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Intervention halts Elgin gas leak
Total’s well intervention operation has stopped the G4 well gas leak at the Elgin complex in the UK central North Sea.
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Shell engages drillship for French Guiana wells
Tullow Oil says a drillship has been contracted for two wells offshore French Guiana.
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Jackup component bottleneck slows construction
Fabricator Lamprell warns that its performance will be affected by delays in specialist vendor equipment deliveries for newbuild jackup projects.
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Marathon takes helm at Vilje in North Sea
Statoil (OSE:STL;NYSE:STO) has agreed to transfer operatorship of the Vilje field in the Norwegian North Sea to Marathon Oil Norge.
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BG hits for fifth time in deepwater offshore Tanzania
BG Group has its fifth consecutive gas discovery offshore Tanzania.
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Deep Panuke on schedule for summer start-up offshore Nova Scotia
SBM Offshore says the Deep Panuke jackup platform remains on course to produce first gas offshore Nova Scotia this summer, following earlier construction-related delays.
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ONGC to launch further phase of Mumbai High redevelopment
ONGC’s board has approved development of the Western Periphery area of the Mumbai High South field (Phase-III redevelopment).
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North Sea Beryl extension well flows gas and oil
Apache (NYSE:APA) has drilled a productive extension well from the Beryl field in the UK central North Sea.
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Mermaid tender rig drilling offshore Indonesia
Mermaid Maritime subsidiary MTR-2 has won a contract for use of the tender drilling rig MTR-2 on a client’s oil and gas fields offshore Indonesia.
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AF Gruppen to remove North Sea compressor platform
Statoil (OSE:STL; NYSE:STO) has awarded AF Group a contract, on behalf of operator Gassco, to remove and recycle the B-11 compressor platform in the German North Sea.
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Havyard contracts further PSV hull from Turkish yard
Cemre Shipyard has delivered its 20th platform supply vessel, Vestland Mira, to Norwegian contractor Havyard Group, on behalf of Vestland Offshore.
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Otto Marine contracts on two AHTS for the Congo
Otto Marine Ltd. (SP.OTML) has chartered two anchor-handling tug supply vessels for work offshore Africa.
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Eni adds to deepwater Mozambique gas reserves
Eni (MI:ENI;NYSE:E) has a new gas discovery offshore Mozambique at the Coral 1 well in Area 4.
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OGX declares Tubarão Azul field offshore Brazil to be commercial
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. (Bovespa: OGXP3; OTC: OGXPY.PK) has sent a Declaration of Commerciality on part of the Waimea Complex to Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels Agency.
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Ulstein delivers second newbuild PSV to CBO for Petrobras
Ulstein has delivered the CBO Pacifico platform supply vessel, the second PX106 design newbuild for CBO this year.
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Anadarko scores more gas in deepwater offshore Mozambique
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:APC) has discovered a “major” new natural gas reservoir in Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma basin, Mozambique.
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Statoil takes <I>West Aquarius</I> for Newfoundland wells
Statoil (OSE:STL;NYSE:STO) has contracted Seadrill’s deepwater drilling semisubmersible West Aquarius for exploration offshore Newfoundland.
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Deepwater seismic activity spreads through West, East Africa
African Petroleum (NSX:AOQ) has contracted Prospector Pte (BGP Marine) to acquire seismic surveys on two blocks offshore Cote d’Ivoire.
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Iran commissions sour gas pipeline in Persian Gulf
Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Co. (IOEC) expects first gas deliveries in September through a new pipeline in the Persian Gulf.
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Development drilling set to resume on Gabon complex
Total (NYSE:TOT; Paris: FP FP) has completed installation of the new AGMN platform for its Anguille field redevelopment offshore Gabon.

