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May 2008

American Electric Technologies announces alliance with DRS Power Technology
American Electric Technologies, Inc. has reached an agreement with DRS Power Technology, Inc. to jointly develop and market DRS permanent magnet motors (PMMs) and generators ...

Cal Dive awarded major project for integrated services
Cal Dive International, Inc. has been awarded a major project to install, trench, backfill, tie-in, and pre-commission a natural gas pipeline off the US East Coast ...

FMC Technologies signs five-year alliance agreement with Anadarko Petroleum

FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed a five-year alliance agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to provide subsea equipment for Anadarko's Gulf of Mexico exploration and production projects ...

Global Highland announces 1.8 million contract extension
Global Highland has been awarded a contract extension worth £1.8 million by The Highland Council ...

Halliburton awarded three-year completions contract by Abu Dhabi Company for onshore oil operation
Halliburton has been awarded a contract by Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operation (ADCO) to provide a range of completion equipment for onshore oil and gas wells ...

HSE and Boots & Coots to create a jointly owned oilfield safety services company
HSE Integrated Ltd and Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. have signed a definitive agreement to create a jointly owned company to provide oilfield safety services ...

J. Ray McDermott awarded two offshore construction projects
McDermott International, Inc. was recently awarded two contracts for offshore construction projects ...

More oil on the way thanks to GE
Two units of GE are joining forces with oil drilling and production technology company Sevan Marine ASA of Norway, Oilexco North Sea Ltd. of Scotland, and a Chinese and other international shipyards ...

Mustang provides engineering for Peregrino project offshore Brazil
Mustang Engineering is providing engineering and procurement services to Kiewit Offshore Services for the Peregrino field development in the Southern Campos Basin ...

Oceaneering awarded subsea BOP control system contract
Oceaneering International, Inc. has been awarded a contract valued at over $14 million by Frontier Drilling USA to deliver a new generation, subsea blowout preventer (BOP) control system ...

Oceaneering secures contract with FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS
Oceaneering International, Inc. recently secured a contract with FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS, a subsidiary of FMC Technologies, Inc., valued at over $15 million to supply umbilicals ...

PGS awarded largest ever HD4D campaign
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA has been awarded by Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. a contract to undertake the largest High Density 4D (HD4D) marine seismic survey campaign ever in the industry ...

SCAN Geophysical signs LOI from Petrobras for 8,500 km 2D survey off Portugal
SCAN Geophysical ASA has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) from Petrobras International Braspetro B. V. - Portugal Branch for an 8,500 km high technology, long offset 2D survey off Portugal ...

Subsea 7 and Richtech form new subsea engineering company
Subsea 7 Inc and Richtech International Holding Inc have announced formation of a joint venture company to provide subsea front-end engineering and design (FEED), detailed design, integrity management and engineering consulting services to operators ...

Triton Group ramps up presence in the US with launch of Sub-Atlantic Inc in Houston
Triton Group, is ramping up its presence in the US with the launch of Sub-Atlantic Inc. one year on from the acquisition of the UK company ...

TTS awarded contract to Marine Cranes division in Norway
TTS Marine ASA's Marine Cranes division has landed a contract worth approximately NOK 33m for delivery of its first anchor handling winches ...

April 2008

Aabar signs sale agreement for upstream oil & gas unit Pearl Energy
Aabar Energy PJSC has signed a sales and purchase agreement with Mubadala Development Company PJSC for the divestment of the wholly-owned exploration and production subsidiary Pearl Energy Limited ...

Acergy announces StatoilHydro contract awards in the North Sea
Acergy S.A. announced the award of two contracts valued at approximately $60 million from StatoilHydro on behalf of the Gjøa and Morvin licenses ...

Addax Petroleum announces new acreage award offshore Cameroon
Addax Petroleum Corporation has signed a Production Sharing Contract with the Republic of Cameroon relating to the Iroko exploration license area ...

Agerato Exploration and Production awarded contract in Colombia
Emerald Energy Plc has been awarded a new exploration & production contract in Colombia, the Agerato Contract, in which Emerald has a 100% working interest ...

Aker Kvaerner enters USD 223 million subsea deal with Petrobras
Aker Kvaerner has signed a three-year frame agreement with Petrobras to supply subsea trees and related equipment in Brazil ...

Aker Solutions awarded a three-year contract on the Dunlin Alpha platform
Aker Solutions in Aberdeen has been awarded a three-year contract, plus options, to provide Fairfield Energy with engineering, procurement and construction services on the Dunlin Alpha platform ...

Aker Solutions signs exclusive alliance in Germany
Aker Solutions has signed an exclusive alliance partner contract with Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH (SDO) for the provision of engineering services (EPCm) for the SDO refineries in Germany ...

Amerada Hess Libya awards seismic contract to SCAN
SCAN Geophysical ASA has confirmed receipt of a contract award from Amerada Hess Libya Exploration Limited (HESS) for approximately 4,000 km of 2D marine seismic work off Libya ...

BP and ConocoPhillips join on the Alaska Gas Pipeline
BP and ConocoPhillips have combined resources to start Denali -- The Alaska Gas Pipeline ...

C&M Group award multi-million pound vessel conversion to A&P Tyne
C&M Group has awarded a major conversion contract to A&P Tyne Ltd. in Hebburn on the south side of the river Tyne ...

CB&I awarded contract for LNG peak shaving facility
Horton CBI has been awarded a contract valued at approximately US$150 million for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) peak shaving project on Vancouver Island, British Columbia ...

CB&I awarded contract for oil sands storage tank project
CB&I has been awarded a contract for approximately US $45 million by Suncor Energy Services Inc. to design and build storage tanks at Suncor’s Firebag in-situ oil sands operations ...

Chesapeake and Enogex announce Colony Granite Wash natural gas gathering agreement
Enogex LLC will provide natural gas gathering, processing and transportation services for Chesapeake Energy Corporation in the Colony Granite Wash play ...

Coda 3D Sonar product to be deployed in Middle East for underwater construction
Coda Octopus Group, Inc. announced an agreement with Van Oord to deliver Echoscopes™ for deployment on various underwater construction projects ...

Consafe delivering on latest two projects at home and abroad
Consafe Engineering Services has started delivery of new units for BG Tunisia's Miskar-B Platform and to Sigma3 for Shell's Nelson Platform ...

Crosstex Energy signs agreement with Contango to process Gulf of Mexico deep-shelf gas production
Crosstex Energy, L.P. has announced an agreement with Contango Operators, Inc. to process gas from Contango’s Mary Rose gas field discoveries ...

Crosstex Energy to construct $80 million gas processing facility in Barnett Shale
Crosstex Energy, L.P. plans to construct an $80 million natural-gas processing facility called Bear Creek in the Barnett Shale region of North Texas ...

CTC awarded LoFS contract by StatoilHydro

CTC Marine Projects has been awarded a LoFS contract by StatoilHydro as part of the Snorre FSM (Focused Seismic Monitoring) pilot project ...

DNV as the CVA and Class Society for the first FPSO in the US Gulf of Mexico
DNV and Petrobras America Inc have signed a Certified Verification Agent (CVA) contract for the first FPSO in the US Gulf of Mexico ...

Dockwise awarded four contracts for transport of drilling and production equipment
Dockwise Shipping was awarded four (4) contracts for the transportation of drilling and production equipment ...

Drilling riser contract to Aker Kvaerner
Aker Kvaerner has won a contract for the delivery of a complete deepwater marine drilling riser system with buoyancy package and associated equipment ...

Excelsior Energy selects Paradigm(TM) for Canadian Oil Sands Projects
Excelsior Energy Ltd has selected Paradigm Strategic Consulting services for development of its Canadian oil sands program ...

ExxonMobil and MOL to start Mako Trough Exploration program
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Hungary Limited and MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc. have agreed o start a joint exploration program in blocks 106 and 107 in the Mako Trough in southeast Hungary ...

ExxonMobil to assess hydrocarbon potential on Falcon Oil and Gas lease
Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that its affiliate Esso Exploration International Limited signed a production and development agreement with Falcon Oil and Gas Ltd. ...

FMC and LLOG sign multi-year alliance agreement for GoM developments
FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed a multi-year alliance agreement with LLOG Exploration Company, L.L.C. for pending oilfield development projects in the Gulf of Mexico ...

FMC Technologies signs five-year global alliance agreement with Devon Energy
FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed an exclusive five-year global alliance agreement with Devon Energy to provide subsea production systems and life-of-field services ...

Foster Wheeler awarded pre-feed contract by Santos for Gladstone LNG™ project
Foster Wheeler Ltd. has been awarded a contract to undertake a six-month study for the pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) for Santos Ltd.’s planned Gladstone LNG™ (GLNG™) project ...

GE Compression Technology selected to increase production of depleted gas wells in Oman
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has turned to advanced, high-pressure compression technology from GE Oil & Gas ...

GE Compression Technology to increase production of depleted gas wells in Oman
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has turned to advanced, high-pressure compression technology from GE Oil & Gas for more efficient extraction of gas from depleted wells in four of its gas fields ...

Global Maritime to develop basic design for proposed Caspian Sea MSV
Global Maritime has been awarded a contract by BP to deliver basic design for a proposed new build dynamically positioned Multi Support Vessel ...

