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  • World Industry News

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  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (9/22/2004) Petrobras pledges to continue Bolivian investments
    (9/20/2004) 2nd round of Australia-Timor Leste talks begin
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (9/22/2004) ONGC launching largest ever exploration program
    (9/22/2004) Medco Energi's Banteng-1 plugged & abandoned
    (9/22/2004) Shell makes major discovery offshore Malaysia
    (9/21/2004) Woodside abandons Mauritania's Capitaine-1 for future re-drill
    (9/21/2004) Gas confirmed in multiple zones in Mariner I-85
    (9/21/2004) FAR confirms gas pay in Louisiana well
    (9/21/2004) Touchstone spuds 1st Maverick County well in South Texas
    (9/21/2004) Mosaic wildcat strikes oil in SE Queensland
    (9/20/2004) Oilex banking on Don Juan oil discovery
    (9/20/2004) Touchstone's Yterria-1 expands Texas project
    (9/20/2004) Total makes major deepwater discovery off Congo
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (9/22/2004) Clayton Williams drilling 2 Mississippi wells
    (9/22/2004) Pan-Global begins fall Onion Lake drilling
    (9/21/2004) Crosco drilling Albania's Kanina-1 well for OMV
    (9/21/2004) Hunt rig ready to drill Lakes' Wombat-3
    (9/21/2004) Five rigs in Diamond fleet affected by Hurricane Ivan
    (9/21/2004) Lexington sets 12 new Oklahoma CBM gaswell targets
    (9/20/2004) GlobalSantaFe Worldwide SCORE takes downward turn
    (9/20/2004) Smart drilling prototype yields greater well output
    (9/20/2004) Jumbo's New Mexico Madera 19-1 well testing
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (9/22/2004) Gemini drills new Warbonnet well in Wyoming
    (9/22/2004) Wintershall & Gazprom appraise Achimov development
    (9/22/2004) Moldova's Valeni Field development to boost output
    (9/22/2004) Vietnam province pushing oil & gas development
    (9/22/2004) ATP completes 10th successful well in US Gulf West Cameron
    (9/22/2004) Reserves in Tanganyika's Oudeh Field in Syria increased
    (9/22/2004) Louisiana's Biloxi Marshlands scores 14th successful well
    (9/22/2004) Statoil achieves output milestone on Asgard
    (9/21/2004) JKX adds 3 new wells on Ukraine's Molchanovskoye Field
    (9/21/2004) Shell growth plans for the Athabasca Oil Sands Project
    (9/21/2004) Redeployments boost future FPSO prospects
    (9/21/2004) Fellows begins Overthrust Project geologic analysis & logging
    (9/21/2004) Technip delivers Angostura central platform topsides
    (9/20/2004) Murphy's US Gulf Medusa facility down for repairs
    (9/20/2004) AWE reveals Yolla-3 finds pay sands
    (9/20/2004) Azerbaijan's ACG Field Phase 3 sanctioned
    (9/20/2004) Centurion's Tunisian well Ezzaouia-15 tests completed
    (9/20/2004) Aminex to develop North Korea's petroleum industry
    (9/20/2004) Burren boosts in-place reserves on Congo field
    (9/20/2004) Output doubled from Statoil's Norne well
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (9/22/2004) KNOC & KazMunaiGaz talk Caspian licenses
    (9/22/2004) PTTEP & Petronas granted Malaysia-Thailand JDA block
    (9/22/2004) South Australia launches new Cooper Basin licensing
    (9/22/2004) Nicaragua concessions to be finalized
    (9/22/2004) Nigeria to establish new PSCs for deepwater blocks
    (9/22/2004) Nexen farming into Trafina's Westaskiwin CBM project
    (9/21/2004) NIOC finalizing South Pars phases development
    (9/21/2004) Rosneft & KNOC JV to develop Sakhalin 3 block
    (9/21/2004) Mart Resources farming into Nigeria's Eremor Field
    (9/21/2004) Alaska grants local company Bristol Bay license
    (9/20/2004) Sunshine granted Queensland Champagne Creek permit
    (9/20/2004) Vintage completes Argentine producing properties buy
    (9/20/2004) Heartland buying Evergreen's Kansas CBM assets
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (9/22/2004) NXT says stress field detection technology confirmed
    (9/20/2004) Norwood carrying out G&G studies in Nicaragua
    (9/20/2004) Geophysical analysis puts Avoca prospects at 570 bcf
    ...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
    (9/22/2004) Smedvig acquiring full ownership of West Alpha
    (9/22/2004) ChevronTexaco & Gazprom to undertake joint Russia & US projects
    (9/22/2004) Shell to divest $10 to $12 billion in projects by 2007
    (9/22/2004) Endeavour pre-qualifies as licensee in Norway
    (9/22/2004) Total to acquire 25% of Russian gas company (update)
    (9/22/2004) Bluewater awarded a SPM contract for DAS Island
    (9/21/2004) Fugro to add Hugin 3000 AUV to Echo Ranger
    (9/21/2004) Lukoil to stay in Shah Deniz Azerbaijan project
    (9/21/2004) Halliburton not notified of Nigerian contract ban (update)
    (9/21/2004) Total purchasing $1 billion stake in Russia's Yeniseineft (update)
    (9/20/2004) Yukos oil production to remain constant
    (9/20/2004) Halliburton banned from Nigerian contracts
    (9/20/2004) Noble semi recovered following Hurricane Ivan
    (9/20/2004) Total hesitant to invest in Russian company
    (9/20/2004) Saipem scores 2 more AIOC Caspian contracts
    (9/20/2004) GX Technology adds GMG/AXIS
    (9/20/2004) Labtech creates winterized cabin for Sakhalin project
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 9/22
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 41.75
    +3.9%
    Dubai Fateh 37.81
    +3.4%
    Bonny Light 46.73
    +3.5%
    N. Sea Brent 45.93
    +3.5%
    Forties 47.08
    +3.4%
    Urals/Mediterranean 40.68
    +4.0%
    Alaska N. Slope 45.10
    +2.9%
    W. Texas Intermediate 48.56
    +3.1%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 5.42
    -0.2%
    IPE Gas NB** 29.65
    +1.0%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    September 26-29
    SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas USA
    September 27-29
    Montreau Energy Roundtable, Montreau, Switzerland
    October 3-5
    AAPG Eastern Section Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, USA
    October 4-7
    Rio Oil & Gas Expo, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
    October 4-8
    International Pipeline Conference & Exposition, Calgary, Alberta Canada
    October 5-7
    Deepwater Operations Forum, Galveston, Texas USA
    October 5-8
    Kazakhstan International Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    October 6-8
    International Pipeline Exposition 2004, Calgary, Alberta Canada
    October 10-12
    GCAGS Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas USA
    October 10-13
    Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    ...More Events

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