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Thursday, September 30, 2004

In This Issue

World Industry News

Exploration & Discoveries

Drilling & Completion

Development & Production

Licensing & Concessions

Geosciences

Health Safety & Environment

Company News

Oil & Gas Prices

Events

World Industry News

(9/29/2004) US Strategic Reserve tapped at 2/5 million b/d
(9/29/2004) NZ extending tax rule to more rigs & seismic vessels
(9/28/2004) "The war starts October 1st" - Nigerian rebel leader Dokubo-Asari
(9/28/2004) $50 oil "I told you so" - CERA
(9/27/2004) OPEC will make no decision on output until December

...More World Industry News

Exploration & Discoveries

(9/29/2004) Apache to drill Gats & Vesta prospects off Oz
(9/29/2004) Antrim to drill Galapagos well off NW Australia
(9/29/2004) 3rd exploration phase on China's Block 22/12 set
(9/29/2004) Frontier Oil & Gas to confirm Fowler Cook Inlet reserves
(9/28/2004) Polkadot being plugged & abandoned
(9/28/2004) Innaminka draws a duster with its Willowie-1
(9/28/2004) FCP scores another gas & condensate success in Algeria
(9/28/2004) Sasol's Dussafu Marine a dud
(9/27/2004) Tsiengui a significant discovery onshore Gabon
(9/27/2004) Austral Pacific to spud Cardiff-2 by end of October
(9/27/2004) FX Energy to drill Rusocin-1 well in Poland
(9/27/2004) Heritage Oil spuds Turaco-3 well in Uganda
(9/24/2004) El Paso & Petrobras declare Brazil's BS-1 Block viable
(9/24/2004) Amity Oil drilling ahead on Ellis-1 well in Oklahoma
(9/24/2004) Substantial gas shows at Jack Hamar-1
(9/24/2004) Melrose taps significant gas in Egypt's South Batra
(9/24/2004) Bridge scores oil & gas discovery in Taranaki
(9/23/2004) Calvalley spuds Ras Noor-1 in Yemen's Upper Qishn
(9/23/2004) Oilex's Don Juan North all wet
(9/23/2004) McMoRan currently drilling 6 exploration wells in US Gulf

...More Exploration & Discoveries

Drilling & Completion

(9/29/2004) Dragon completes Turkmen workover of Caspian well
(9/28/2004) West Navigator completes 4 topholes off Mauritania (update)
(9/28/2004) New contract for Smedvig's T-3 tender rig
(9/28/2004) New technologies advance ultra deepwater capabilities
(9/28/2004) Fiber-based fracturing extended for high temps
(9/27/2004) Halliburton undertaking major horizontal drilling project
(9/27/2004) World's smallest hole drilled with rotary steerable tech
(9/27/2004) Far East finalizes frac on China's Qinnan Block

...More Drilling & Completion

Development & Production

(9/29/2004) Indonesia approves Santos' Oyong development plan
(9/29/2004) Petrobras' P43 Barracuda FPSO to startup in November
(9/29/2004) CNOOC & Sinopec press on without Shell & Unocal (update)
(9/29/2004) Amadeus revving up Texas & Oklahoma developments
(9/28/2004) Saudi Arabia to boost output by 1.5 million b/d
(9/28/2004) Petrobras to startup Piranema Field in 2006
(9/28/2004) DNO to put Yemen's Nabrajah onstream in May 2005
(9/28/2004) First well completed on Iran's Shanol gasfield
(9/28/2004) Schlumberger adds wet gas conditions to multiphase metering
(9/28/2004) Egypt's South Manzala Gelgel-3 well flows 34 million cf/d
(9/27/2004) Nido farm-in on Philippines Galoc Field okayed
(9/27/2004) Wyoming Pinedale Anticline wells go onstream
(9/27/2004) Statoil puts Kvitebjorn gasfield on production

...More Development & Production

Licensing & Concessions

(9/29/2004) Old Azeri field to be reworked by Turkish-Azeri JV
(9/29/2004) Empire awarded Western Australia onshore block
(9/29/2004) Devon selling North American properties
(9/29/2004) Bow farming into Strike's Western Australia Block TP/17
(9/29/2004) Bid pre-qualifications due on Ecuador's Amazonian fields
(9/28/2004) Unocal & Shell exit controversial Xihu development
(9/28/2004) Dana gives Hess Indonesia stake for North Sea field interest
(9/28/2004) Dana & Woodside swap interests in multi-faceted agreement
(9/27/2004) Santos acquires Novus assets from Medco
(9/27/2004) Philippines postpones BHP Billiton Sulu Sea awards
(9/27/2004) NIOC pressing for foreign stake in Iranian projects
(9/27/2004) Marubeni buying Energy North Sea
(9/27/2004) Falcon Natural Gas acquires Louisiana prospects

...More Licensing & Concessions

Geosciences

(9/27/2004) New integrated geology & reservoir data visualization system

...More Geosciences

Health Safety & Environment

(9/23/2004) Valhall well kick investigation showed multiple causes
(9/23/2004) Statoil installing new lifeboats on Statfjord

...More Health Safety & Environment

Company News

(9/29/2004) State share of Gazprom to increase before Rosneft merger
(9/29/2004) Duffy & McGovern contracted for US Gulf accommodations
(9/29/2004) Tetra adds derrick barge to decommissioning fleet
(9/29/2004) ChevronTexaco investing $11 billion in Angola
(9/29/2004) Sonatrach monopoly to end with new hydrocarbon law
(9/29/2004) ConocoPhillips & Lukoil tie the knot
(9/28/2004) Wescorp & Ellycrack JV set for heavy oil upgrading tech
(9/28/2004) Evergreen closes sale of Kansas properties to Heartland
(9/28/2004) Landmark & EPS form strategic alliance
(9/27/2004) Dispute continues as Origin says Clough liable for BassGas delay (update)
(9/27/2004) Bluewater to transport Shah Deniz platform to Baku
(9/27/2004) ConocoPhillips bids to buy 7.59% of Lukoil
(9/27/2004) Heerema buys Kobelco crane for deepwater construction vessel
(9/27/2004) J. Ray McDermott contracted for 3 new Caspian projects
(9/27/2004) Precision Drilling launches fit-for-purpose technology services

...More Company News

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Oil & Gas Prices

Grade	Wed. 9/29
Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
OPEC Basket	43.54 +1.5%

Dubai Fateh	37.33 -1.2%

Bonny Light	47.71 -0.8%

N. Sea Brent	46.81 -0.6%

Forties	48.14 +0.6%

Urals/Mediterranean	40.71 -1.5%

Alaska N. Slope	46.26 -0.8%

W. Texas Intermediate	49.51 -0.8%
Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
Henry Hub*	5.44 +4.0%

IPE Gas NB**	27.80 +1.1%

US$ per MMBTUs *UK pence per therm All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
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Industry Events

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
October 10-15
SEG International Exposition & Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado USA
October 11-12
Underbalance Technology Conference & Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas USA
October 11-13
Gas AustralAsia Pacific Exhibition & Conference, Perth, Australia
October 12-13
Gas AustralAsia Pacific 2004 Conference, Perth, Australia

...More Events

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