A link to this database can be found in the Information Services section of the new website News in Brief 2000 -

In the Information field enter anything you wish to search for
Combine words with & (eg Marathon & Brae)
Broaden your search with / (eg Marathon/Brae) See below for more detailed instructions.

Information - enter word or phrase

Region

Africa Asia Pacific Eastern Europe Europe Latin America Middle East North America Russia Central Asia UK World

Exploration interest

Atlantic Margin Caspian Gulf of Mexico North Sea West Africa

Keywords - enter word or phrase or click on WordWheel for list

Date (dd mmm yyyy)

Date (dd mmm yyyy) (use when doing date range searches)

Detailed Instructions

To search Petroleum Review's News in Brief Service you need to fill in the relevant details in the boxes.

You may define your search by Region, Exploration interest, Keyword and/or Date. You will find a drop-down list of categories under Region, Exploration interest and Keyword. Alternatively, you may search under the word of your choice by keying it into the Information box. Combine terms with & when searching for more than one word (unless searching for a phrase). You can truncate words with *. For example pipe* will find pipe, pipes, pipeline or pipelines.

Please take care to enter the Date in the format dd mmm yyyy (for example, 01 Aug 2005). You may search by a single date entry or a range of dates. If you wish to search for all news items after a certain date, please key in the > symbol in one of the date boxes (for example, >01 Aug 2005 would bring up all news items from 2 August 2005 to the most recent date inclusive.)

To query entries between two dates key in > date in the first date box and < date in the second date box. For example > 01 Aug 2005 in the first date box and <31 Aug 2005 in the second date box will find you all entries dated 02 Aug 2005 to 30 Aug 2005 inclusive.

Once you have made your selection, click on the Submit Query box.

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