Granherne selected for Trans Caspian Oil and Gas Study
KBR announced that its consulting subsidiary Granherne has been selected as the contractor for the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) funded Trans Caspian Oil and Gas Study ...

Gulf Island Fabrication awarded the second MinDOC T3 hull
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. has received a letter of intent from Bluewater Industries, Inc. for the second MinDOC T3 hull for ATP’s Telemark Hub deepwater development project ...

Halliburton awarded contract to develop Manifa offshore project
Halliburton has been selected to provide a variety of oilfield services in support of the offshore portion of Saudi Aramco’s Manifa mega-project ...

Heerema Hartlepool wins contract to build Nexen Buzzard PS deck
Heerema Hartlepool, one of the three construction yards of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), has been awarded a contract for the fabrication of the Production Sweetening deck and bridge for the Nexen Buzzard oilfield ...

Heerema Vlissingen to build jacket for Nexen Buzzard
Heerema Vlissingen, one of the three construction yards of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has been awarded an EPC contract for the Nexen Buzzard oilfield in the UK North Sea ...

High performance outdoor wireless links oil exploration enterprise
Medco choses Hussam Technology Company to evaluate, design, and provide a turnkey solution to establish a reliable and robust wireless network capable of seamlessly connecting the rigs to the main camp office ...

i-Tech announces major new contract awards offshore Brazil
Subsea 7 Inc, through its i-Tech division, today announced the award of three new contracts valued in excess of $ 30 million for Petrobras ,,,

J. Ray McDermott awarded Woodside’s North Rankin B jacket
J. Ray McDermott, S.A. was awarded a contract to construct the North Rankin B (“NRB”) Platform Substructure and Piles by Woodside Energy  ...

KBR joint venture awarded contract for Woodside’s North Rankin 2 project
KBR announced that its “Eos” joint venture with WorleyParsons has been awarded contract options for the detailed engineering and procurement management services ...

Knowledge Reservoir and 3GiG announce strategic alliance
Knowledge Reservoir LLC (KR) and 3GiG LP (3GiG) have announced the formation of a strategic alliance to offer business process and well lifecycle management services ...

Lease award expands ATPs Canyon Express Hub
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation announced that the Minerals Management Service has awarded to ATP the offshore lease at Mississippi Canyon 304 block ...

MCS wins major riser design and delivery contract
MCS has been awarded one of its largest riser design and delivery contracts in the North Sea ...

Perry Slingsby Systems secures $11million contract with Canyon Offshore
Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) has secured a contract to supply two new generation Triton® XLX ROV systems and one Triton® XLS ROV system ...

PetroChina, Qatargas and Shell sign first long-term Qatar - China LNG deal
Qatargas, Shell and PetroChina have signed binding sales and purchase agreements that will lead to the long-term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...

Petrofac awarded two North Sea Projects
Petrofac is expanding its North Sea activities with the group's Facilities Management (PFM) business announcing two project awards by Venture Production plc ...

Petrofac awarded US477 million lump-sum contract by Petro-Canada Palmyra
Petrofac has been awarded a US$477 million lump-sum contract by Petro-Canada Palmyra to construct a gas treatment plant ...

Petrofac awarded Venture contract extension
Petrofac has been awarded a two-year extension of its existing duty holder contract with Venture Production plc ...

Petrofac receives further award at the Kashagan facility in Kazakhstan
Petrofac has secured an additional award at the Kashagan facility in Kazakhstan, operated by Agip KCO ...

Process systems contracts awarded to Aker Solutions
Solutions has been awarded contracts with several clients for delivery of process systems. The total value of the four contracts are approximately NOK 300 million ...

Production Enhancement Group announces international contract award
Production Enhancement Group, Inc. announces award of its first non North American contract, of any type, for any of its product or service offerings ...

Proserv wins $7 million contract in GoM
Proserv Abandonment and Decommissioning has won a major platform decommissioning project in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Reservoir Group powers ahead with third deal in ten months
Reservoir Group has completed its third deal since forming from a management buy-out of an Aberdeenshire-based company last May ...

Rotech Subsea secures first contract from Singapore base
Mass-flow excavation (MFE) specialists Rotech Subsea has announced the first contract secured from its recently opened Singapore base ...

Samson Oil & Gas joint ventures with Devon in the Baxter Shale
Samson Oil & Gas has executed an Exploration Agreement with Devon Energy Production Company covering Samson’s 6,400-acre holding in the western flank of the Vermillion Basin ... 

SCAN Geophysical receives LOI from PetroVietnam using the new M/V SCAN Stigandi
SCAN Geophysical ASA has received confirmation and a Letter of Intent (LOI) from PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation for its M/V SCAN Stigandi ...

StatoilHydro awards Halliburton and WellDynamics Norge A.S. nearly $900 million in contracts
StatoilHydro has awarded Halliburton and WellDynamics nearly $900 million in contracts to provide completion equipment and services, tubing conveyed perforating services and SmartWell® completion technology ...

Subsea 7 announces contract for Total E&P in the North Sea
Subsea 7 Inc been awarded an exclusive five year contract by Total E&P UK Ltd for Inspection, Repair and Maintenance works in the Northern and Central sectors of the North Sea ...

Subsea 7 to invest in new pipelay vessel
Subsea 7 Inc has signed a contract for the construction of a new-build pipelay and construction vessel ...

Superior Energy Services purchases 50% interest in four newbuild 265-ft. class liftboats
Superior Energy Services, Inc. has purchased a 50% interest in two, 265-ft. class liftboats from Moreno Energy, Inc ...

Technip awarded exclusive subsea construction services contract
Technip has been awarded by BP a frame agreement to provide all diving construction services for extensions to existing hydrocarbon field development projects in the North Sea ...

Technip awarded major subsea contract in Canada
Technip has been awarded by Husky Oil Operations Limited a major engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract for the development of the White Rose oil field’s North Amethyst Satellite ...

Technip Subsea 7 Asia Pacific joint venture awarded two subsea pipelines contracts
Technip and Subsea 7 has been awarded two contracts for subsea installation and pipeline supply projects in New Zealand and Vietnam ...

Vetcogray to expand deepwater capabilities with new, multi-million dollar test center
VetcoGray, a GE Oil & Gas business, has announced plans to build a new, multi-million dollar hyperbaric test center at the company's Nailsea site ...

Wavefield Inseis secures additional seismic vessel capacity
Wavefield Inseis ASA has signed an agreement with Shanghai Offshore Petroleum Geophysical Corporation (SOPGC) for a one and a half year Bare-Boat Charter ...

Wavefield Inseis wins 3D contract for Geowave Endeavour
Wavefield Inseis has been awarded their first 3D contract for Geowave Endeavour by BG Norge Ltd ...

West Canyon Energy signs LOI for Spring Creek Prospect in North Dakota
West Canyon Energy Corp. has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire one-hundred percent (100%) working interest, in the Spring Creek Prospect ...

March 2008

Acergy announces Frame Agreement with DONG Energy
Acergy S.A. has announced the award of an offshore engineering and construction Frame Agreement with DONG Energy ...

Alcatel-Lucent awards submarine network installation contract to CTC
CTC Marine Projects (a DeepOcean ASA subsidiary) has been awarded a submarine network installation contract by Alcatel-Lucent ...

BJ PPS pre-commissions final segments of West African Gas Pipeline
BJ Process and Pipeline Services (BJ PPS) has completed pipeline pre-commissioning services for the final segments of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) system on behalf of Willbros West Africa Inc ...

Centrica begins work on proposed new offshore gas storage facility
Centrica plc is proposing to create the UK’s first offshore gas storage facility for over 25 years ...

CTC awarded Telecoms contract by General Offshore
CTC Marine Projects (a DeepOcean ASA subsidiary) has been awarded a submarine Telecoms contract by General Offshore Ltd. for Post Lay Inspection and Burial work in the APAC region ...

Deep Down ships $1.5 million of innovative subsea hardware
Deep Down, Inc. has custom-engineered, produced, and shipped BS Latcher receivers and Messenger Wire Kits to mitigate the problem of marine growth ...

EDS signs global IT outsourcing contract with Royal Dutch Shell
EDS has signed a five-year, US$1 billion IT Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) ...

Enhanced Oil Resources signs pipeline MOU with Suncoast Energy
Enhanced Oil Resources, Inc. has executed  Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development of the Company's pipeline project with privately held SunCoast Energy Corporation ...

ExxonMobil and Petronas sign agreement for new production sharing contract
xxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc. and PETRONAS will continue to work together to help ensure sustainable energy supplies for Malaysia under a planned new 25-year production sharing contract ...

Fugro orders new-build geophysical survey vessel
Fugro has signed an agreement with ship designers and builders, Fr. Fassmer GMBH & Co. KG of Bremen, for the design and construction of a new geophysical survey vessel ...

J. Ray McDermott awarded Chevron Platong Gas II Project
McDermott International, Inc. was recently awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (“EPCI”) contract by Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production for the Platong Gas II Project ...

J. Ray McDermott awarded Peregrino FPSO project
McDermott International, Inc. has received a letter of award for the engineering, procurement and construction of 6,500 metric tons of topside modules for the Peregrino FPSO ...

