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Athena steps ahead

Partners in the UK North Sea Athena oil project have agreed to start buying up long lead items to kick off the FPSO-based development.

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Extends Songa Venus' Aussie drilling job

Songa Venus will continue drilling down under after Songa Offshore and Shell development signed an agreement.

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Crane company gives a lift to Sunrise

Aberdeen-based EnerMech has helped out Technip offshore Brazil by servicing pedestal cranes on board the Sunrise 2000 pipe-lay ship while it was docked in Rio de Janeiro.

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Noreco drills dry well

Operator Det norske oljeselskap has completed drilling of a dry exploration well.

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110 million deal to Rolls Royce

Rolls-Royce will supply engines and thrusters for the upgrade of a large crane barge for the American company J. Ray McDermott.

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Efficient Songa

Songa Offshore reports that the majority of its vessel achieved a high operating efficiency in January.

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"We can not interfere"

Minister for Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen is disappointed that Aker Solutions  did not get the Goliat deal.

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Hyundai Heavy Industries scores Goliat deal

Eni Norge and its partner Statoil have awarded the EPC contract for the delivery of the FPSO to Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries.

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Regalia rig option taken

BP Norway has chosen to exercise its option on the further use of the MSV Regalia for use at the Valhall field.

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LARS deal landed

Offshore equipment supplier Odim has landed deals for two more ROV launch and recovery systems from Norway's K Line Offshore AS worth a total of NKr 23 million (US 3.85 m).

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EOG results due out

US-based EOG Resources which already has one successful oil discovery under its belt which was drilled in the UK offshore sector in the Eastern Irish Sea plans to announced its fourth quarter results later this week.

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Subsea connector for Wave Hub

Aberdeen-based contractor Hydro Group has landed a deal to supply a subsea connector for the Wave Hub renewable energy centre which is being developed off the UK South-west coast.

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Eni exits Heritage Uganda oil bid

Italy's Eni has called time on its US $1.5 Bn bid to buy out Heritage Oil's stakes in Uganda and cancelled its sale and purchase agreement with Heritage for the sale.

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PGNiG prequalified as operator

The Norwegian Ministry for Petroleum and Energy has prequalified Polish PGNiG as an operator on the Norwegian continental shelf.

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Shtokman is delayed

Shtokman Development has postponed the development of the field until 2011.

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North Sea plateau above 50 m boe

BG Group has signalled plans to keep its North Sea production at a plateau above 50 million barrels of oil equivalent a year until 2014 by bringing onstream two new projects in the UK sector and progressing a further three in the Norwegian sector.

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Cladhan and Catcher wells firmed

Offshore and onshore explorer Encore Oil has confirmed plans for two wells in the first half this year on the Cladhan and Catcher prospects in the UK North Sea.

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Weakened gas demand could delay Shtokman

Shtokman Development may postpone the Shtokman LNG project due to the weakened global demand for gas.

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BG profit falls 21%

Britain's BG Group reported total operating profit down 3% in the fourth quarter last year but down 21% for the full year.

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EB expands

British-based offshore specialist IHC Engineering Business has opened a new manufacturing base in Newcastle in the UK's northeast to support an expanding order book

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Egypt hit for Melrose

Melrose Resources has reported making a new find onshore Egypt with its South Damas 1 well which hit 76 m (249 ft) of net gas pay.

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Prepares for Oslo Axess

Northern Energy has completed an initial public offering and has raised 350 milllion kroner.

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FMC gets subsea deal

FMC Technologies has secured a subsea tree agreement with Petrobras.

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Boost for Bravo

More oil is now being pumped up from the UK North Sea Beatrice Bravo platform after operator Ithaca Energy completed a three-well  workover programme.

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Welcome back for PLBs

Personal Locator Beacons are to be reintroduced to the UK North Sea after their operation was revised after a helicopter ditching incident last year when their signals were found to have interfered with search and rescue equipment.

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