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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
    (9/10/2006) 6.0 earthquake hits US Gulf of Mexico
    (9/10/2006) OPEC to keep high output for foreseeable future
    (9/8/2006) Nigerian oil workers' 3-day strike next week
    (9/8/2006) North Sea divers' strike expected in November (update)
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (9/10/2006) Syria discovers major gasfield at Al-Reej
    (9/8/2006) Slavneft to focus on Russia's Krasnoyarsk E&P
    (9/8/2006) Hoang Long JOC spuds new Te Giac Trang well
    (9/8/2006) Beach spuds Glenaire test well in Australia's Otway
    (9/7/2006) Gastar completes Deep Bossier gaswell
    (9/7/2006) Tri-Valley penetrates 375 ft of oil-bearing formation
    (9/7/2006) Adelaide to drill 4 South Australia test wells
    (9/7/2006) Melrose preparing to drill 3 Black Sea deepwater wells
    (9/7/2006) ONGC abandons 2nd well in deepwater KG block
    (9/7/2006) Chevron's US Gulf Jack Field may be largest US discovery
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (9/10/2006) Cardinal's re-drill of Ukraine BC well ready for testing
    (9/8/2006) Pemex seeking a jackup & 3 semis
    (9/8/2006) Seadrill wins year's work for newbuild West Atlas
    (9/7/2006) Methane to drill 10-15 CBM wells onshore Oregon
    (9/7/2006) Seadrill's newbuild West Sirius headed for US Gulf
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (9/10/2006) Bayshore reaches TD on Texas' Cooke Ranch well
    (9/8/2006) Petroecuador to drill 27 wells in ex-Oxy block
    (9/8/2006) ONGC to re-develop Heera & South Heera Fields
    (9/8/2006) TXCO starting Texas tar sands & shale projects
    (9/8/2006) Initial Barnett Shale horizontal well on production
    (9/8/2006) Vietnam's Ca Ngu Vang sidetrack at TD
    (9/7/2006) Corridor completes another McCully frac & test
    (9/7/2006) Maverick developing Fayetteville & Barnett Shale plays
    (9/7/2006) Dune puts Texas' Smith-East-1 on production
    (9/7/2006) Sakhalin-1 commences production to export system
    (9/7/2006) Shell lifts Bonny Light force majeure
    (9/7/2006) FirstAfrica completes 4 producers on Gabon's East Orovinyare
    (9/7/2006) Shell's US Gulf Mars TLP recovers production level (update)
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (9/10/2006) Colombia to offer 10 Caribbean blocks
    (9/10/2006) Reliance unwilling to relinquish 25% of KG-DWN-98/3
    (9/10/2006) Circle starts Moroccan partnership on Sebou Block
    (9/8/2006) Chad says Chevron to pay added taxes & stay in country (update)
    (9/8/2006) Judge blocks BLM licensing of blocks near Alaska lake (update)
    (9/8/2006) Petro-Canada buys oil sands leases adjacent to MacKay River
    (9/8/2006) Kodiak farms into Canada's Mackenzie Delta license
    (9/7/2006) Layne Energy in line for CBM block in south-central Chile
    (9/7/2006) India's offer of 2 blocks in Assam thwarted by violence
    (9/7/2006) Liberia grants Broadway its Block 13
    (9/7/2006) American adds more of Wyoming's Fetter Project
    (9/7/2006) Shell adds more Canadian oil sands acreage
    (9/7/2006) Benin offering 2 onshore & 2 offshore blocks
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (9/8/2006) Statoil contracts Wavefield InSeis for 3D surveys
    (9/7/2006) Roxar's reservoir simulation to run on HP MPI
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (9/6/2006) BLM to allow drilling atop Colorado's Roan Plateau
    (9/6/2006) Petroecuador Amazon oil spill to take 6 months to clean
    (9/6/2006) BP can't find further Prudhoe Bay corrosion
    (9/6/2006) Kvitebjorn & Oseberg South back on production (update)
    (9/5/2006) Hydro shuts down Oseberg South output
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (9/8/2006) Viking Offshore orders 3 more emergency vessels
    (9/8/2006) Hydro awards Mitsui $462 million, 4-year pipe contract
    (9/8/2006) Origin pegs Technip for Kupe Gas Project development
    (9/7/2006) All-electric system contracted for multi-well subsea development
    (9/7/2006) Statoil 1st in oil companies in DJ Sustainability World Index
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Fri. 9/8
    Oil (US$ 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
    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
    September 13-14
    Oil Sands Conference, Fort McMurray, Alberta Canada
    September 13-14
    Lloydminster Heavy Oil Show, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan Canada
    September 13-16
    Oil & Gas Resources in Western Newfoundland Conference, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
    September 19-20
    North African Oil and Gas Summit, Madrid, Spain
    September 20-22
    IADC Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas USA
    September 24-26
    Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Convention, Lafayette, Louisiana USA
    ...More Events

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