Thailand’s latest oil and gas round has attracted 41 applications for 21 mostly landward blocks — an eclipse of last year’s interest — with local supermajor Chevron seeking out three offshore blocks, Reuters reported Friday. 
Statoil would neither confirm nor deny on Tuesday the Norwegian state champion had been invited by Gazprom Neft, the gas monopoly's oil business, to help develop a field offshore Sakhalin island. 
Clough Limited has entered into an agreement for an eight year charter of a new subsea operational support vessel. The as yet unnamed vessel will be ready for service in June 2008. Once operational the vessel will be deployed on various projects and contracts, primarily in the Australasian and SE Asian regions. 
Aussie gas utility AGL has farmed Epic Energy in for the construction of a $140-million gas pipeline two Australian regions, it was understood Friday.
Samsung scoops $350M Skarv topsides Jul 12, 2007
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has won a $350 million order from BP in Norway to build and install the deckside process equipment for the floating production storage and offloading vessel FPSO Skarv. 
Stavanger-based rig owner Prosafe has been asked by Aban Offshore Ltd. for two more years of the floating storage and offloading vessel, the FSO Endeavor, at the PY-3 field offshore India. 
Singapore’s shipyard owner Keppel Offshore & Marine has won a S$150 million (US$98.3 million) contract to install equipment packages on a new drillship. 
India’s 50-block August licensing round could be cancelled if participating supermajors pull out in reported “protest” over government intervention in production-sharing contracts, it was learned Tuesday. 
One ONGC-owned Offshore Supply Vessel Samudrika-10 was on standby mode due to bad weather waiting for transfer of cargo to ONGC’s drilling rig Sagar Gaurav, operating in Bassein & Satellite field of ONGC. It started taking water and sank around 12.30 hrs on 9th July, 2007. 
Wellstream International Ltd and its Seastream JV announce the receipt of contracts from BHP Billiton for the Pyrenees development, offshore Western Australia. This development covers three separate fields; Crosby, Ravensworth and Stickle all to be tied back to an FPSO in water depths of 250m. |
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Hydro and Indian state oil company ONGC have a penned a deal giving the soon-to-be-merged Norwegian oil company access to exploration acreage on the deepwater India shelf and the prolific east coast. 
Drilling contractor Awilco Offshore has secured a drilling package from National Oilwell in Kristiansand, Norway for a fourth new-build, semi-submersible drill rig not yet ordered. 
U.K. independent Salamander Energy has signed a production-sharing agreement with PetroVietnam ahead of exploration in the Cuu Long River, it was understood Monday. 
Norwegian interests have agreed to form supply ship company Aker DOF Supply on the heals of another joint venture, Aker Oilfield Services, to be owned 50-50 this time by Aker Capital and DOF. 
Chevron in Australia has cancelled a Songa Offshore rig contract “due to late rig delivery” letting oil company Santos takeover in what looks like a $81-million contract for the rig contractor. 
The European Union has approved a joint-venture of Wärtsilä and Hyundai Heavy Idustries formed to build dual-drive engines for carriers of liquefied natural gas, or LNG. 
Managers of Indian oil company ONGC have approved the reconstruction of Platform NQO at the offshore Mumbai North field, it was understood Monday. 
Aibel Pty Ltd. has won the farreaching job of managing the floating production, storage and offloading vesssel Front Puffin FPSO off northwest Australia. 
Keppel FELS Ltd. will build its forth “ultra-deepwater” semi-submersible drill rig for a subsidiary of U.S.-based drilling contractor ENSCO, a work order worth $427 million for the Singapore yard. 
Stavanger-based SeaMetric has a deal with Chinese yard interests to build its unique “catamaran” heavy lift system capable of lifting 20,000-tonne topsides in one pass, OilGas24.com was informed Tuesday. |
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