Leighton International wins US$720 million pipeline project in India
Leighton International has been awarded a US$720 million contract for the construction of offshore pipelines in India for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) ...

Mustang Engineering signs collaboration agreement with AMOG Consulting
Mustang Engineering PTY Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AMOG Consulting to jointly undertake business development and project implementation of FPSO, FSO and other floating facilities ...

Saipem awarded new Offshore contract in Nigeria worth in excess of USD 1.3 billion
Saipem has been awarded the contract for the Umbilicals, Flowlines, Risers and Oil Loading Terminal (UFR & OLT) activities for the subsea development of Usan deepwater field ...

Shell and virent announce collaboration to develop biogasoline
Shell and Virent Energy Systems, Inc., (VirentTM) announced a joint research and development effort to convert plant sugars directly into gasoline ...

Shell Brasil Ltda extends BJ Tubular Services contract in Brazil
BJ Tubular Services has been awarded a three-year extension to its current contract with Shell Brasil Ltda  ...

Subsea 7 announces contract award on Sul Capixaba Pipeline project
Subsea 7 Inc has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US $200 million by Petrobras for an EPIC contract, in the Espirito Santo Basin offshore Brazil ...

Technip awarded engineering contract for the Shtokman Gas Project
Technip has been awarded by Shtokman Development Company the lumpsum front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the onshore portion of the first phase of the Shtokman gas project ...

Technip NPV contract major coup for IHC's Engineering Business
A major contract to provide a fully integrated pipelay system for Technip's newbuild 194m pipelay vessel (NPV) has been awarded to IHC's Engineering Business (EB) ...

TGS announces availability of “Reverse Time” Migration algorithm
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company announced the commercialization of its “Reverse Time Migration” (RTM) algorithm ...

Total choose the Consafe way for Alwyn North
Consafe Engineering Services Ltd, has been awarded a £2.5 million contract by TOTAL E&P UK Limited for the design-and-build of additional accommodation modules ...

X-Change Corporation delivers Generation I Down Hole Tool
The X-Change Corporation has announced the completion of the construction and initial testing of the Hexion Down Hole Tool for use in fracture analysis ...

X-Change Corporation entering into agreement for down-hole tools
The X-Change Corporation is entering into an agreement with a leading provider of oilfield products and services to design and manufacture down hole tools to distribute worldwide ...

November 2006

CB&I awarded project in Middle East
CB&I has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract in the Middle East valued at approximately US$400 million ...

Daybreak signs agreement with Anadarko
Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. has finalized a "drill to earn" lease agreement with Anadarko E&P Company ...

Fleet of Frogs for Pride in Angola
Reflex Marine Ltd has secured a contract with Pride International Inc for the delivery of several Frog™ high safety personnel transfer capsules to offshore Angola ...

FMC Technologies to supply subsea system for Petrobras’ Mexilhão Field
FMC Technologies, Inc. has been chosen to supply the subsea gas production system for Petrobras’ Mexilhão field offshore Brazil ...

Global Industries awarded contract for 2007 Offshore Pipeline Project in Gabon
Global Offshore International, Ltd. received a letter of intent from Perenco Gabon S.A. to award a contract of approximately US $50 million ...

Native American Energy Group receives invitation from Chinese rig manufacturer
Native American Energy Group, Inc. has reported that GTS-China Drilling Services has expressed a willingness to work with NAEG ...

Patch enters oil play in Southern Alberta
Patch International Inc. has entered into a Farmout and Option Agreement in the Medicine Hat Area of Alberta ...

Technip awarded contract for a new Bioethanol Unit in France
Technip has been awarded a turnkey contract for the construction of a new bioethanol production unit by Ryssen ...

TEPPCO Partners to construct new pipeline
TEPPCO Partners, L.P. has announced plans to construct a new 20-inch diameter lateral pipeline that will connect the partnership’s mainline system to the Enterprise Products Partners storage facility ...

October 2006

4th Wave Imaging and Fugro join forces in 4D seismic processing
4th Wave Imaging and Fugro Seismic Imaging have joined forces to provide advanced 4D Seismic Data Processing services to the oil and gas industry ...

A2D Technologies to make Uzbekistan well log data available online
Uzbekgeofizika of Uzbekistan has entered into a new agreement with TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA to convert the Country’s domestic hardcopy well log data assets into digital form ...

BJ Services awarded contract by Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B. V.
BJ Services Company Middle East Ltd has been awarded a contract by Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B. V. (KPO) to provide leak-testing services ...

BJ Services awarded hammer services contract in Qatar
BJ Tubular Services has been awarded a contract to provide conductor driving services offshore Qatar for the Qatargas 3 and Qatargas 4 projects ...

Brownstone enters into participation agreement with Savant Resources
Brownstone Ventures Inc. has entered into a participation agreement with Savant Resources LLC ...

Chevron to participate in Athabasca Oil Sands Project Expansion
Chevron Canada Limited has elected to participate in the first phase of expansion of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) ...

Daybreak enters farmin agreement in follow up of discovery well
Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. has signed a initial farmin agreement with a major oil and gas company that covers approximately 5,600 acres in North Eastern Louisiana ...

Duffy and McGovern secures new contract with Sonsub in Angola
Duffy and McGovern has secured an £80,000 deal with Sonsub to provide its high-specification accommodation modules in West Africa ...

Endeavour to participate in exploratory wells in UK sector of North Sea
Endeavour International Corporation has reached an agreement in principle with Apache Corporation to participate in two exploratory wells ...

Energy Finders signs final contract to drill Mega West Project
Energy Finders, Inc. has signed a definitive Earn-In Agreement with joint venture partners ...

Enterprise to build Shenzi oil export pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has signed definitive agreements with producers to construct, own and operate an oil export pipeline to provide firm gathering services from the BHP Billiton-operated Shenzi field ...

EPiC forms integrated energy and engineering company
Three industry veterans have joined to form a new integrated energy company. Mr. Rex Doyle, Mr. John Ippolito and Mr. David Reynolds have founded EPiC Capital,Group Inc ...

EVTN receives PO from world's largest offshore drilling company
Enviro Voraxial Technology, Inc. has received an order to supply the Transocean semi submersible rig Sedco 702 with an Offshore Deck Water Drainage System ...

Foster Wheeler awarded CFB boiler design and supply contract by SINOPEC
Foster Wheeler Ltd. has been awarded contracts by a unit of the China Petrochemical Corporation (SINOPEC) to design and supply three 100 MWe circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boilers ...

Foster Wheeler wins feed for ADCO’s SAS oilfield development in Abu Dhabi
Foster Wheeler International Corporation has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) by the Abu Dhabi Company ...

Fugro wins Metocean contract in India
Reliance Industries Limited has awarded a metocean contract for “ Real-time Current Monitoring Services and Metocean Data Measurements” to Fugro Survey (India) Private Limited ...

Greater Sooner Holdings names partners for LOMT #1 Sidetrack well
Greater Sooner Holdings, Inc. has announced that Carburante Exploration LLC has awarded drilling services for the LOMT #1 Sidetrack well ...

Grifco International receives purchase order for Sinopec Southwest oilfield, China
Grifco International, Inc. has received a purchase order through its agent Oilland China for the Sinopec Southwest oilfield ...

Horizon West oil discovery awarded to Grove in the Dutch North Sea
Grove Energy Limited has been formally awarded the Horizon West (P8a) Production Licence ...

Hyperdynamics takes major step toward drilling offshore Guinea
Hyperdynamics has contracted with Applied Drilling Technology, Inc. to provide a detailed assessment of drilling infrastructure, support services and operating environment offshore the Republic of Guinea ...

Ikon Science & MTEM announce initiative to build EM modelling into RokDoc®
Ikon Science has entered into an initiative with Edinburgh-based MTEM to integrate EM modelling and inversion into Ikon’s class leading rock physics based modeller RokDoc® ...

Island Oil & Gas enters into agreement with EnCore Oil
Island Oil & Gas plc has entered into a Cooperation Agreement with EnCore Oil plc covering the future development by both companies of their respective portfolios ...

ITME signs contract to develop the MEGA WEST PROJECT
International TME Resources, Inc. has signed a definitive Earn-In Agreement with joint venture partners ...

JDR Cable Systems awarded umbilical project in SE Asia
JDR Umbilical Systems has been awarded an umbilical contract to be delivered in the SE Asia region ...

Lions Petroleum acquires 25,826 acres of petroleum and gas leases
Lions Petroleum Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire 11,642 acres in Bourbon & Crawford Counties in southeast Kansas ...

Lone Star Technologies enters into joint venture with Grupo Peixoto de Castro
Lone Star Technologies, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to form a joint venture with Grupo Peixoto de Castro ...

MFRI receives an $8 million order for sulfur transportation pipeline
MFRI, Inc. subsidiary Perma-Pipe Middle East has received an order to manufacture a sulfur transportation pipeline at PPME’s manufacturing plant in Fujairah ...

Monarch partners with Daybreak Oil and Gas on California project
Monarch Gulf Exploration has entered into an agreement with Daybreak Oil and Gas to jointly develop Daybreak’s 50% interest in their Eastslopes Project ...

