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Eastern Europe & Russia

    Songa Mercur under contract

    Gazprom subsidiary Gazflot will use the Songa Mercur for an upcoming drilling campaign offshore Sakhalin Island during the summer of 2010 ,,,
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    Published: 3/8/2010   Posted in: Rigs & Vessels, Features, Eastern Europe & Russia
    Tags: company:goldman, company:songa offshore, geographicfeature:sakhalin island, company:gazprom, country:singapore, person:trevor demara, person:gazflot, company:songa
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    Gazprom, GDF Suez sign Nord Stream agreement

    Gazprom and GDF Suez signed a memorandum in Paris Monday, 1 March, signaling the start of discussions that could lead to Gazprom's supply of up to 1.5 bcm of gas per year to GDF Suez by 2015 ...
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    Published: 3/1/2010   Posted in: North Sea & Western Europe, Features, Pipelines & Transportation, Eastern Europe & Russia
    Tags: person:russell mcculley, fieldterminology:natural gas, company:wintershall, person:dmitry medvedev, company:gazprom, company:gdf suez, person:alexey miller, city:paris, person:gasunie, company:nord, company:nord stream ag, city:greifswald, geographicfeature:the baltic sea, geographicfeature:german coast, person:nicolas sarkozy
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    Vsevolod Cherepanov appointed as Head of Gas, Gas Condensate and Oil Production Department, Gazprom

    By Gazprom's order Vsevolod Cherepanov has been named as Head of the Gas, Gas Condensate and Oil Production Department ...
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    Published: 2/26/2010   Posted in: Firms & Faces, Eastern Europe & Russia
    Tags: organization:pioneers, company:gazprom, geographicfeature:yamal peninsula, country:russia, person:alexey miller, fieldterminology:oil production, organization:moscow state university, person:vsevolod cherepanov, person:vasily podyuk, person:mr podyuk, facility:vuktylskoye field, person:podyuk, organization:company's management committee
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    Novatek takes over interests

    Russian company Novatek has assumed corporate and operational control over OOO Oiltechprodukt-Invest, OOO Petra Invest-M, and OOO Tailiksneftegas after purchasing an additional 26% interest in each company ...
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    Published: 2/17/2010   Posted in: Production, Features, Eastern Europe & Russia
    Tags: company:novatek, person:trevor demara, person:petra invest-m, organization:yamal nenets, facility:yurkharovskoye field
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    Next generation ROV enters subsea market with a splash

    Triton Group will deliver the first of its next generation ROVs to the offshore industry this month as it announces a further contract win for the Triton®XLR in deals totaling £3.8million ...
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    Published: 2/10/2010   Posted in: North Sea & Western Europe, Lead Item, Construction & Installation, Eastern Europe & Russia
    Tags: company:gsp, company:perry slingsby systems, continent:europe, organization:tpao, country:russia, company:the, organization:triton group, person:fanel hahui, technology:pss, person:galata, person:gsp prince, person:rory satterfield
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    Gazprom: Angel or Demon?

    Gazprom faces regular opprobrium for its bullying ways of using energy as a pressure and political tool ...
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    Published: 1/29/2010   Posted in: Featured Contributors, Eastern Europe & Russia, OilPrice.com
    Tags: country:us, country:iraq, person:dmitry medvedev, company:gazprom, region:central asia, continent:europe, country:russia, stateorcounty:georgia, continent:asia, company:monsanto, person:louis xiv, person:donald rumsfeld
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    Sakhalin-1 Project continues record setting drilling

    ExxonMobil has announced the successful completion of the first two extended-reach wells at the Odoptu field offshore eastern Russia, employing one of the world's most powerful land-based rigs ...
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    Published: 1/21/2010   Posted in: Drilling & Completions, Lead Item, Eastern Europe & Russia
    Tags: facility:chayvo field, company:exxon neftegas limited, fieldterminology:natural gas, person:neil duffin, technology:cubic, company:exxonmobil development company, company:exxonmobil, country:russia, company:ongc videsh ltd, company:rosneft, fieldterminology:oil company, person:sakhalin, company:rn-astra, technology:sakhalin-1 project, person:sakhalinmorneftegas-shelf, facility:odoptu, technology:sakhalin-1 consortium, facility:odoptu field, organization:russian state, company:gas development co ltd
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    Stabil Drill sends patented pneumatic mud bucket to Russia

