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January 25, 2011 | Time 7:00pm| General Meeting with Nexen
February 8, 2011 | Time 6:30pm| General Meeting with ExxonMobil
February 22, 2011 | Time 6:30pm| General Meeting with LINN Energy



Spring 2012 Meeting Dates & Locations


DATE LOCATION CORPORATE PARTNER
January 25 WEL 1.316 Nexen
February 8 WEL 1.316 ExxonMobil
February 22 WEL 1.316 LINN Energy
March 7 WEL 1.316 Newfield
April 4 WEL 1.316 Statoil
April 18 WEL 1.316 Chesapeake



Daily Oil & Gas Prices


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Energy News From Yahoo!


PG&E fined $16.8M for shoddy gas leak surveys (AP)

27 Jan 2012

AP - State regulators plan to fine Pacific Gas & Electric Co. $16.8 million for failing to perform gas leak surveys in the wake of a deadly pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb in 2010.



US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed (AP)

27 Jan 2012

This undated photo provided by Teresa  Ock, shows William Gregory Ock, 50, of Bowdon, Ga. The U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Deb MacLean told The Associated Press that Ock had been released after being kidnapped in Warri in Delta state on Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Teresa Ock)AP - A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said.




Poll ruling sparks street clashes in Senegal (Reuters)

27 Jan 2012

Reuters - Protesters hurled rocks at police who retaliated with tear gas in Senegal's capital Dakar on Friday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third term in elections next month.



Chevron's 4Q profit drop highlights hurdles ahead (AP)

27 Jan 2012

AP - Satisfying the world's growing energy appetite isn't easy.



Oil ends little changed, below $100 a barrel (AP)

27 Jan 2012

AP - Oil prices moved in a narrow range Friday, as Iran prepared to consider a ban on crude sales to European Union countries. Here's how energy contracts traded.



Oil price waver on Persian Gulf supply concerns (AP)

27 Jan 2012

ADVANCE FOR JAN. 29; map locates Alberta oil sands and the planned route of the Northern Gateway PipelineAP - Oil prices moved in a narrow range Friday as Iran prepared to consider a ban on crude sales to European Union countries.




Weekly US oil, gas rig count unchanged at 2,008 (AP)

27 Jan 2012

AP - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. held steady this week at 2,008.



S. Sudan oil shutdown continues after talks fail (Reuters)

27 Jan 2012

Reuters - The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan failed Friday to resolve an oil dispute that has led to the shutdown of the South's crude output and threatened both countries' economies.



Chevron profit falls as refineries, output suffer (Reuters)

27 Jan 2012

Reuters - Chevron Corp reported lower quarterly earnings on Friday, missing Wall Street forecasts, as rising spending on oil and gas projects and losses at its U.S. refinery business offset gains from higher crude oil prices.



The Oil Off Cuba: Washington and Havana Dance at Arms Length Over Spill Prevention (Time.com)

27 Jan 2012

Time.com - Despite the embargo and their cold war, the two countries appear to be in some synch over fear of potential drilling catastrophes




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