Songa finds Libyan work for Nippon consortium Jun 28, 2007
A consortium of oil companies lead by Nippon Oil Exploration Ltd. has hired the Songa Saturn drill ship for work offshore Libya, in a $91 million work order for the rig contractor.

Cooper announces Tunisia Bargou 2D Marine Seismic Program Jun 25, 2007
Cooper Energy announces that a contract to acquire just less than 1,000 km of 2D marine seismic in the Bargou Permit in the Gulf of Hamammet has been executed with CGG Services.

i-Tech announces multiple contract awards Jun 22, 2007
Subsea 7 Inc. through its i-Tech division, today announced the award of four new contracts with an estimated total value of $ 30m.

E.ON Ruhrgas participates in new European gas pipeline Jun 22, 2007
E.ON Ruhrgas AG is participating in the joint venture to plan a new European gas pipeline in Scandinavia. This Skanled pipeline is to transport Norwegian gas to Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

J. Ray, Fluor to prop up Poinsettia platform Jun 20, 2007
A consortium of oilfield infrastructure builders J. Ray McDermott and Fluor has been awarded a contract to engineer, build, install and procure for BG’s offshore Poinsettia project in Trinidad & Tobago.

Statoil re-hires “light” well team for $100M Jun 20, 2007
Statoil has granted a NOK600 million ($100 million) contract extension for light-well intervention, or LWI, to Island Offshore Management and partners FMC Technologies and Aker Kvaerner Well Services.

Ability rig order marks Norwegian walk in desert Jun 18, 2007
Norway-based Ability Drilling has executed an option and ordered an onshore drill rig and a workover rig from southwest Norwegian TTS Marine Drilling equipment, a business of Sense EDM of Kristiansand.

ONGC okays Mumbai platform re-build Jun 11, 2007
Managers of Indian oil company ONGC have approved the reconstruction of Platform NQO at the offshore Mumbai North field, it was understood Monday.

Subsea 7 Launches Seven Seas Jun 11, 2007
Subsea 7’s newbuild deepwater pipelay, the Seven Seas, was launched successfully at Merwede shipyard, nr Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on Friday the 1st of June. The Seven Seas will have the ability to perform a wide variety of offshore and subsea operations in addition to its main pipelay role.

ABB electrifies NCS, clinches $72M cable Jun 8, 2007
ABB in Norway has won a NOK430-million ($72-million) contract to electrify Statoil’s Gjoa platform by sub-sea cable from gas-fired power plant at Mongstad, it was announced late Friday.

Aibel to manage Aussie Puffin FPSO Jun 8, 2007
Aibel Pty Ltd. has won the farreaching job of managing the floating production, storage and offloading vesssel Front Puffin FPSO off northwest Australia.

Norway: 2007 to set $18.6B spending record Jun 7, 2007
The forecast for Norwegian oilfield spending in 2007 has been revised higher to a record NOK111.3 billion kroner ($18.58 billion) after a survey of spending by a national researcher.

Hellenic signs contract for E&P rights in Egypt Jun 7, 2007
HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A. announces that in Egypt today a contract was signed granting hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation rights in West Obayed.

Arawak to acquire stake in Kazakhstan Saigak Field Jun 6, 2007
Arawak Energy Corporation has entered into an agreement, subject to certain conditions, under which the Company expects to acquire Saigak Investments BV, a company which has a 40% participating interest in the Saigak field in Western Kazakhstan.

Technip awarded contract for the YME field Jun 6, 2007
Technip has been awarded by Talisman Energy a turnkey contract, worth approximately €110 million, for the YME field re-development. This field, located 100km offshore Norway, is today operated by Talisman Energy.