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  • Company News

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    •   World Industry News
    (9/5/2006) Japan & South Korea fail to fix their EEZ (update)
    (9/5/2006) Strike by India's state oil execs called off (update)
    (9/4/2006) Iraq's northern export pipeline bombed again
    (9/4/2006) South Korea & Japan tackle boundary dispute again
    (9/4/2006) India's state-owned oil company execs to strike
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (9/6/2006) CNPC prepping to spud 1st test well in Mauritania
    (9/6/2006) First exploration well drilling in South Rub' al-Khali
    (9/6/2006) Kodiak drilling 2 test wells in Wyoming's Vermillion Basin
    (9/6/2006) Petsec accelerates Gulf of Mexico exploration
    (9/6/2006) Lexington drilling Comanche, Texas Barnett Shale well
    (9/6/2006) CanArgo Georgia well sees oil & gas indications
    (9/5/2006) Eni Norge gets go-ahead for Goliat appraisal well
    (9/5/2006) Nexus' Bass Strait Longtom-3 being completed as producer
    (9/5/2006) Coastal drilling Montana farm-in well
    (9/5/2006) Chevron breaks depth record with US Gulf well test
    (9/5/2006) Santos confirms Indonesia gas discovery
    (9/4/2006) Taiwan discovers massive gas hydrates off SW coast
    (9/4/2006) Victoria spuds Growler in South Australia
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (9/6/2006) Ithaca drilling Athena project in UK's Outer Moray Firth
    (9/5/2006) Pan Orient deepens Wichian Buri producer
    (9/5/2006) Pioneer delivers 60th rig, orders 70 iron roughnecks
    (9/4/2006) Leiv Eiriksson starts year of exploratory drilling off Angola
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (9/6/2006) Saudi Arabia's Khurais Project aims at future production
    (9/6/2006) Cairn to boost output from India's Lakshmi & Gauri Fields
    (9/5/2006) Tanganyika prepping for steam injection on Syrian fields
    (9/5/2006) Startup of Cairn's Mangala Field delayed
    (9/5/2006) Galleon drills another Peace River Arch producer
    (9/5/2006) Ambient to workover 64 wells in Texas' Catlin Field
    (9/4/2006) Iran & Oman talking joint development of Henjam/West Bukha
    (9/4/2006) PDO contracts TR Oman for Saih Rawl gasfield project
    (9/4/2006) Total developing Netherlands' K5 gasfield
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (9/6/2006) MOL buying out NWOG in Russia's Surgutskoye Field
    (9/6/2006) Whiting takes stake in Utah's Hingeline oil play
    (9/6/2006) Colombia grants 2 Llanos blocks
    (9/6/2006) Bolivia begins contract renegotiations
    (9/6/2006) Pertra sells stake in Norwegian license to Revus
    (9/6/2006) Talisman adds Canadian Outer Foothills acreage
    (9/6/2006) Soco farms out stake in offshore Congo block
    (9/5/2006) Delphi completes farm-in for 100% of Bigfoot Area 1
    (9/5/2006) Noreco acquires 3 Norwegian licenses from Talisman
    (9/5/2006) Talisman selling its Athabasca oil sands interests
    (9/5/2006) GSF's Challenger Minerals farms into Celtic Sea acreage
    (9/4/2006) $3.5 billion Brass LNG Project again off schedule
    (9/4/2006) Lukoil's purchase of 9 Marathon licenses in jeopardy
    (9/4/2006) Cue awarded new Western Australia exploration permit
    (9/4/2006) Sundance links with Evertson for US projects
    (9/4/2006) Albania grants exploration rights to Ionian & Adriatic Seas
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (9/6/2006) Reliance completes 3D analysis of India's KK-8 Block
    (9/6/2006) Arrow Seismic sets newbuild charter for WesternGeco
    (9/6/2006) Wavefield InSeis to shoot 10,000 km 2D survey for Falkland
    (9/5/2006) Transeuro shooting 2D in Armenia
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (9/6/2006) Petroecuador Amazon oil spill to take 6 months to clean
    (9/6/2006) BP can't find further Prudhoe Bay corrosion
    (9/6/2006) Kvitebjorn & Oseberg South back on production (update)
    (9/5/2006) Hydro shuts down Oseberg South output
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (9/6/2006) Beach beats Santos in Delhi bidding war
    (9/6/2006) Global pockets BG contract for Tapti gasfleld pipelines
    (9/6/2006) Faroe & Liberty Energy link for North Sea projects
    (9/6/2006) Egyptian firm contracted for Safaniya project
    (9/6/2006) Statoil now responsible for Langeled pipeline operations
    (9/5/2006) Halliburton wins $70 million Adco cementing contracts
    (9/5/2006) Geotrace acquires Tigress Geosciences
    (9/5/2006) Basic buys Chaparral & Reddline for $20 million
    (9/5/2006) CGG acquiring Veritas in $3.1 billion transaction
    (9/4/2006) Yukos' Arcticgas targeted by ESN, Eni & Enel
    (9/4/2006) Acergy wins $150 million Cabinda export line contract
    (9/4/2006) Sonatrach picks ABB for Hassi R'Mel fields project
    (9/4/2006) Subsea 7's new sub picks up 2 new contracts
    (9/4/2006) Plexus wins BG wellhead equipment deal
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 9/6
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 66.85
    0.0%
    Minas 71.10
    -2.5%
    Bonny Light 72.64
    +0.2%
    N. Sea Brent 72.30
    +1.0%
    Forties 71.94
    +0.2%
    Urals/Mediterranean 66.74
    +0.2%
    Alaska N. Slope 69.84
    -11.3%
    W. Texas Intermediate 71.14
    +1.5%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 6.73
    +0.3%
    UK Day Ahead** 32.55
    -0.6%
    *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 11-12
    2006 Gas Shales Canadian Summit, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    September 11-13
    SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, Adelaide, Australia
    September 11-14
    Rio Oil & Gas Expo and Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    September 12-13
    Third OPEC International Seminar, Vienna, Austria
    September 13-14
    Oil Sands Conference, Fort McMurray, Alberta Canada
    September 13-14
    Lloydminster Heavy Oil Show, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan Canada
    September 13-16
    Oil & Gas Resources in Western Newfoundland Conference, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
    September 19-20
    North African Oil and Gas Summit, Madrid, Spain
    September 20-22
    IADC Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas USA
    September 24-26
    Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Convention, Lafayette, Louisiana USA
    ...More Events

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