National Oilwell Varco introduces Drilling ‘Flight Recorder’ into its Cyberbase® Drillers Cabin
Network General announced that National Oilwell Varcohas integrated high speed data logging technology from Network General into Cyberbase® ...

Patch seizes British Columbia gas play opportunity
Patch International Inc. has agreed to participate in a natural gas prospect located in northeast British Columbia ...

Patriot Mechanical Handling receives $9 million in orders
Patriot Mechanical Handling Inc. has won orders totaling in excess of $9 million from two Schahin Engenharia S.A., Brazil subsidiaries and Diamond Offshore ...

Patriot Mechanical Handling receives package order totalling $8.8 million
Patriot Mechanical Handling Inc. has won an order totalling US$8.8 million from Eisner Business S.A., Brazil ...

PetroSA joins EnerGulf in West Africa
EnerGulf Resources Inc. has been notified that PetroSA has now officially entered into the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) for Block 1711 offshore Namibia ...

Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil Chemical sign Heads of Agreement for petrochemical complex
Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil Chemical Qatar Limited have signed a Heads of Agreement to progress studies for a proposed $3 billion world-scale petrochemical complex ...

R&R Marine to build lightering support vessels for Pelican Offshore Services
R&R Marine Fabrication and Drydock has signed an agreement with Pelican Offshore Services Company to build four lightering support vessels ...

SPD lands Dubai offshore asset management contract
SPD has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by Petrofac to provide well engineering management services ...

Syntroleum and partners to drill appraisal well Aje-4
Syntroleum Corporation and several partners have agreed to pursue the drilling of an additional appraisal well (Aje-4) on the Oil Mining Lease (“OML”) 113 ...

Technip prepares for 2007 Gulf of Mexico projects with Duffy & McGovern
Duffy & McGovern Accommodation Services has secured the first advanced order for its new fleet of US accommodation modules from Technip Offshore ...

Unicorp to participate in South Creole prospect
Unicorp, Inc. has entered into an agreement to participate in the South Creole Prospect located in Cameron, Louisiana ...

September 2006

3D shoot set to begin at Turner Bayou and placement completed
Pryme Oil and Gas Limited has selected and signed contracts with a geophysical contractor to start work on a Phase II, 3D seismic survey at the Turner Bayou Project ...

ABB wins $1.5 million integrated contract for platform located offshore East Java
ABB has received a contract from PT Sempec Indonesia, to provide integrated electrical and control buildings ...

ABB wins $215 milion contract to boost oil output in Algeria
ABB has received a contract from Sonatrach to supply pumping stations and automation systems worth more than $215 million ...

Ability Group enters into agreement to assist E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS
E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS has appointed AGR Drilling Production Technology to provide drilling management and sub surface services ...

Actenum Corp awarded contract by Aramco Services Company
Actenum Corp. has been awarded a contract by Aramco Services Company for customization and deployment of a rig fleet scheduling application ...

ADCO awards Halliburton $70 million in contracts for cementing and associated services
The Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Production (ADCO) has awarded Halliburton contracts valued at more than $70 million for cementing services, stimulation services and special tools ...

Alfa Laval receives order from LUKOIL
Alfa Laval has received an order for the supply of spiral and all welded plate heat exchangers to Russian oil giant LUKOIL ...

Ambient Wells Services signs contract with Landmark
Ambient Wells Services, Inc. has entered into a contract with Landmark 4, LLC to complete the renovations and improvements on the 30 leases owned by UPDA subsidiary, Catlin Oil and Gas, Inc ...

BJ Services awarded contract by Hardy Exploration & Production (India)
Casing and Tubing Running Services to be Carried Out Offshore India ...

BJ Services awarded well services contract in Qatar
BJ Tubular Services has announced its contract from Maersk Oil Qatar AS to provide a range of services on all the company’s wells in Qatar ...

BP Exploration awards multi-year Alaska contract
CDI Engineering Solutions teaming with Amerapex Corporation was awarded a contract agreement with BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. to provide professional services ...

BP plans $3 billion project to refine more Canadian heavy crude oil in the U.S. Midwest
BP has entered the final planning stage of a $3 billion investment in Canadian heavy crude oil processing at its Whiting Refinery located in northwest Indiana ...

Bristow Helicopters secures first contract in Libya
Bristow Helicopters International has secured its first helicopter contract in Libya ...

Calibre Energy enters Iraq Kurdistan through arrangement with Hawler Energy
Calibre Energy, Inc. has entered into an agreement with Hawler Energy, Ltd. to participate in an Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government ...

Cameron announces joint venture with Curtiss-Wright
Cameron has formed a joint venture with the Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corporation’s Electro-Mechanical Division for the supply of subsea multiphase pumping systems ...

Cameron awarded contract by Total E&P Nederland
Cameron has been awarded a contract by Total E&P Nederland B.V. for the supply of CameronDC™ Subsea Production System, the world's first all-electric subsea production system, for a multi-well North Sea development ...

Cameron forms joint venture with Curtiss-Wright to supply subsea multiphase pumping systems
Cameron has formed a joint venture with Curtiss-Wright for the supply of subsea multiphase pumping systems ...

CB&I wins award for LNG expansion project in Australia
CB&I has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US$200 million by Woodside Energy Ltd., operator of the North West Shelf Venture onshore gas plant near Karratha, Western Australia ...

CompuPrint awarded $2.5 million contract
CompuPrint, Inc. has been awarded a $2.5 Million contract for an off-shore African oil and gas drilling project ...

CRC-Evans receives contract awards
CRC-Evans Pipeline International has been awarded several contracts in the USA and Saudi Arabia ...

Duffy & McGovern secures contracts with Seabird Exploration and AOA Geomarine Operations
Duffy & McGovern Accommodation Services has secured contracts with Seabird Exploration and AOA Geomarine Operations in the Gulf of Mexico ...

F&G and CSDC sign JV to provide turnkey basic detailed engineering packages
Friede & (F&G)has signed an agreement to form a joint venture with China Ship Design & Reserach Center Co., Ltd ...

Foster Wheeler awarded EPC contract by Sinclair Oil
Foster Wheeler Ltd. has been awarded a reimbursable engineering, procurement and construction ontract by Sinclair Oil Corporation ...

Foster Wheeler Enters into license agreement in China
Foster Wheeler North America Corp. has entered into a fifteen-year agreement with Wuxi Huaguang Boiler Co., Ltd. to provide a technology license for subcritical pressure circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generators ...

Foster Wheeler France S.A. awarded contract in Tatarstan
Foster Wheeler France S.A. has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) by CJSC Nizhnekamsk Refinery for a new Complex of refining and petrochemical plants ...

Foster Wheeler wins BP Spanish coker heater contract
Foster Wheeler Iberia, S.A. has been awarded a contract by BP Oil Refineria de Castellon, S.A. ...

Foster Wheeler wins CFB boiler contract in The Netherlands
Foster Wheeler Energie GmbH and Foster Wheeler Europe B.V. have been awarded a turnkey contract in the town of Alkmaar in The Netherlands ...

Foster Wheeler-led JV wins Saudi Aramco Khurais EPC contract
A joint venture led by Foster Wheeler Energy Limited has been awarded a lump-sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction contract by Saudi Aramco for the Khurais Gas Facility ...

Graham Corp wins $2.2 million ejector system contract
Graham Corporation has been awarded a contract valued at $2.2 million to supply an ejector system for installation in a U.S. Gulf Coast oil refinery ...

Graham Corporation awarded $2.5 million Canadian Tar Sands contract
Graham Corporation has been awarded a $2.5 million contract for an ejector vacuum system to be installed as part of a capacity expansion project for a tar sands upgrading facility in Alberta ...

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. selected to fabricate and load-out a MinDOC 3 hull
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. has received formal notification that Gulf Marine has been selected to fabricate and load-out a MinDOC 3 hull ...

Honeywell awarded $7 million contract in Saudi Arabia
Honeywell has announced a $7 million contract to supply process and safety controls for Tasnee Petrochemicals’ new ethylene plant in Saudi Arabia ...

Hyperdynamics signs new agreement with The Republic of Guinea
Hyperdynamics Corp. has signed new agreement with The Republic of Guinea to explore one of the world's largest under-explored regions with exceptional potential for oil and gas discovery based on seismic data ...

Jacobs receives Qatar petroleum contract
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a services and infrastructure contract for the design of the new Qatar Petroleum (QP) complex in Doha, Qatar ...

MCS signs new deal with Petrobras at Rio Show
Subsea engineering consultancy, MCS, has been awarded a two year contract with Petrobras ...

Nabors and First Reserve commit $1 billion to NFR Energy
Nabors Industries Ltd. and First Reserve Corporation have agreed to form NFR Energy LLC, a new joint venture to invest in oil and gas exploitation ...

National Oilwell Varco selects Aonix PERC for Java(TM)-based Robotic Drilling
Aonix announced that National Oilwell Varco has selected the Aonix PERC Ultra(TM) virtual machine (VM) for its Java(TM)-based control system that manages automated robotic drilling ...

Newfield Exploration and MarkWest Energy sign agreement to develop mid-stream assets
Newfield Exploration Company has signed an agreement with MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. to construct and operate gathering pipelines and related facilities associated ...

