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  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (9/19/2004) UN imposes oil sanctions on Sudan
    (9/19/2004) Ecuador considering canceling treaty with USA
    (9/19/2004) Iraqi oil official survives assassination attempt
    (9/19/2004) Egypt invited to join OPEC
    (9/19/2004) PDVSA engineer & 6 soldiers killed near Colombia border
    (9/17/2004) Economists say oil price to continue rising
    (9/17/2004) New Zealand sets goal of maintaining oil reserves
    (9/17/2004) Oil companies threaten to quit Bolivia if bill passes
    (9/17/2004) Norwegian oilworkers to widen strike
    (9/17/2004) Lagos pipeline explosion kills up to 200
    (9/17/2004) Deepwater Nautilus & 2 other rigs found in Gulf (update)
    (9/16/2004) Transocean's semi lost in Hurricane Ivan
    (9/16/2004) Aussies to use unmanned planes to protect oilfields
    (9/16/2004) Plenty of exploration opportunities worldwide - Shell
    (9/15/2004) Libya sets $2.6 billion for exploration & development
    (9/15/2004) OPEC raises member quotas 1 million b/d
    (9/15/2004) Ivan causes vast Gulf of Mexico evacuation
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (9/19/2004) Delek gets okay to drill in Israeli missile range
    (9/17/2004) Tap's Tawatawa a duster off New Zealand
    (9/17/2004) Pluspetrol to spud Bolivia's Entre Rios
    (9/17/2004) Victoria's Hornet-1 on its Patchawarra primary target
    (9/17/2004) Katandra probe off NW Australia set for November
    (9/17/2004) Energas drills 2nd Kansas gas producer
    (9/16/2004) Sunshine & Samson achieve 10.7 million cf/d from Overston-2A
    (9/16/2004) Northern gets okay to drill Isle of Wight
    (9/16/2004) Total achieves Atlantic Frontier appraisal success
    (9/15/2004) DNO's Nabrajah shows Yemen block high potential
    (9/15/2004) Talisman to drill Trinidad's Eastern Block
    (9/15/2004) Tap's NZ Tawatawa still inconclusive
    (9/14/2004) Woodside drilling 1st exploration well of season off Mauritania
    (9/14/2004) Woodside's Polkadot proves a checkered discovery
    (9/14/2004) Meridian has 13th successful Biloxi Marshlands well
    (9/14/2004) New gas discovery off Peninsular Malaysia
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (9/17/2004) Cairn hiring 3 more rigs to drill Rajasthan discoveries
    (9/16/2004) Baker Hughes INTEQ launches new drilling system
    (9/15/2004) Anadarko awards 6-month US Gulf contract for drillship
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (9/19/2004) Development project for 16 central fields finalized
    (9/19/2004) ExxonMobil to expand Nigeria's GTL project
    (9/19/2004) Iran about to sign LNG deal with Total, Petronas
    (9/17/2004) Premier developing West Natuna Anoa gas reserves
    (9/16/2004) Amity logs Adatepe producer onshore Turkey
    (9/16/2004) Valkyries puts Texas gas discovery onstream
    (9/16/2004) Vintage scores another successful appraisal in Yemen
    (9/16/2004) Iraq's Supreme Petroleum Council receives 10-year plan
    (9/16/2004) Amadeus puts Texas well on production
    (9/15/2004) Creston brings in another Ute Tribal well
    (9/14/2004) Centurion's Egypt Gelgel producer put onstream
    (9/14/2004) Swift shutting down Louisiana field as Ivan approaches
    (9/14/2004) Murphy plan for Malaysia's deepwater Kikeh approved
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (9/19/2004) OVL trying to salvage stake in Angolan deepwater block
    (9/17/2004) Parallel to acquire combined 3.9 million boe in reserves
    (9/17/2004) India to offer 21 blocks for bid in 5th NELP licensing
    (9/16/2004) ONGC setting sights on $1.5 billion Ecuador bid
    (9/16/2004) Russia to offer 70 E&P properties for auction by yearend
    (9/16/2004) Libya to launch 2nd licensing round before yearend
    (9/15/2004) Harken's Global Energy adds more Colombia acres
    (9/15/2004) Oilex farms into Great Artesian's Otway acreage
    (9/15/2004) Canadian Superior acquires El Paso assets off Nova Scotia
    (9/15/2004) ChevronTexaco-Statoil JVs awarded new UK licenses
    (9/14/2004) Results of UK 22nd Round shows support for UKCS potential
    (9/14/2004) Endeavour awarded 9 licenses in UK Round
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (9/15/2004) Parrot Hills East geochemical survey "encouraging"
    (9/15/2004) Eastern Star concludes NSW seismic campaign
    (9/14/2004) Cheetah having 3D-GEO prioritize drill targets
    (9/14/2004) DMT Energy starts seismic shoot over New Mexico prospect
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (9/16/2004) Opposition suspends opening Wyoming wilderness to drilling
    (9/16/2004) Crew abandons burning Viking Victor NE of Aberdeen
    (9/16/2004) Canadian CO2 sequestration & EOR project entering phase 2
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (9/19/2004) Yukos reveals Yuganskneftegaz reserves 5-times greater
    (9/19/2004) BG charters' North Vanguard to support North Sea probe
    (9/17/2004) Three Noble production platforms missing after Ivan
    (9/17/2004) Norwegian strike to shutdown Varg Field
    (9/17/2004) Canada selling its stake in Petro-Canada
    (9/16/2004) CHC wins expanded $40 million contract in Baku
    (9/16/2004) Canada considering Petro-Canada stake sale
    (9/16/2004) PGS obtains new Petrojarl FPSO service agreement
    (9/15/2004) Kremlin gives blessing to Gazprom-Rosneft merger
    (9/14/2004) Schlumberger expands satellite services portfolio
    (9/14/2004) Technip scores 3 UK North Sea development deals
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Fri. 9/17
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 38.13
    -1.4%
    Dubai Fateh 34.74
    +0.1%
    Bonny Light 41.08
    +0.4%
    N. Sea Brent 40.53
    -0.9%
    Forties 41.01
    +0.4%
    Urals/Mediterranean 35.98
    +0.1%
    Alaska N. Slope 40.74
    0.0%
    W. Texas Intermediate 43.35
    -1.5%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 4.38
    -6.0%
    IPE Gas NB** 27.36
    +3.1%
    *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 20-24
    API Petroleum Measurement Fall Meeting, Los Angeles, California USA
    September 22-23
    IFP International Congress, Rueil-Malmaison, France
    September 22-24
    Energie International Exhibition, Avignon, France
    September 22-24
    Flow Assurance Forum, Galveston, Texas USA
    September 22-24
    IADC Annual Meeting & Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana USA
    September 22-24
    Italian Energy Summit 2004, Milano, Italy
    September 22-26
    Nafta e Gaz 2004, 9th International Oil & Gas Exhibition, Warsaw, Poland
    September 26-29
    SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas USA
    September 27-29
    Montreau Energy Roundtable, Montreau, Switzerland
    ...More Events

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