    Stabil Drill has sent one of its patented Pneumatic Mud Buckets to Sakhalin, Russia, to assist on a rig with problems while breaking drill pipe ...
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    Published: 1/13/2010   Posted in: Support Services, Products, Services & Technologies, Eastern Europe & Russia
    Tags: country:russia, region:gulf of mexico, person:sammy russo, city:sakhalin
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    Why West is best hope for UKCS rebound

    Why has the inhospitable West of Shetland region consistently bucked the trend of enhanced conservatism felt throughout the wider offshore market? . . .
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    Published: 1/5/2010   Posted in: Production, OE Magazine News, Discoveries & Appraisals, Field Development, Eastern Europe & Russia, The Arctic
    Tags: geographicfeature:north sea, person:dr roger knight, region:shetland, geographicfeature:shetland islands, country:britain, geographicfeature:harsh atlantic ocean, company:infield systems, country:uk, person:gregory brown, person:luke davis
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    Is the Nabucco Pipeline Worth the Projected $11.4 Billion

    Inside Beltwayistan, a number of Bushevik oil patch zombies still roam the recession-blasted landscape mindlessly chanting their Caspian mantra, "Happiness is multiple pipelines" - with the caveat that they flow westwards and bypass both Russia and I...
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    Published: 1/4/2010   Posted in: Drilling & Completions, Digest, Policy & Politics, Eastern Europe & Russia
    Tags: fieldterminology:natural gas, country:azerbaijani republic, person:shah deniz, country:ussr, person:bush, continent:europe, country:iran, person:elshad nasirov, person:nabucco, country:russia, region:central europe, country:turkmenistan, company:socar, organization:obama administration, fieldterminology:oil company, company:nabucco, ", organization:ukrainian government
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    Lundin Petroleum sells interest in Kaspiskoye field, onshore Russia

    Lundin Petroleum AB has announced the sale of its 51 percent indirect interest in CJSC Kalmeastern which held the production license for the Kaspiskoye field, Republic of Kalmykia, onshore Russia ...
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    Published: 12/21/2009   Posted in: Drilling & Completions, Digest, Eastern Europe & Russia
    Tags: country:russia, facility:kaspiskoye field, person:lundin petroleum
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    Lloyd's Register to acquire Scandpower

    Lloyd's Register has made its most significant move to date by signing an agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of Scandpower AS ...
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    Published: 12/21/2009   Posted in: Health, Safety & Environment, Digest, Eastern Europe & Russia, The Arctic
    Tags: country:norway, company:riskspectrum, person:scandpower, country:us, person:richard sadler, company:lloyds register group, country:sweden, city:arctic, company:lloyd, city:bergen, person:we, country:russia, city:beijing, person:inge bakken, country:china, company:lloyd's register group, city:houston
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    Experts recommend Barents Sea standards

    One portion of the Barents 2020 cooperation project - with a goal of safeguarding petroleum activities in the environmentally fragile Barents Sea - culminated on 18 December at a conference in Moscow ...
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    Published: 12/18/2009   Posted in: Drilling & Completions, Features, Eastern Europe & Russia
    Tags: organization:foreign affairs, person:jennifer pallanich, person:jonas gahr, company:gazprom, geographicfeature:the barents sea, city:moscow, organization:norwegian government, company:dnv
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    NobleDenton successful with Lukoil's Yuri Korchagin project

    Noble Denton has successfully provided marine warranty services for the transportation and installation of two offshore platforms in the Yuri Korchagin oil field for Russian oil and gas company LUKOIL ...
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    Published: 12/1/2009   Posted in: Lead Item, Construction & Installation, Eastern Europe & Russia
    Tags: city:kaliningrad, organization:astrakhansky korabel, geographicfeature:caspian canal, company:lukoil, person:john quarrington, geographicfeature:caspian sea, person:crane marine, city:makhachkala, person:noble denton, person:barges, geographicfeature:north caspian sea, city:astrakhan, fieldterminology:gas company
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    Total transfers a 10% interest in Russia's Kharyaga field to Zarubezhnaft

    Total E&P Russie, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Total S.A., has announced the transfer of a 10% interest in the Kharyaga oil field to state-owned Zarubezhneft of Russia ...
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    Published: 11/30/2009   Posted in: Drilling & Completions, Lead Item, Eastern Europe & Russia
    Tags: country:norway, person:yves-louis darricarrère, fieldterminology:natural gas, facility:kharyaga field, fieldterminology:liquefied natural gas, organization:mou, company:gazprom, company:novatek, country:russia, fieldterminology:memorandum of understanding, person:zarubezhneft, person:statoil
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