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Upcoming Events


February 14, 2009 | Encounter with Engineering
February 21, 2009 | Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
February 21, 2009 | Trees for Pease
February 25, 2009 | Officer Elections Part 1
March 7, 2009 | 2009 SPE Crude Oil Classic Golf Tournament
March 7, 2009 | Explore UT
March 25, 2009 | Officer Elections Part 2
March 27, 2009 | Friday at the Park
April 4, 2009 | Crawfish Boil
April 24, 2009 | Friday at the Park
May 8, 2009 | Senior Banquet



Spring 2009 Meeting Dates & Locations


DATE LOCATION CORPORATE PARTNER
January 28 WEL 1.308 Apache
February 11 JGB 2.324 Encana
February 25 WEL 1.308 El Paso
March 11 JGB 2.324 Marathon
March 25 WEL 1.308 BP
April 8 WEL 1.308 Statoil Hydro
April 22 WEL 1.308 Noble Energy
May 6 JGB 2.324 Schlumberger



Daily Oil & Gas Prices


UT SPE officers after meeting with the Norsk Hydro speaker.
  Price Change
WTI Crude Oil
($/bbl)
66.73 -2.58
Henry Hub Natural Gas
($/MMbtu)
3.62 -0.18

  SOURCE: Money.CNN.com




Energy News From Yahoo!


Key Nabucco gas pipeline deal to be signed July 13 (AFP)

3 Jul 2009

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, seen here on June 2009, delivers a speech at the 20th Crans Montana Forum in Brussels. Erdogan will host the signing ceremony for the intergovernmental deal on Europe's flagship Nabucco gas pipeline project in Ankara on July 13.(AFP/file/Dominique Faget)AFP - EU nations and Turkey said Friday they will sign a key intergovernmental agreement in Ankara on July 13 on Europe's flagship Nabucco gas pipeline project, but key issues still need to be resolved.




Nabucco not at risk from Russia-Azerbaijan gas deal: Turkey (AFP)

3 Jul 2009

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, seen here on June 2009, delivers a speech at the 20th Crans Montana Forum in Brussels. Erdogan will host the signing ceremony for the intergovernmental deal on Europe's flagship Nabucco gas pipeline project in Ankara on July 13.(AFP/file/Dominique Faget)AFP - Russian Gazprom's recent deal to buy natural gas from Azerbaijan will not endanger Europe's flagship pipeline project Nabucco, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said here Friday.




Oil falls below $66 after bleak U.S. jobs data (Reuters)

3 Jul 2009

Steam and other emissions are seen coming from funnels at an oil refinery in Melbourne June 24, 2009. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - Oil dropped a dollar to below $66 a barrel on Friday after unemployment data hardened views economic weakness would sap energy demand and that last month's rally was overdone.




Nigeria, Algeria, Niger seal $10 bln gas pipeline deal (AFP)

3 Jul 2009

A woman carries tapioca seeds next to a gas flare fire near Warri, 2007. Three African countries on Friday signed an accord to build a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe.(AFP/File/Lionel Healing)AFP - Three African countries on Friday signed an accord to build a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe.




$10B deal would ship gas from Africa to Europe (AP)

3 Jul 2009

AP - Nigeria's state oil company says that Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to create a $10 billion trans-Saharan gas pipeline to ship gas to Europe.



Oil hovers above $66 after weak jobs data (AP)

3 Jul 2009

An oil platform in the North Sea. Oil prices sank under 67 dollars a barrel Thursday after weak jobs data quashed hopes of a speedy economic recovery in the United States, which is the world's top energy consumer.(AFP/SCANPIX/File)AP - Oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel Friday in light holiday trading a day after grim unemployment numbers from the U.S. and Europe sent prices tumbling.




Oil prices drop further as 'rogue' trader probed (AFP)

3 Jul 2009

Oil prices fell further, but losses were less severe than a day earlier when traders had sold heavily on fresh worries about the weakness of the US economy.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)AFP - Oil prices fell further on Friday, but losses were less severe than a day earlier when traders had sold heavily on fresh worries about the weakness of the US economy.




Fifth blast hits Canada gas pipeline: police (AFP)

2 Jul 2009

A gas leak at a pipeline owned by EnCana in Canada's western British Columbia province was caused by a blast that police said Thursday is the fifth act of sabotage in the region since October 2008.(AFP/File)AFP - A gas leak at a pipeline owned by EnCana in Canada's western British Columbia province was caused by a blast that police said Thursday is the fifth act of sabotage in the region since October 2008.




TSX slides on weak oil, U.S. jobs data (Reuters)

2 Jul 2009

Reuters - Toronto's main stock index finished lower on Thursday as oil prices slid and a gloomy U.S. jobs report dimmed hopes for a quick economic recovery.



Police probe new Canadian pipeline bombing (Reuters)

2 Jul 2009

Reuters - An explosion that damaged a natural gas pipeline in northeast British Columbia this week is likely linked to earlier attacks on energy facilities in the area, Canadian police said on Thursday.




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