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  • World Industry News

  • Exploration & Discoveries

  • Drilling & Completion

  • Development & Production

  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Geosciences

  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (8/30/2006) Shell confirms Niger Delta employee killed (update)
    (8/29/2006) Kidnapped Italian Saipem employee freed (update)
    (8/28/2006) 34 killed in Iraq pipeline explosion
    (8/28/2006) Malaysia & Brunei to speed border settlement
    (8/28/2006) Shell evacuated non-essentials before Ernesto turned east (update)
    (8/28/2006) Repsol angered at Bolivia arrest of Andina attorney
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (8/30/2006) Sterling spuds Boar prospect in Romania
    (8/30/2006) Petroceltic finds oil with Isas-1 well in Algeria
    (8/30/2006) Wellington not a winner West of Shetlands
    (8/30/2006) TAG cases Radnor-1A sidetrack onshore New Zealand
    (8/29/2006) Oilexco spuds Sheryl appraisal in UK North Sea
    (8/29/2006) Santos' Wortel discovers gas off Indonesia
    (8/29/2006) Rayan-1X wildcat a new Egypt Western Desert discovery
    (8/28/2006) Petrovietnam to proceed with appraisal of Algeria blocks
    (8/28/2006) Stuart's Revenue-1 discovers oil in South Australia
    (8/28/2006) Statoil resumes drilling Venezuela's Cocuina Block
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (8/30/2006) Crosco to drill producers on 3 Syrian fields
    (8/30/2006) Transeuro prepping for 6-well British Colombia program
    (8/29/2006) Dana's Flamant off Mauritania on hold
    (8/29/2006) Rowan wins 4-well contract off Trinidad
    (8/28/2006) Candax forced to suspend Tunisia's Chaal-1 well
    (8/28/2006) SeaDrill scores $202 million in drilling projects
    (8/28/2006) ONGC moves Aban V due to subsea detonation
    (8/28/2006) Total drills North Sea's 1st riserless mud recovery well
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (8/30/2006) Foothills' Grizzly Bluff well tests 1.9 million cf/d
    (8/30/2006) BP puts West Prudhoe Bay above 200,000 b/d
    (8/30/2006) Dune puts Texas' Underwood gaswell onstream
    (8/30/2006) Inpex deadline for Azadegan set at 15 September
    (8/29/2006) EnCana downsizes Deep Panuke development
    (8/28/2006) Foster Wheeler & WorleyParsons win Pluto LNG contracts
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (8/30/2006) Deby backs down on Chad expulsions (update)
    (8/30/2006) Delta farms into 50-well Mississippi & Louisiana project
    (8/30/2006) Uzbekistan awards Aral Sea Block to JV
    (8/29/2006) PetroHunter chalks up another Northern Territory permit
    (8/29/2006) Loon & QAF awarded Brunei's Block L
    (8/29/2006) Standoff between Chad & Chevron-Petronas (update)
    (8/29/2006) Matrixx to acquire 2 more Texas prospects
    (8/29/2006) Iran to offer 24 new buyback contracts on exploration blocks
    (8/29/2006) Gippsland farming into Pancontinental's Kenya block
    (8/29/2006) Cabot selling offshore portfolio & south Louisiana properties
    (8/28/2006) PDVSA to go it alone in Venezuela's Block 1 development
    (8/28/2006) Burgos bidding rules ready for buyers
    (8/28/2006) Eastern Star augments stake in Gunnedah Gas Project
    (8/28/2006) Bahrain to offer 6 offshore blocks for bid
    (8/28/2006) Swift buying 5 BP Louisiana bayou properties
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (8/30/2006) Pulse adds Alberta Deep Basin seismic data
    (8/29/2006) Jamaica gravmag survey concluded
    (8/28/2006) Arrow options new seismic vessel for 2009 delivery
    (8/28/2006) Fugro Airborne to commence Uganda regional survey
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (8/30/2006) Woodside's Kenya drilling being questioned
    (8/30/2006) Statoil's Kvitebjorn platform shutdown by fire
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (8/30/2006) Technip tapped for North Sea Cavendish development
    (8/30/2006) Chevron opening tech centers in Aberdeen & Perth
    (8/29/2006) Aker Kvaerner providing Algeria's Hassi Messaoud systems
    (8/28/2006) Aker building new Statoil supply vessel
    (8/28/2006) Woodside makes takeover bid for EPL
    (8/28/2006) Patterson-UTI buying rig parts from NatOil Varco
    (8/28/2006) Total contracts Halliburton directional drilling services
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 8/30
    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 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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