Newfield Exploration enters agreement with Sojitz in U.K. Southern Gas Basin
Newfield Exploration Company announced an agreement with Sojitz Energy Project Limited relating to Newfield's Southern Gas Basin exploration and development program ...

Oceanteam orders third construction support and flexible product installation vessel
Oceanteam Power & Umbilical has ordered a third construction support and flexible product installation vessel ...

ONGC extends Q-Marine contract offshore India
Schlumberger has announced that the Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has extended its contract with WesternGeco for Q-Marine♦ systems currently in place ...

Petrobras awards geophysical survey contract to C & C Technologies do Brasil
C & C Technologies do Brasil was recently awarded a 550-day contract, with an additional 550-day option, for the acquisition of shallow water geophysical survey data ...

Petrobras Energia signs agreement to perform exploration activities in the Argentine Sea
Petrobras Energía S.A. has signed a memorandum of agreement with Energía Argentina S.A. and YPF S.A. to create a consortium ...

PGS excersises option for second new Ramform vessel
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA has decided to exercise the option with Aker Yards, Langsten to build an additional new third generation Ramform vessel ...

Schlumberger and Apache collaborate on commercialization of data whitening technology
WesternGeco has acquired the rights to a data whitening technology from Apache Corporation ...

Schlumberger and Infosys announce global alliance
Schlumberger and Infosys have formed a global alliance to provide comprehensive information management solutions that integrate upstream technical and business processes ...

Tahiti project pushes riser monitoring to a new level
A comprehensive riser and flowline monitoring (RFM) contract has been awarded to 2H Offshore Inc., an Acteon company, for Chevron’s Tahiti Project ...

Technip awarded contract for the Kupe Gas Project in New Zealand
Technip has been awarded a reimbursable contract worth approximately USD 200 million by Origin Energy Resources (Kupe) Limited ...

Unicorp to participate in St. Martinville prospect
Unicorp, Inc. has entered into an agreement to participate in the St. Martinville Prospect located in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana ...

Well Ops UK enters into $250 Million contract with Shell
Well Ops UK Ltd. has entered into an approximately $250 million contract extension with Shell UK Ltd for the provision of Light Well Intervention (LWI) services for their North Sea subsea wells ...

August 2006

AMEC awarded lead role on Enbridge Oil Sands Pipeline Project
AMEC has been awarded a contract for program and project management, engineering, and procurement services for the Enbridge Southern Access and Southern Lights Pipeline projects ...

America Asia Petroleum signs technology agreement in China
America Asia Petroleum has announced successful negotiations and signing of a technology agreement to extract crude oil from shale rock ...

Avalon Oil & Gas acquires working interest in Miller County, Arkansas
Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. has acquired three producing oil wells located in Miller County, Arkansas from an Oil City, Louisiana, independent oil producer ...

BJ Services awarded contract to carry out services offshore India
BJ Tubular Services has been awarded a contract by a major operator in India to carry out torque-turn services ...

Chevron to open Energy Technology Centers in Aberdeen and Perth
Chevron Corporation is opening energy technology centers in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Perth, Australia ...

CNOOC joins hands again with Husky to explore deepwater areas
CNOOC Limited will join hands again with Husky Oil China Limited in exploring deepwater areas Offshore China ...

Coastal Petroleum signs deal to drill a Twin well
Coastal Petroleum Company has signed a farmout agreement with two other oil and gas companies to drill a twin well to Montana's only producer from the Lodgepole Formation ...

CSMG Technologies announces gas well production enhancement project
CSMG Technologies, Inc. has agreed to work with Gas Production, a subsidiary of Naftogas of Ukraine ...

Diamond Offshore expands relationship with CapRock Communications
Diamond Offshore, requiring reliable satellite communication, has chosen to expand its relationship with CapRock Communications ...

Dresser-Rand secures contract for compression equipment in China
Dresser-Rand Company has supplied high-efficiency DATUM centrifugal compression equipment to Dalian Petrochemical Company for its refinery in Northeast China ...

Dresser-Rand signs agreement with Ingersoll Rand Energy Systems
Dresser-Rand Company has signed an agreement with Ingersoll Rand Energy Systems under which D-R will be a global distributor and provide a service support network ...

Duffy and McGovern secures Canadian sector contracts
Duffy and McGovern Accommodation Services has secured three new contracts in Canada, further boosting its ongoing highly successful growth in North America ...

Flow-Cal system enhances Energy Services/Development operations
Flow-Cal, Inc. was selected by J-W Operating Company to provide a system for their Energy Services and Energy Development business line ...

FMC Technologies awarded subsea frame agreement for Petrobras
FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed a multi-year frame agreement with Petrobras ...

Foster Wheeler awarded front-end engineering design for Chevron
Foster Wheeler Ltd. has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) by Chevron Nigeria Limited ...

Fugro Geos' real-time data solution for Ormen Lange
Fugro GEOS is now contracted to Norsk Hydro to provide all-important real-time current profile, wind and wave data for operations relating to both the pipeline and the field itself ...

Golden Pass LNG LLC awards major contract to CB&I
Golden Pass LNG LLC has awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract to Chicago Bridge & Iron Company NV (CB&I) for a liquefied natural gas terminal to be built near Sabine Pass, Texas ...

Halliburton awarded $60 million contract from TOTAL E&P Indonesie
Halliburton's Drilling, Evaluation and Digital Solutions Division has been awarded a contract valued at more than $60 million ...

Halliburton wins multimillion-dollar contracts for Alaska Project
Halliburton's Energy Services Group in Alaska has been awarded multimillion-dollar contracts from Pioneer Natural Resources Company ...

Hemi Energy to sell first oil produced from Kansas leases
Hemi Energy Group Inc. has entered into an exclusive purchase agreement with Plains Crude Oil Marketing Group to sell all oil produced from the oil leases located in Woodson County, Kansas ...

Husky expands Lloydminster to Hardisty mainline pipeline system
Husky Energy Inc. will be expanding its mainline crude oil pipeline between Lloydminster, Alberta and its terminal at Hardisty, Alberta ...

J. Ray McDermott awarded offshore Saudi Arabia contract
McDermott International, Inc. was awarded a new contract from Saudi Aramco to supply 16 Production Deck Modules ("PDMs") for Saudi Arabia's offshore fields ...

J. Ray McDermott awarded Qatar Pearl GTL contract
McDermott International, Inc. was recently awarded a contract by Shell Qatar GTL Limited to engineer, construct, transport, install hook-up and pre-commission two wellhead platforms in Qatar's North Field ...

KBR joint venture signs contract with Shell for largest gas to liquids project in history
KBR has signed a contract to provide project management and cost-reimbursable EPCM services to Qatar Shell GTL Limited ...

Lundin Petroleum enters into agreement offshore Norway
Lundin Petroleum AB has entered into a cooperation agreement with Norwegian Energy Company AS ...

Lundin Petroleum to be awarded exploration block in Vietnam
Lundin Petroleum AB has been conditionally awarded an interest in Block 06/94 in the Nam Con Son Basin, offshore southern Vietnam ...

Major investment made in Gulf of Mexico offshore accommodation by Duffy & McGovern
Duffy and McGovern Accommodation Services is responding to increased activity in the Gulf of Mexico by investing $4 million producing offshore cabins ...

Objectivity signs VAR agreement with Fugro Data Services
Objectivity, Inc. has signed a Value Added Reseller (VAR) agreement with Fugro Data Services ...

PDVSA to build three new refineries in Venezuela
PDVSA will build three new refineries in Venezuela known as the Cabruta, Caripito, and Santa Ines refineries ...

Peak Group secures 13-well multi-client drilling contract in Australia
Peak Group Asia Pacific is to provide essential services for the drilling of at least 13 offshore exploration and development wells in Australia ...

Pemberton signs 9 land lease agreements in the Peace River Arch Area
Pemberton Energy Ltd. has signed 9 binding Petroleum and Natural Gas Lease and Grant Agreements to lease the subsurface mineral rights from basement to surface on a 370 acre parcel ...

Petris and EPIS form marketing alliance in China
Petris Technology, Inc. has established a strategic alliance with EPIS, an advanced provider of information solutions to the Chinese market ...

Petrofac Training secures agreement to deliver Hazard Recognition Plus Training
Petrofac Training has signed an exclusive agreement with US based company, Decision Point Associates, for the provision of Hazard Recognition Plus^TM (HRP) training ...

Pilgrim Petroleum signs operating agreement with General Energy Corporation
Pilgrim Petroleum Corporation has entered into a master operating agreement with General Energy Corporation to cover Pilgrim's additional and current leases and all future properties ...

SAS Gouda BV awarded 450mt Pipe Lay System for 'Caesar'
SAS Gouda BV from The Netherlands has received a new and major contract for the supply of a complete 450 metric ton Pipe Lay System for the new Pipelay Vessel 'Caesar' ...

SIEP and Halliburton enter global framework agreement
Halliburton's Drilling, Evaluation and Digital Solutions Division has entered into a global framework agreement with Shell International Exploration and Production B.V. (SIEP) ...

Sondex establishes new drilling tools company
Sondex plc has formed a new company – Sondex Drilling Tools Inc ...

