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• Intervention halts Elgin gas leak

  Posted: May 16, 2012

  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

  Posted: May 16, 2012

  Tullow Oil says a drillship has been contracted for two wells offshore French Guiana.

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• Jackup component bottleneck slows construction

  Posted: May 16, 2012

  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

  Posted: May 16, 2012

  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

  Posted: May 16, 2012

  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

  Posted: May 16, 2012

  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

  Posted: May 16, 2012

  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

  Posted: May 16, 2012

  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

  Posted: May 16, 2012

  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

  Posted: May 16, 2012

  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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