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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
    (8/2/2006) Storm-wary US Gulf oil industry keeping eye on Chris
    (8/2/2006) Abu Dhabi tempting oil companies to its Oil & Gas City
    (8/1/2006) Key Iraq export pipeline to Turkey bombed again
    (8/1/2006) Near collision evacuates ONGC Mumbai High platform
    (7/31/2006) 2nd try to rescue ONGC employees marooned by monsoon
    (7/31/2006) Seized Agip Nigeria field abandoned & hostages released (update)
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (8/2/2006) Centurion discovers new gasfield in Egypt's Nile Delta
    (8/2/2006) Hurricane to spud Wellington-1 West of Shetland
    (8/2/2006) Island's 2nd test in Ireland's Celtic Sea 90-120 bcf (update)
    (8/2/2006) Santos suspended Jeruk-3 as a future oil producer
    (8/2/2006) PTTEP finds hydrocarbons with new Myanmar well
    (8/2/2006) Tap prepping to drill NZ's Canterbury Basin test well
    (8/2/2006) Callawonga-1 South Australia discovery significant
    (8/1/2006) San Mauro- 2 sidetrack onshore Italy tests completed
    (8/1/2006) Friendly & D-Mil drilling central Oklahoma prospect
    (8/1/2006) Woodside's Mauritania probe proves a duster
    (8/1/2006) Roc's 2nd sidetrack in China's Beibu Gulf proves discovery
    (7/31/2006) Longtom-3 finds gas pay off Victoria, Australia
    (7/31/2006) Roc plugging & abandoning Perth Basin probe
    (7/31/2006) Dune spud new Barnett Shale well in North Texas
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (8/2/2006) Drilling rig moved to Sawn Lake Project
    (8/1/2006) Petrobras to lease Samsung rig for US Gulf
    (8/1/2006) BMB Munai completes acid treatment on Dolinnoe Well
    (8/1/2006) Rigs now repaired in Saudi Arabia
    (7/31/2006) Saudi Aramco contracts Thule Power jackup for 4 years
    (7/31/2006) COSL's new jackup drilling off China for CNOOC
    (7/31/2006) Shell gets go ahead for West Alpha to drill
    (7/31/2006) SeaDrill's West Berani contracted for Malaysia project
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (8/2/2006) GeoPark workover set for Chile's Fell Block
    (8/2/2006) Talisman puts 2 Appalachia wells on production
    (8/1/2006) Addax puts Nigeria's Nda Field on production
    (8/1/2006) ATP drilling 2nd Tors producer in UK North Sea
    (8/1/2006) Total boosts Yemen's East Shabwa output
    (8/1/2006) East Azeri platform installed in Caspian off Azerbaijan
    (7/31/2006) Doroud Field output rising to 85,000 b/d
    (7/31/2006) Melrose developing Egypt's Salaka discovery
    (7/31/2006) Pan Orient completes first of six Thai Wichian Buri wells
    (7/31/2006) Shell to expand Canada's Athabasca Oil Sands Project
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (8/2/2006) Forest replaces ExxonMobil as Texas' Katy Field operator
    (8/2/2006) Major Texas airport to lease drilling rights
    (8/2/2006) Granby & Mosaic acquiring ExxonMobil UK block
    (8/1/2006) India's Petroleum Ministry rejects ONGC-BG JV
    (8/1/2006) China's CBM Liulin Block goes to Fortune Oil
    (8/1/2006) Exxel to buy Galaxy interest in Colorado's Rifle Creek
    (8/1/2006) Total farms into Indonesia's East Sepanjang Block
    (7/31/2006) Montenegro cancels Hellenic Petroleum license
    (7/31/2006) Moncrief claims right to Russia's Yuzhno Ruskoye Field
    (7/31/2006) Pearl JV granted block in Vietnam's Nam Con Son Basin
    (7/31/2006) New Zealand launches Great South licensing round
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (8/2/2006) TPAO awards WesternGeco Black Sea 3D survey
    (8/1/2006) Hardman prepping to shoot more Uganda seismic
    (7/31/2006) DNO to acquire seismic over Mozambique's Inhaminga Block
    (7/31/2006) NZOG sets Felix and Opito seismic shoot
    (7/31/2006) SeaBird to convert another vessel for 2D source
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (7/31/2006) US BLM rejects Arches oil & gas development
    (7/31/2006) Pertamina-Petrochina blowout under control (update)
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (8/2/2006) 3i sells CH4 to Venture Production
    (8/2/2006) Total acquires Chevron's interest in Nigeria's Brass LNG
    (8/2/2006) Yukos declared bankrupt by Moscow judge
    (8/1/2006) Hess contributing $20 million to Equatorial Guinea education
    (8/1/2006) J Ray McDermott awarded Qatargas 3 & 4 LNG projects
    (8/1/2006) Expro completes acquisition of US well testing service
    (8/1/2006) Ikon Science acquires GeoPressure Technology
    (7/31/2006) US Gulf conventional rig mooring record set
    (7/31/2006) Total E&P awards Halliburton 4-year cementing contract
    (7/31/2006) Colombia okays partial sale of Ecopetrol
    (7/31/2006) McDermott wins installations offshore India
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 8/2
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 68.45
    0.0%
    Minas 71.65
    +0.8%
    Bonny Light 74.67
    +0.9%
    N. Sea Brent 73.75
    0.0%
    Forties 73.77
    +1.5%
    Urals/Mediterranean 68.32
    +1.0%
    Alaska N. Slope 72.63
    +0.2%
    W. Texas Intermediate 74.43
    +0.2%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 5.91
    -3.6%
    UK Day Ahead** 39.75
    +3.8%
    *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 7-9
    Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Strategy Conference, Denver, Colorado USA
    August 7-11
    Deepwater Challenges in Exploration, Development, & Production, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    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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