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  • World Industry News

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  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

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  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (8/4/2004) Spain questioning Moroccan block award in Mediterranean
    (8/4/2004) PetroChina cancels West-to-East pipeline JV
    (8/3/2004) Iraqi guerillas hit Kirkuk export pipeline
    (8/2/2004) Kuwait & Iraq to develop oil gas cooperation
    (8/2/2004) Crude prices reach 21-year high
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (8/4/2004) Stratic finds gas with offshore Turkey exploration well
    (8/4/2004) Royale makes gas discovery in California's Sacramento Basin
    (8/4/2004) Palace drilling Lousiana Lake Long Deep prospect
    (8/4/2004) Montana Oil & Gas to drill West Lock Alberta gaswell
    (8/4/2004) Reliance makes 2 more discoveries off India
    (8/4/2004) Basic Earth drilling Silver Spike prospect in Alberta
    (8/4/2004) CNOOC wildcat scores another Bohai discovery
    (8/4/2004) Hornet to see 2-3 wells by month's end
    (8/3/2004) Gastar East Texas well hits significant payzone
    (8/3/2004) GSPC drilling 1st of 4 exploration wells in India's KG Block (update)
    (8/3/2004) Great Artesian gets good gas shows in Smegsy-1
    (8/3/2004) Emir Oil drilling well in Kazakhstan's Dolinnoe Field
    (8/3/2004) Gazprom to commence exploration offshore Bengal (exclusive)
    (8/3/2004) Bridge begins drilling of Radnor deep gas probe
    (8/2/2004) Esso oil discovery in France's Aquitaine Basin
    (8/2/2004) Pateke-2 spudded off NZ's Taranaki coast
    (8/2/2004) Sunshine spudding Comet East this week
    (8/2/2004) Arc's Agonis-1 unlikely to flow at commercial rates
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (8/4/2004) North Sea rig utilization at 13-month high
    (8/4/2004) KCS achieves 96% success ratio with 27 of 28 wells
    (8/4/2004) Sunshine begins drilling high risk Comet East-1 (update)
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (8/4/2004) Brazil's Coral Field output improving on calcite treatment
    (8/4/2004) NNPC JVs need $7 billion/yr to reach 4 million b/d by 2007
    (8/3/2004) Gazprom puts Uzbekistan's Shakhpakhty Field on production
    (8/3/2004) J. Ray McDermott completes Front Runner Spar project
    (8/3/2004) Unocal's West Seno development on hold
    (8/2/2004) Dragon Oil continues Turkmen workover program (update)
    (8/2/2004) ConocoPhillips putting Corocoro onstream by 2006
    (8/2/2004) Unocal Indonesia subs developing Gendalo & Gehem
    (8/2/2004) Eq Guinea okays Hess' G Block development
    (8/2/2004) Origin testing latest BassGas producer Yolla-4
    (8/2/2004) FX Energy begins operations on Poland Sroda well
    (8/2/2004) CanArgo commences Samgori development drilling
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (8/4/2004) Colombia granting deepwater Tayrona Block to JV
    (8/4/2004) Strat Petroleum acquiring interest in Russia's Orenburg
    (8/3/2004) Petrobras' returned blocks to be included in Brazil licensing
    (8/3/2004) Rosneft & KazMunaiGaz to pen Kurmangazy PSA
    (8/3/2004) NNPC to develop six oilfields in international JVs
    (8/3/2004) Austral NZ farmout to Genesis gets government approval
    (8/3/2004) Pemex puts 2nd Burgos Basin blocks up for bid
    (8/3/2004) Ireland opens new licensing round for NE Rockall Basin
    (8/2/2004) Petro-Canada taps down 2 Trinidad blocks, after a 3rd
    (8/2/2004) CPC considering Iraq exploration
    (8/2/2004) Afrex & Pancontinental win Moroccan Mediterranean block
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (8/4/2004) US MMS G&G enviro impact study finds no impact
    (8/3/2004) Well testing tool gets good marks in South China Sea
    (8/3/2004) WesternGeco to survey Kazakh Sector of Caspian Sea
    (8/3/2004) Talisman awards Fugro 3D seismic shoot offshore Qatar
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (8/3/2004) Kazakhs shutdown CNPC fields for enviro violations
    (8/2/2004) Hydro extinguishes fire on Grane platform
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (8/4/2004) SEC looking into Marathon payments in Eq Guinea
    (8/4/2004) Petrobras buying 10 Drillquip xmas trees questioned
    (8/4/2004) Yukos seeks to sell Rospan to TNK BP to pay taxes
    (8/4/2004) Russia puts $1.26 billion price on Lukoil stake
    (8/4/2004) Sondex developing telemetry tool for Halliburton
    (8/3/2004) Subsea 7 extends charter for Seisranger
    (8/3/2004) Halliburton sells part of well testing service
    (8/3/2004) Anglo Suisse contracts Baker Energy for US Gulf services
    (8/2/2004) Parker Drilling closes jackup & platform rig sales
    (8/2/2004) Dragados to build another Pemex platform
    (8/2/2004) Yukos wins appeal invalidating $229.9 million penalty
    (8/2/2004) Subsea 7 wins EPIC contract for Chinguetti Field
    (8/2/2004) J. Ray McDermott awarded additional Saudi Aramco project
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wes. 8/4
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 39.33
    0.7%
    Dubai Fateh 37.32
    +0.2%
    Bonny Light 43.66
    +2.1%
    N. Sea Brent 42.66
    +0.4%
    Forties 44.66
    +2.2%
    Urals/Mediterranean 39.66
    +1.5%
    Alaska N. Slope 41.53
    -3.1%
    W. Texas Intermediate 42.83
    -3.0%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 5.77
    -1.7%
    IPE Gas NB** 20.72
    0.0%
    *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 9-11
    Gas Shales: Production & Potential, Denver, Colorado USA
    August 9-11
    Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Strategy Conference & Investment Forum, Denver, Colorado USA
    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
    ...More Events

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