Statoil puts faith in Duffy & McGovern for the long term
Statoil has negotiated a four-year contract extension with Aberdeen-based Duffy & McGovern Accommodation Services (DMAS) for the provision of offshore accommodation on the Troll A platform ...

Superior Oil & Gas and Robson Energy sign agreement on four-well drilling program
Superior Oil and Gas Company has reported that Energy Oklahoma is purchasing a 47.5 percent working interest in Superiors four-well drilling program located in Garfield County ...

Technip awarded contract for the new Jubail Refinery Project
Technip has been awarded a program management services (PMS) contract by Saudi Aramco and its partner Total, for the development of a large grass-roots refinery in Jubail ...

Technip awarded two contracts for the Brenda and Affleck developments
Technip's UK entity has been awarded contracts for two key developments located in the UK North Sea ...

TGS-NOPEC announces new 3D survey in Tunisia
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company will acquire a new multi-client 3D survey offshore Tunisia ...

Tidewater announces pending sale of 14 offshore tugs
Tidewater Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement with Crosby Marine Transportation, LLC to sell 14 of its offshore tugs ...

Tidewater closes sale of 10 offshore tugs
Tidewater Inc. has closed on the sale of ten offshore tugs for a total cash price of $31.5 million ...

TOTAL E&P awards Halliburton four-year contract to provide cementing services in Indonesia
Halliburton's Fluid Systems Division has been awarded a four-year, $50 million contract to provide cementing services for TOTAL E&P INDONESIE ...

TPAO awards WesternGeco the Black Sea’s largest Q-Technology 3D projects
Turkiye Petrolleri A.O. (TPAO) has contracted WesternGeco to conduct the largest high-specification Q-Marine* 3D exploration surveys ever undertaken in the Black Sea ...

Trophy closes deal in Texas
Trophy Resources has executed an agreement with I.R.A. Oil and Gas LLC of Addison, Texas to initiate a four phased program ...

Trophy Resources increases oil field redevelopment portfolio in Southwestern U.S.
Trophy Resources, Inc. is planning to increase its involvement in oil field redevelopment projects in the Southwestern region of the U.S. ...

Unicorp signs agreement for a multi-well drilling program
Unicorp, Inc. has signed a multi-well drilling contract with a global $10 billion company ...

V&M Star to provide line pipe for BP Prudhoe Bay
V&M STAR has been selected to provide 30-35,000 feet of 10¾-inch, high strength, seamless line pipe for BP’s Prudhoe Bay, Alaska ...

July 2006

A2D Technologies secures third underwriter for GOM WSR Project
A2D Technologies has secured a third underwriter for the Company's Gulf of Mexico Workstation Ready project ...

Aker Kvaerner selects HP and BT alliance to implement IT communications
Aker Kvaerner has selected HP and BT to supply it with an agile environment for IT and communications ...

Anadarko enters West Texas exploration venture with Chevron
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has entered an exploration joint venture with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. on approximately 200,000 net mineral acres ...

Anadarko enters West Texas exploration venture with Chevron
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has entered an exploration joint venture with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. on approximately 200,000 net mineral acres ...

AspenTech chosen to optimize production at major oil & gas field in Thailand
Aspen Technology, Inc. has been selected to implement a system to optimize production from the largest natural gas field in Thailand ...

BJ Services awarded key contract by Oxy Libya LLC
BJ Tubular Services has been awarded a contract by OXY Libya LLC to provide casing and tubing running services ...

Boots & Coots expands SafeGuard contract $12.3 million
Boots & Coots International Well Control significantly expanded one of its two five-year SafeGuard contracts in Algeria with the signing of a new amendment worth $12.3 million ...

CB&I expands modular fabrication capabilities
CB&I has acquired a fabrication shop in Beaumont, Texas, with deep water access to the Gulf of Mexico ...

CB&I to supply hydrogen plant for Air Liquide in California
Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP has selected CB&I to provide a large-scale hydrogen production facility that will be built at ConocoPhillips' refinery in Rodeo, CA ...

CB&I to supply vessels for Canadian Oil Sands expansion project
CB&I has been awarded a contract by Suncor Energy Services Inc. to engineer and construct process vessels for a proposed expansion of its oil sands upgrading capacity ...

Cengroup Petroleum chooses EnviroMop as its supplier of sorbent
Cengroup Petroleum Corporation has chosen EnviroMop to provide the sorbent which will be used to clean up and recover the approximately 250 million barrels of spilled oil ...

ConocoPhillips acquires interest in Rockies Express Pipeline
ConocoPhillips has exercised its option to acquire a 25 percent interest in the Rockies Express Pipeline project ...

CREDO announces Calliope joint venture for new wells in large Texas gas fields
CREDO Petroleum Corporation has entered into a joint venture with Redman Energy Holdings II, L.P. to drill wells for the purpose of using CREDO's patented Calliope Gas Recovery System ...

Dune Energy enters Welder Ranch Farm Out Agreement with Chesapeake Energy
Dune Energy, Inc. has entered into a farm out agreement with Chesapeake Energy Corporation covering Dune's Welder Ranch property, located in Victoria County, Texas ...

Eldorado to drill in Texas
Eldorado Exploration Inc. will join its partners to drill a Passive Induced Polarization (PIP) identified location in Hardeman County, Texas ...

Empire Petroleum signs drilling contract for Nevada well
Empire Petroleum Corporation has signed a drilling contract for its Nevada test well ...

FMC Technologies awarded contract MODEC
FMC Technologies, Inc. has been awarded a contract by MODEC Inc. for the supply of a turret mooring system ...

Gulf Island Fabrication awarded project contract
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary G.M. Fabricators, L.P. has received a letter of intent from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd ...

GX Technology selected for major onshore imaging project
GX Technology Corporation has been awarded the largest full-wave imaging project in the company's history ...

Halliburton awarded $150 million contract
Drilling Production Technology AS has awarded Halliburton a $150 million contract to provide integrated drilling and well services on the Norwegian continental shelf ...

Halliburton awarded contract for Woodside Perseus over Goodwyn project
Halliburton's Production Optimization Division has been awarded a Pipeline & Process Services (PPS) contract by Technip Oceania Pty Ltd ...

Halliburton awarded fluids contract by Statoil
Halliburton's Fluid Systems Division has been awarded contracts by Statoil valued in excess of $193 million ...

Hallin Marine announces new contract award - US$1.1million
Hallin Marine announces the Contract Award for the provision of a Subsea construction contract for Talisman Energy ...

J. Ray McDermott awarded contract offshore Qatar
A subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott, S.A. was recently awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Middle East Gas Marketing Ltd. to provide engineering, procurement, construction and installation services ...

J. Ray McDermott to install Australia's North West Shelf Angel jacket
A subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott, S.A. was recently awarded a contract by Woodside Energy Limited ...

Mobilestream Oil signs contract for oil from tire processing plant
Mobilestream Oil, Inc. has signed a contract for the purchase of all the output oil from the first tire processing plant ...

MODEC awarded FSO for Rang Dong Field, Offshore Vietnam
MODEC, Inc. has signed a contract with Japan Vietnam Petroleum Co., Ltd. for the supply and operation of a Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessel ...

MODEC awarded TLP for Shenzi Field
MODEC International LLC has announced the signing of contracts with BHP Billiton for the provision of a Tension Leg Platform (TLP) facility ...

Mustang Engineering to upgrade Trunkline LNG facility
Mustang Engineering has been awarded a contract by Trunkline LNG Company to provide engineering design, procurement and construction management services ...

New pipeline to connect Canadian supplies to growing U.S. Northeast markets
An interstate natural gas pipeline to connect Canadian natural gas supplies to energy-hungry U.S. Northeast markets and regional storage is being proposed ...

Oceaneering awarded contract for BOP control system
Oceaneering International, Inc. has been awarded a contract valued at over $13 million by Frontier Drilling USA ...

Patch adds new Alberta oil and gas prospect
Patch International Inc. has entered into a Participation Agreement with Vanguard Exploration Corp. to farmin on a Banff/Leduc oil and gas prospect ...

Pryme rolls out second JV exploration project with Wave
Pryme Oil and Gas Limited has announced its second joint venture project with Wave Exploration Group ...

Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil launch Al Khaleej Gas Phase-2 Project
ExxonMobil Middle East Gas Marketing Limited the State of Qatar and Qatar Petroleum announced the signing of a development plan and the launch of the Al Khaleej Gas-Phase Two (AKG-2) project ...

Reichmann Petroleum partners with Striker Petroleum in South Texas' Gulf Coast Basin
Reichmann Petroleum Corp has announced a strategic partnership with Striker Petroleum, LLC ...

Shumate Industries and At Balance sign agreement
Shumate Industries, Inc. has signed an agreement with At Balance Americas, LLC to develop a downhole isolation valve ...

Skanska to build gas pipeline in Brazil
Skanska has received a contract to build a gas pipeline in Brazil ...

Swift Energy implements Advanced Data Processing Technology from TGS
TGS IMAGING announced that Swift Energy Company has purchased a PRIMA(TM) full-suite, corporate-level license with maximum interpretation and processing capabilities ...

Technip awarded contract by Statoil for reeled pipe installation services in Norway
Technip in consortium with Subsea 7 has received a letter of intent from Statoil for a 2 year Frame Contract for reeled pipe installation services in Norway ...

