
    SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, Adelaide, Australia
    September 11-14
    Rio Oil & Gas Expo and Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    September 12-13
    Third OPEC International Seminar, Vienna, Austria
    ...More Events

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