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  • World Industry News

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  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (9/8/2004) China rejects request for East China Sea operations data
    (9/7/2004) Bolivia preparing major changes in petroleum sector
    (9/7/2004) AWU defeats Esso effort for 14-day schedule
    (9/6/2004) Angola & DR Congo to establish joint E&P zone
    (9/6/2004) Ijaw militia fighting Nigerian soldiers for Port Harcourt
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (9/8/2004) Gastar drilling 3rd deep East Texas exploration well
    (9/8/2004) First Calgary successful drills Ledjmet well in Algeria
    (9/8/2004) Toreador's Ayazli-1 taps gas in the Turkish Black Sea (update)
    (9/8/2004) Oilex discovery with Queensland's Rookwood well
    (9/7/2004) DONG completes Vivi 1 North Sea exploration well
    (9/7/2004) New Zealand's future exploration in frontier basins
    (9/7/2004) ChevronTexaco makes deepwater US Gulf discovery
    (9/7/2004) Shell's Awokou well onshore Gabon key oil discovery
    (9/7/2004) Petronas-Shell JV scores with Bunga Zetung well
    (9/7/2004) Innamincka spuds Willowie-1 in South Australia
    (9/7/2004) Orchard's California Larner well taps gas pay
    (9/7/2004) Sunshine Gas hits 3 CBM zones with Luton-2
    (9/6/2004) Soco taps oil with two Mongolian wells
    (9/6/2004) Tap spuds NZ east coast offshore probe
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (9/8/2004) International operating rigs increased in August
    (9/8/2004) Energas has 3 rigs drilling & 2 completion rigs working
    (9/7/2004) Koko completes Corsicana, Texas well
    (9/7/2004) Tri-Valley gearing up to complete California Sunrise well
    (9/7/2004) Pioneer sidetracking on US Gulf Harrier Field
    (9/3/2004) Workover drilling underway on Louisiana's Bayou Choctaw
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (9/8/2004) EPL has 3 dry holes, puts US Gulf East Bay well onstream
    (9/8/2004) Niko puts Hazira Alpha on production
    (9/8/2004) Canada's Fort Liard gaswell comes in at 25 million cf/d
    (9/8/2004) August Energy to drill infield well on Louisiana's Iowa Field
    (9/8/2004) Dune puts Welder Ranch well onstream
    (9/8/2004) Far East Energy frac testing China Qinnan well
    (9/7/2004) Beicip Franlab sets Ecuador's ITT Field at 1.3 billion bbl
    (9/7/2004) ONGC to augment output annually 3.5 million bbl by 2006
    (9/7/2004) Apache drills to producers on Egypt's Qasr Field
    (9/7/2004) FX Energy drilling 1st Fences II project well
    (9/7/2004) Cairn's Mangala Field reserves set at 1.1 billion bbl
    (9/6/2004) Bohai Bay Caofeidian Fields fully onstream (update)
    (9/6/2004) Iran's Forouzan & Esfandiar Fields' development on schedule
    (9/6/2004) Malaysia's Jintan Field goes on production
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (9/8/2004) Petroceltic acquires stake in offshore Ireland blocks
    (9/8/2004) Nigeria to offer 27 offshore blocks in January
    (9/7/2004) Omda acquiring Texas' Fredericksburg Prospect
    (9/7/2004) Kerr-McGee acquires BP's interests in 5 North Sea blocks
    (9/6/2004) Ecopetrol to shed small fields to private firms
    (9/6/2004) Libya issues transparent terms for bids & licenses
    (9/6/2004) Pakistan calling for bids on its Kalat Block
    (9/6/2004) BG pre-empts Shell sale of Rosetta stake off Egypt
    (9/6/2004) CNPC shopping for acreage in Nigeria
    (9/6/2004) Morocco's Samir awarded onshore Sidi Kacem
    (9/6/2004) Egypt grants Alexoil Gulf of Suez block
    (9/6/2004) Jamaica preparing to award exploration licenses
    (9/6/2004) Myanmar grants onshore Rakhine license to Sinopec sub
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (9/7/2004) Sterling completes 3D dataset over UK Block 210/30
    (9/7/2004) Norwegian-Chinese JV to shoot offshore Timor Leste survey
    (9/6/2004) Anadarko begins Georgia Black Sea 3D seismic shoot
    (9/6/2004) Shoot of 3D over Vietnam's Cuu Long blocks completed
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (9/8/2004) Saskatchewan's Weyburn Project injecting CO2
    (9/7/2004) Lithuania concerned about Lukoil's Baltic D-6 startup
    (9/6/2004) Iran's South Pars Field fatal accident
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (9/8/2004) FMC Kongsberg wins another BP Angola project
    (9/8/2004) Subsea 7 wins ROV contracts in Trinidad and Venezuela
    (9/8/2004) Statoil selling drillship interest to Smedvig
    (9/8/2004) Sevmorneftegas contracts Maritime Pusnes for arctic crane
    (9/7/2004) Wood Group wins major BP North Sea contract
    (9/7/2004) Lukoil selling drilling unit to Eurasia for $130 million
    (9/6/2004) Total contracts Petrofac for Alwyn & Dunbar O&M
    (9/6/2004) Total renews Kuwait tech assistance contract
    (9/6/2004) Clough & AMEC contracted for Bayu-Undan O&M services
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 9/8
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 38.13
    -1.4%
    Dubai Fateh 34.74
    +0.1%
    Bonny Light 41.08
    +0.4%
    N. Sea Brent 40.53
    -0.9%
    Forties 41.01
    +0.4%
    Urals/Mediterranean 35.98
    +0.1%
    Alaska N. Slope 40.74
    0.0%
    W. Texas Intermediate 43.35
    -1.5%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 4.38
    -6.0%
    IPE Gas NB** 27.36
    +3.1%
    *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 13-15
    IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    September 13-16
    Offshore Communications 2004, Houston, Texas USA
    September 14-16
    AAPG Prospect and Property Expo, Houston, Texas USA
    September 16-17
    OPEC International Seminar 2004, Vienna, Austria
    September 17-18
    Pacific Petroleum Insiders Conference, Singapore, Singapore
    ...More Events

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