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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
    (9/26/2006) Fire still burning after month on Shell Niger Delta well
    (9/25/2006) Baluchistan tribesmen bomb Pakistan gas pipeline
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (9/27/2006) OGDC makes discovery in NW Pakistan
    (9/27/2006) Hardy drilling 2nd test well in India's Cauvery Basin
    (9/27/2006) Zarubezhneft makes oil discovery off Vietnam
    (9/27/2006) North Dakota Bakken well spudded
    (9/26/2006) Stuart prepping for 1st of 4-well drilling program
    (9/26/2006) Causes sought for low flowrates on Tag's Radnor sidetack
    (9/26/2006) Dana gives up on Mauritania wildcat
    (9/26/2006) Santos spuds appraisal of East Java wildcat discovery
    (9/25/2006) Daewoo to drill more exploration wells in Myanmar block
    (9/25/2006) Meridian taps Louisiana gas at 16,000 ft
    (9/25/2006) Matra prepping to drill 2 gas targets in Hungary
    (9/25/2006) Genting discovers gas off Indonesia in Natuna Sea
    (9/25/2006) Woodside scores new Western Australia gas discovery
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (9/27/2006) Venture sets 2-year North Sea drilling campaign
    (9/26/2006) Maersk Gallant to carry out production drilling on Ekofisk B
    (9/26/2006) Transeuro contracts rig for onshore Papua New Guinea
    (9/25/2006) PetroHunter uncon gas drilling program underway
    (9/25/2006) Ensco constructing new ultra-deepwater semi
    (9/25/2006) Providence secures Petrolia to drill off Ireland
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (9/27/2006) 1st producer drilled in Saskatchewan's Frobisher Hastings
    (9/27/2006) Mariner restores output on 2 US Gulf fields
    (9/26/2006) Newfield's Woodford Shale development expanding
    (9/26/2006) Falcon receives estimate of its Hungary gas assets
    (9/26/2006) Goosander subsea field tied back to Kittiwake platform
    (9/25/2006) Lexington Barnett Shale well flows 3.3 million cf in 3 hrs
    (9/25/2006) Oilex reaches TD with India's Cambay-72 producer
    (9/25/2006) Petrofac puts Malaysia's Cendor Field on production
    (9/25/2006) BP to restart part of Alaska's shutdown Prudhoe Bay
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (9/27/2006) Mixed signals on PSAs from Putin & Lavrov (update)
    (9/27/2006) Oman auditioning operators for 3 new blocks
    (9/27/2006) Iran tells Japan to conclude Azadegan agreement or lose it (update)
    (9/27/2006) Flair acquiring Utah Asphalt Ridge heavy oil leases
    (9/27/2006) BP swaps Alba stake for Arundel & Kidd interests
    (9/27/2006) Source farming into Canada's Mackenzie Valley
    (9/27/2006) Contact relinquishes stake in offshore NZ Taranaki Basin
    (9/27/2006) Tap Oil takes 85% stake in Philippines Sulu Sea tract
    (9/26/2006) Namibia awards 3 blocks to South Africa's IDG
    (9/26/2006) Kremlin won't withdraw Shell's Sakhalin II permit for month (update)
    (9/26/2006) Lundin acquires 7 E&P licenses in UK North Sea
    (9/26/2006) Petronas confirms grant of 9th block in Indonesia
    (9/26/2006) Shannon sells 50% stake in Eastern Canada blocks
    (9/25/2006) Shiningbank to acquire Rider's Alberta oil & gas assets
    (9/25/2006) PetroSun farms into New Mexico & Arizona prospects
    (9/25/2006) Guatemala grants Highlands block to US Oil
    (9/25/2006) Canadian Imperial extends Atlantic licenses
    (9/25/2006) Iraqi government considers Kurd contracts invalid
    (9/25/2006) Nigeria readying to auction 65 blocks in October
    (9/25/2006) Guinea revises PSC with Hyperdynamics
    (9/25/2006) French government defends Total's Kharyaga PSA
    (9/25/2006) Eni ups ownership of Norwegian gas discoveries
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (9/26/2006) Fugro-Jason releases PC-based PowerBench
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (9/25/2006) Indonesia to resettle victims of East Java mudflow
    (9/25/2006) UK oil & gas industry issues guidance on managing malaria
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (9/27/2006) Petro-Canada pegs Weatherford for North Sea 4-well project
    (9/27/2006) Saipem to provide FPSO for Angolan field
    (9/26/2006) HHI building 3 UAE Umm Shaif production platforms
    (9/26/2006) Landmark & WellDynamics link for intelligent well solutions
    (9/25/2006) Superior Energy acquires Warrior Energy Services
    (9/25/2006) Chevron & Los Alamos researching oil shale recovery
    (9/25/2006) Tullow buying Hardman Resources for $1.1 billion
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 9/27
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 55.99
    0.0%
    Minas 60.62
    +1.4%
    Bonny Light 59.37
    -0.6%
    N. Sea Brent 60.61
    -1.2%
    Forties 59.32
    -0.6%
    Urals/Mediterranean 55.12
    -0.5%
    Alaska N. Slope 58.39
    -2.3%
    W. Texas Intermediate 60.55
    -1.7%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 4.55
    -2.6%
    UK Day Ahead** 17.20
    -23.6%
    *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 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
    October 3-6
    Kazakhstan International Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    October 3-6
    SPE Russian Oil & Gas Technical Conference & Exhibition, Moscow, Russia
    October 4-5
    2006 Oil Sands Summit, Houston, Texas USA
    October 5
    Infrastructure Australia 2006, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    ...More Events

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