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Fall Spectacular Service Event 

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Upcoming Events


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September 3, 2010 | TBA | Back to School BBQ with EOG
September 8, 2010 | 4:00 PM | BP Lecture
September 8, 2010 | 11:30 AM | Lunch and Learn with Marathon
September 15, 2010 | 6:30 PM | General Meeting #2 with Hilcorp
September 16, 2010 | TBA | Exxon Meeting - Keller Towns
September 17, 2010 | TBA | Corporate Advisory Board Lunch
September 17, 2010 | TBA | Friday at the Park with OXY
September 21-22, 2010 | ATCE- Italy
September 21-22, 2010 | Engineering Career EXPO
September 21, 2010 | TBA | Bowling Night
September 25, 2010 | TBA | Tailgate
September 29, 2010 | 6:30 PM | General Meeting #3 with ConocoPhillips



Fall 2010 Meeting Dates & Locations


DATE LOCATION CORPORATE PARTNER
September 1 WEL 1.316 Chevron
September 15 ECJ 1.202 Hilcorp
September 29 WEL 1.316 ConocoPhillips
October 13 WEL 1.316 Shell
October 27 WEL 1.316 Anadarko
November 10 WEL 1.316 Chesepeake



Daily Oil & Gas Prices


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  SOURCE: Money.CNN.com




Energy News From Yahoo!


Brazil's Petrobras unveils $64-bln share offer (AFP)

3 Sep 2010

View of an oil platform off the coast of Brazil. Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has unveiled a huge share offering which could raise 64 billion dollars to help finance new exploration projects in the country.(AFP/File/Antonio Scorza)AFP - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras on Friday unveiled a huge share offering which could raise 64 billion dollars to help finance new exploration projects in the country.




Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill (AP)

3 Sep 2010

Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water.




Gazprom to double gas imports from Azerbaijan (AP)

3 Sep 2010

AP - Russia's Gazprom on Friday clinched a deal to double supplies from Azerbaijan in a bid to expand its control over gas produced by former Soviet republics.



Brazil oil firm Petrobras plans $65 billion stock sale (Reuters)

3 Sep 2010

Reuters - Brazilian state oil company Petrobras will sell up to $64.5 billion in new stock -- one of the largest in capital markets history -- to raise funds for the world's biggest oil exploration investment plan.



Feds launch investigation of Gulf platform fire (AP)

3 Sep 2010

AP - The agency that oversees offshore drilling will investigate the fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.



BP oil spill costs hit $8 billion as ends rig probe (Reuters)

3 Sep 2010

Reuters - BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion as the oil giant prepared to release the findings of an internal probe into the causes of the disaster.



Oil falls below $75 ahead of US jobs report (AP)

3 Sep 2010

A petrol station worker refuels a U.S.-made 1932 Ford car in Havana September 1, 2010. Cuba's oil industry wants to work with its counterparts in the United States and Mexico to promote safe drilling practices and avoid the kind of well blowout and spill seen recently in the Gulf of Mexico, a leading drilling industry expert said recently. Cuba currently produces about 60,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), all from onshore wells. It receives about 115,000 bpd from ally Venezuela on favorable terms.  REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT ENERGY)AP - Oil prices fell below $75 a barrel Friday in Asia as investors awaited a report on U.S. employment that will influence guesses about the strength of future energy demand from the No. 1 economy.




What makes the 2 Gulf oil explosions different? (AP)

2 Sep 2010

AP - Here are some differences between the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster April 20 and the oil production platform explosion Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico:



U.S. offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill ban (Reuters)

2 Sep 2010

Reuters - The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the U.S. offshore oil industry and may push back lifting a ban on deepwater drilling after the latest accident in the Gulf of Mexico, analysts said on Thursday.



No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire - Gov't (Reuters)

2 Sep 2010

Reuters - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an oil spill, the U.S. Coast Guard said.




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