Technip signs contract for Al Khaleej Gas Phase 2 Project
Technip has signed a contract for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of Al Khaleej Gas Phase 2 Project ...

The Babcock & Wilcox Company awarded scrubber contract
The Babcock & Wilcox Company has received a contract from Allegheny Energy for engineering, materials, construction, start-up and commissioning of wet flue gas desulfurization units ...

Veritas DGC and Seitel form Veritel Seismic Data alliance
Veritas DGC Inc. and Seitel, Inc. have formed an alliance to reprocess and license Seitel’s non-exclusive seismic data ...

Weatherford signs three-year agreement with Statoil
Weatherford International Ltd. has signed a three-year Technology Development Cooperation Agreement with Statoil ASA to develop new fiber-optic based sensing and communication systems ...

WesternGeco to acquire first multiclient wide-azimuth, towed-streamer seismic survey in GOM
WesternGeco announced hat Shell Exploration will underwrite a major portion of the first exploration multiclient wide-azimuth (WAZ) towed-streamer survey in the Gulf of Mexico ...

June 2006

Aalborg Industries continues its expansion within oil & gas sector
Aalborg Industries has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Enraf Smit Gas Systems in the Netherlands ...

Acegy S. A. awarded $245 million contract in Brazil
Acergy S.A. has been awarded a deepwater installation contract valued at $245 million by Chevron Frade LLC ...

Acergy S.A. and Subsea7 Consortium awarded frame agreement contract from Statoil ASA
Acergy S.A. has been awarded, in a consorium with Subsea7 Inc, a two year Frame Agreement Contract by Statoil ASA ...

Acergy S.A. charters new build heavy construction ship
Acergy S.A. has entered into an agreement with DOFCON ASA for the charter of the Skandi Acergy, a new build heavy construction ship ...

ACOR raises $4,500,000 to drill 3 wells on PELs 112 & 108
Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. (ACOR) as signed a farmin agreement with Holloman Corporation of Odessa, Texas for the oil & gas exploration of ACOR's PELs 108, 109, & 112 ...

Arlington Tankers enters agreement for sub-charter of V-Max tankers
Arlington Tankers Ltd announced that Concordia Maritime AB of Sweden has entered into new two-year sub-charter agreements for Arlington's two V-Max tankers ...

Avalon Oil & Gas signs LOI to purchase 50% working interest in two oil properties
Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire a fifty percent working interest in two properties from KROG Partners, LLC ...

Avalon Oil and Gas and UTEK sign strategic alliance agreement
UTEK Corporation and Avalon Oil and Gas, Inc. have signed a strategic alliance agreement ...

BJ Services to supply custom cementing units on new rigs
BJ Services Company has entered into an agreement with Aker Drilling to place custom-built cementing units on two new Aker H-6e rigs ...

Chevron and partners commit to development of the Frade field offshore Brazil
Chevron Corporation along with partners Petrobras and Frade Japao Petroleo Limitada announced their commitment to develop the Frade oil field offshore Brazil ...

CNOOC and BG join hands in offshore China
CNOOC Limited has inked two production sharing contracts with BG Group (BG) for deepwater blocks 64/11 and 53/16 ...

Conrad Industries announces new contracts and deliveries
Conrad Industries, Inc. has announced the signing of contracts during the second quarter of 2006 for the construction of fourteen vessels ...

CRC-Evans Automatic Welding receives LOI from Daewoo
CRC-Evans Automatic Welding has received a letter of intent from Daewoo International to provide automatic welding for the EGGS Phase II pipeline project ...

Daybreak initiates construction of gas pipeline in Louisiana
Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. has initiated construction of the pipeline connecting the Tensas "F1" Well in Louisiana to a gas sales pipeline ...

Downhole Products enters cable and control line protector clamp arena
Downhole Products has introduced its innovative Grippy™ line of cross-coupling ESP cable and control line protector clamps ...

Dresser-Rand equipment helps China produce clean alternative to petroleum
Dresser-Rand has secured a $17 million contract for compression equipment with Shenhua Coal Liquefaction Corporation ...

Earth Search Sciences and Phoenix GeoExploration to explore property in South Dakota
Earth Search Sciences, Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent with Phoenix GeoExploration Inc. to undertake airborne hyperspectral mapping over their SW Williston Basin Project ...

Emerson awarded contract for Horizon Oil Sands Project in Canada
Emerson Process Management has been awarded a contract by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. to digitally automate the first phase of its USD$9.4 billion Horizon Oil Sands Project ...

EnCana and Nova Scotia establish framework for Deep Panuke natural gas development
EnCana Corporation and the province of Nova Scotia have reached an Offshore Strategic Energy Agreement for the potential development of the Deep Panuke natural gas field ...

FMC Technologies chosen to supply subsea systems for Chevron's Frade Project
FMC Technologies has been chosen by Chevron Frade LLC to supply subsea systems for its Frade project, offshore Brazil ...

Foster Wheeler awarded contract for refinery revamp in Lithuania
Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A. received AB Mazeikiu Nafta's Letter of Award and Notice to Proceed on March 3, 2006 for the revamp of the Mazeikiai refinery in the Republic of Lithuania ...

Foster Wheeler wins contracts
Foster Wheeler Ltd. has been awarded contracts in India and for a new eight-drum delayed coking unit and EPC services in India ...

Germanischer Lloyd and Bureau Veritas form alliance for the North European Gas Pipeline
The classification societies Germanischer Lloyd and Bureau Veritas have formed an alliance for the verification tasks of the North European Gas Pipeline ...

Glisson Capital announces project funding for oil and gas exploration and development
Glisson Capital, LLC has announced an alliance with Robert Sandford Stewart to provide project funding for exploration and development of new oil and gas fields ...

Graham Corporation wins $3.2 million Singapore refinery contract
Graham Corporation has been awarded a $3.2 million contract for a condenser and ejector system ...

Gulf Energy asks Cisco Systems to develop technology solutions for Energy City Qatar
Gulf Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Cisco Systems® ...

Hallin Marine announces two new contracts valued at US$4.3 million
Hallin Marine announces its success in winning two new contracts with a combined value of a minimum of US$4.3 million ...

Hayward Tyler awarded major subsea motors order for Statoil Tyrihans projects
Hayward Tyler has received an order from Aker Kvaerner Subsea for three 2500 kW subsea motors for deployment on the Statoil Tyrihans project ...

Husky Energy increases activities in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin
Husky Energy has entered into a farm-in agreement with Norsk Hydro Canada Oil & Gas Inc. for the drilling of a well in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin ...

Indago Petroleum enters into Petroleum Concession Agreement
Indago has entered into a new Petroleum Concession Agreement with the Government of Ras Al Khaimah in addition to a Joint Operating Agreement with its partner in this venture, the Ras Al Khaimah Gas Commission ...

Invensys safety instrumented systems to be implemented for nine PEMEX offshore platforms
Invensys Process Systems will supply 11 Triconex safety instrumented systems as part of an operations, safety and security upgrade in major offshore projects for Petroleos Mexicanos ...

J. Ray McDermott awarded Qatargas contract
A subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott, S.A. was awarded a contract by Qatargas Operating Company Limited to provide engineering, procurement and installation services ...

J. Ray McDermott selects Aveva's VPRM to manage global procurement & materials management activities
AVEVA Group plc announced that J.R. McDermott has selected its VANTAGE® Project Resource Management (VPRM) to streamline global procurement and materials management processes ...

Jacobs receives Synenco contract
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from the Northern Lights Partnership to provide engineering and procurement services ...

Jacobs to support refinery operations for Total
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced that a subsidiary company received a contract from Total UK Ltd to provide basic engineering services for the Outside Battery Limits ...

Landmark awarded contract by Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
Landmark has been awarded eight-year and six-year contracts by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to provide software and to manage operations ...

Landmark receives IT services contract from Energy XXI
Landmark has been awarded a two-year contract by Energy XXI to provide total upstream information technology outsourcing, hosting and consulting services ...

Lions Petroleum acquires acreage in Williston Basin
Lions Petroleum Inc. has leased 1,119 acres located in Southern Saskatchewan, in the Williston Basin ...

Onyx Special Services places order for three Triton® XLS Systems
Perry Slingsby Systems has announced that Onyx Special Services has purchased 3 additional Triton® XLS Systems ...

Petrol Industries prepares to lay gas line
Petrol Industries, Inc. has purchased the rights to lay a gas line through Caddo Lake, LA, and should be commencing construction within the next ten days ...

PGS announces Teekay Petrojarl Offshore agreement signed
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA announced its wholly owned subsidiary Petrojarl has finalized and signed the agreement with Teekay Shipping Corporation ...

PHI, Inc. announces contract awards
PHI, Inc. has been awarded a five-year contract to provide helicopter services for Shell Exploration & Production Company in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico ...

Pioneer increases interest in Cook Inlet discovery
Pioneer Natural Resources Company has exercised its option to acquire an additional 40 percent working interest of the Cosmopolitan Unit located offshore in the Cook Inlet ...

Pryme increases stake in 3-D seismic project in south central Louisiana
Pryme Oil and Gas Limited has increased its working interest in its south central Louisiana 3-D Seismic Project by 12% ...

