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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
    (9/20/2006) Pilots strike hits US Gulf offshore operators
    (9/19/2006) Chavez & Amadinejad launch Venezuelan joint development
    (9/18/2006) Petronas to pay Chad's taxes (update)
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (9/20/2006) LG to explore Kazakhstan's Egizkara Block
    (9/20/2006) Cardinal unsure of Ukraine's Dubrivska probe results
    (9/20/2006) Reliance to spud first Cambay well by January 2007
    (9/19/2006) Artumas finds pay in Tanzania's Mnazi Bay
    (9/19/2006) Sunshine Gas to begin drilling Champagne Creek gaswell
    (9/19/2006) E.ON Ruhrgas' confirms UK North Sea discovery
    (9/19/2006) Bow to spud Banff-1 in Queensland's Eromanga Basin
    (9/19/2006) Statoil draws a duster in Norwegian Sea probe
    (9/18/2006) Petroglobe spuds 1st well in Palo Duro Gas Project
    (9/18/2006) DNO taps another 5K b/d in Iraqi Kurdistan
    (9/18/2006) Gas Plus Italiana finals Santa Caterina gasfield tests
    (9/18/2006) Nexus' Longtom-3 confirmed at 77 million cf/d
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (9/20/2006) Afren charters GSF jackup for Nigeria program
    (9/19/2006) Rani Woro delayed in return to Mubarek Field
    (9/19/2006) Saipem wins $280 million in onshore drilling contracts
    (9/19/2006) 2nd & 3rd Bluesky wells drilled at Sawn Lake
    (9/19/2006) Petrobras contracts Sevan Driller for US Gulf
    (9/18/2006) Bredford Dolphin checking in for upgrade & class survey
    (9/18/2006) New jackup successfully begins drilling in Beibu Gulf
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (9/20/2006) Aspen tests additional gaswell in Rice Creek Field
    (9/20/2006) FX puts Poland's Wilga well on production
    (9/20/2006) EOR study underway on Albania's Patos Marinza Field
    (9/20/2006) Arc spuds Hovea-12 onshore Western Australia
    (9/19/2006) Jacket enroute to Mexico's Ku-Maloob-Zaap Field
    (9/19/2006) Foothills puts Grizzly Bluff gaswell on production
    (9/19/2006) Dragon completes another Turkmen Caspian workover
    (9/19/2006) Tullow's Ketch producer tests at 45 million cf/d
    (9/18/2006) Subsea repairs pushing Thunder Horse restart to 2008
    (9/18/2006) Green Dragon developing China CBM project
    (9/18/2006) BPZ Energy spuds Corvina gaswell off Peru
    (9/18/2006) Vicpet completing South Australia's Growler-1 as producer
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (9/20/2006) Total's Kharyaga Field now in Kremlin's sights
    (9/20/2006) Thai coup stalling licensing of Thai Gulf blocks
    (9/20/2006) Lucas Energy adds 2 more leases in South Texas
    (9/20/2006) BP Migas names 16 companies with unfulfilled licenses
    (9/20/2006) All Africa wins stakes in Gabonese fields
    (9/19/2006) PetroChina increases blocks on offer in Tarim Basin
    (9/19/2006) Pengrowth paying $475 million for ExxonMobil Alberta assets
    (9/19/2006) Talisman selling UK North Sea Brae area assets
    (9/19/2006) Kuwait sells Indonesia oilfield stake
    (9/18/2006) Aminex finalizes Upper Egypt concession permit
    (9/18/2006) Hydro wins Iran's Khorrambad Block
    (9/18/2006) Australia awards 12 new offshore blocks
    (9/18/2006) JED Oil acquiring Enterra interest in Alberta & BC
    (9/18/2006) Statoil acquiring 3 Plains' deepwater US Gulf interests
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (9/20/2006) Texas' Big Canyon Prospect seismic processed
    (9/20/2006) Land & well data combined in merged system
    (9/19/2006) Nido shooting 2D & 3D over Philippine Palawan blocks
    (9/18/2006) ILI acquires Datalog Technology geoscience division
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (9/20/2006) Chukchi Sea seismic shoot to proceed despite whales
    (9/20/2006) Royal Society says ExxonMobil misleading on global warming
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (9/20/2006) Petrobras pumping $1.7 billion into US Gulf of Mexico
    (9/20/2006) Chaparral acquiring Calumet Oil for $510 million
    (9/20/2006) Snamprogetti & Hyundai JV to develop Saudi field
    (9/20/2006) Hardy picks BJ for casing & tubing running off India
    (9/19/2006) CGG & Bergen University link for seismic research
    (9/18/2006) Total exercises option for MSV Regalia on Girassol
    (9/18/2006) Sonatrach contracts ABB for Haoud El Hamra field project
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 9/20
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 60.42
    -0.8%
    Minas 63.19
    -3.4%
    Bonny Light 63.03
    -0.4%
    N. Sea Brent 62.99
    -2.4%
    Forties 63.08
    -0.2%
    Urals/Mediterranean 58.98
    +0.1%
    Alaska N. Slope 62.46
    -2.9%
    W. Texas Intermediate 63.76
    -2.8%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 5.54
    +4.5%
    UK Day Ahead** 30.65
    +1.8%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    September 20-22
    IADC Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas USA
    September 24-26
    Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Convention, Lafayette, Louisiana USA
    September 24-27
    SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas USA
    September 25-29
    International Pipeline Conference, Calgary, Alberta Canada
    September 26-27
    FPSO Integrity Planning Summit, Beijing, China
    September 27-28
    Sakhalin Oil & Gas 2006, Sakhalin Island, Russia
    September 27-29
    Italian Energy Summit, Milano, Italy
    October 1-6
    SEG International Exposition & Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana USA
    October 3-4
    IADC Drilling HSE Europe Conference & Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    October 3-6
    Canadian Offshore Resources Exhibition & Conference, Halifax, NS, Canada
    ...More Events

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