Rolls-Royce wins £110 million Hercules support contract
Rolls-Royce has won business worth £110 million to ensure engine availability over the next five years for the UK Ministry of Defence ...

Roxar announces two African deals with Vetco Gray
Roxar has signed a Letter of Intent with Vetco Gray to supply its industry leading subsea multiphase meters and a contract with the same company to supply its subsea wet gas meters ...

Roxar signs software contracts to provide Tempest™
Roxar is to provide its flagship reservoir simulation solution, Tempest™ to Hoan Vu Joint Operating Company and Hoang Long Joint Operating Company ...

Saudi Aramco awards Halliburton multimillion-dollar contract
Halliburton has been awarded the oilfield services component of the largest oil development project in the Arabian Gulf Region since the 1950s ...

SBM Offshore expands commitment to AspenTech's oil & gas simulation and optimization applications
Aspen Technology, Inc. has announced that SBM Offshore has signed a multi-year license agreement to expand its use of AspenTech's engineering solutions ...

Scantrol supplies important offshore order for iSYM winch control system
Scantrol recently supplied its iSYM (intelligent symmetry control) winch monitoring and control system to six new offshore supply vessels built in Indonesia ...

Schlumberger acquires the rights to key production optimization technology from Aspen Technology
Schlumberger Information Solutions has purchased the exclusive rights to market, sell and develop products and solutions using Aspen Asset Builder™ in the upstream drilling and production market ...

Schlumberger signs major software sponsorship with Petroleum Gas University of Ploiesti
Schlumberger has signed a USD $9.5-million software sponsorship agreement with Petroleum Gas University of Ploiesti ...

Sikorsky to provide S-76C++ to Malaysian Helicopter Service
Sikorsky Aircraft has signed a contract to build three S-76C++(TM) helicopters for Malaysian Helicopter Service ...

Syntroleum and Sustec announce joint development agreement for CTL Project
Syntroleum Corporation and Sustec Industries AGhave entered into a project development agreement to jointly develop Fischer-Tropsch projects in the future ...

Technip strengthens its fleet through several agreements with DOF
Technip has reached several new milestones in relation to its strategy to renew and develop the Group's subsea construction fleet ...

Teekay plans to create a master limited partnership for its offshore business
Teekay Shipping Corporation as approved a plan to create a new publicly-traded master limited partnership called Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. ...

Terranova receives permit award from Comision Reguladora de Energia de Mexico
Terranova Energia, S. de R.L. de C.V. has been awarded a Permit by the Comision Reguladora de Energia de Mexico ("CRE") to begin construction of the Terranova Occidente and Oriente pipeline ...

Tethys Oil receives building permit for construction of drill site
Tethys Oil AB has received municipal approval to construct the well site on Danish license 1/02 onshore Zealand in the municipality of Karlebo ...

Timken supplies drill-collar tube for Chinese Energy Market
The Timken Company has announced that Julong PetroMaterials, Inc. has ordered more than $6 million of Timken(R) seamless tubes for its drill collars ...

TRAC Financial Group to form new energy subsidiary
TRAC Financial Group, Inc. will be forming a new subsidiary to focus on investing in the energy sector ...

Tracero's Nigerian partner receives first major contract
Tracerco announced that its Nigerian Partner, Aftrac Ltd. has been awarded the contract to provide Tracerco's waterflood tracer technology to Elf Petroleum Nigeria ...

UPDA finalizes plans to create wells service company
Universal Property Development and Acquisition Corporation has finalized its plans to create a separate oil and gas well services company ...

Vroon Offshore Services orders DPII Diving Support Vessel at ABG Shipyard
Vroon Offshore Services has ordered a DP II Diving Support Vessel at the ABG yard in India for delivery in 2nd quarter of 2008 ...

W-H Energy announces new international contracts
W-H Energy Services, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, PathFinder Energy Services, Inc., has been awarded service contracts in Saudi Arabia and Brazil ...

Zauralneftegaz secures two new licenses in West Siberia
Siberian Energy Group, Inc. has secured two new 25-year exploration and production licenses in West Siberia through OOO Zauralneftegaz ...

May 2006

2H Offshore provides integrity services to BP in the deepwater GOM
2H Offshore has been awarded a contract by BP to provide integrity services for all of the deepwater risers and flowlines on the company’s floating production facilities ...

Aggreko powers remote pumping station in Algerian desert
Aggreko plc has signed a contract with Groupement Sonatrach – Agip for the provision of a 4MW / 5.5KV temporary power package ...

American Oil & Gas closes on Goliath participation agreement
American Oil & Gas, Inc. has closed on the previously announced participation agreement with Teton Energy Corporation ...

Avista Capital Partners invests $50 million in Celtique Energie Limited
Avista Capital Partners has committed $50 million to Celtique Energie Limited to develop prospects for oil and natural gas in onshore basins in Europe and Africa ...

Babcock & Wilcox awarded environmental equipment contract
The Babcock & Wilcox Company has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $70 million to supply and construct wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD) systems at Detroit Edison's Monroe Power Plant ...

BG Alaska enters into agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
BG Alaska E&P, Inc. has signed an Exploration Agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to acquire a 40% equity share in 208,000 acres of land ...

BJ Process & Pipeline awarded major contracts in Asia Pacific
BJ Process and Pipeline Services (BJ PPS) has been awarded a contract by a major offshore construction contractor to provide pipeline pre-commissioning services in China ...

BJ Services awarded coiled tubing contract in Norway and UK
BJ Services Company announced its Well Services Division for Europe and Africa has been awarded a contract by a major operator to provide coiled tubing (CT) and CT support services ...

Bristow Group Inc. extends Shell Contract in Nigeria
Bristow Group Inc. has extended its contract with Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (Shell Nigeria) for an additional twenty-four months ...

Dejour enters two of the largest natural gas plays developing in North America
Dejour Enterprises Ltd. has entered a binding Letter of Intent with a private Texas corporation to participate in the drilling of a large accumulation ...

Eldorado Exploration, Inc. adds multiple prospects
Eldorado Exploration, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire 4,300 acres in the Palo Duro Basin in West Texas ...

Expro announces £46 million of contract wins
Expro International Group has announced the award of contracts totalling £46 million ...

FORCE Technology awarded extensive BP contract
FORCE Technology Norway AS has been awarded its largest inspection & corrosion management services contract ever ...

Foster Wheeler awarded contract by Saras for new refinery units in Italy
Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A. has been awarded an engineering and procurement contract by Saras S.p.A. for new process units at the Sarroch refinery in Sardinia, Italy ...

Fugro wins contract for oil & gas industry's largest metocean study
Shell has awarded a two-year contract to Fugro Geosolutions (Brasil) Serviços De Levantamento ...

Graham Corporation awarded $2.7 million Saudi Arabian order
Graham Corporation received an order valued at $2.7 million from a Japanese turbomachinery manufacturer for four steam surface condensers ...

Green Star Products to construct total Bio-Refineries
Green Star Products, Inc. plans to construct total Bio-Refinery Complexes for production of both biodiesel and biomass ethanol at each facility ...

Gulf of Mexico oil drilling platforms to use Remote Power Systems
Northern Power has been awarded a $2.7 million contract by Instalaciones Electromecanicas, Civiles y Electricas, S.A. de C.V. ...

IAS Communications completes the agreement to drill up to 24 gas wells
IAS Communications, Inc. has successfully completed an agreement with Energy Source, Inc., a Kentucky corporation, to drill up to 24 gas wells ...

J. Ray McDermott begins building barges for Harrah's Indiana expansion project
J. Ray McDermott, S.A. has begun fabrication of two specialty barges for Harrah's Entertainment at its Morgan City, Louisiana facility ...

Marathon and LUKOIL enter into an approximately $787 million purchase Agreement
Marathon Oil Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with OAO LUKOIL ...

Micron Enviro acquires additional drilling rights on Alberta Prospect
Micron Enviro Systems, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire drilling and production rights to other depths on the Boyne Lake Prospect in Alberta, Canada ...

MSGI awarded contract for Oil Pipeline Security
MSGI Security Solutions, Inc. has been awarded a contract for oil pipeline security for Ten Degrees North Energy Limited in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago ...

Murphy Oil to sale natural gas from Sarawak Blocks SK 309 and SK 311
Murphy Oil Corp, together with partner PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd., signed a Heads of Agreement for the sale of natural gas from Sarawak Blocks SK 309 and SK 311 ...

Mustang Automation and Control selected for Chevron Tahiti Deepwater Project
Mustang Engineering has been selected by Chevron to design and procure the integrated control safety system for the Tahiti oil and gas processing facilities ...

Nautronix secures second order from Keppel FELS shipyard
International Positioning and Undersea Systems Technology Company this week landed a second major order with a Far East rig builder ...

Oceaneering awarded largest inspection & corrosion management services contract
Oceaneering International, Inc. has obtained the largest Inspection & Corrosion Management services contract in Oceaneering's history ...

Pemberton signs multiple binding petroleum and natural gas lease agreements
Pemberton Energy Ltd has now signed a binding Petroleum and Natural Gas Lease and Grant Agreement to lease the subsurface mineral rights in the Peace River Arch Area ...

Petrobras Energia signs agreement to perform exploration activities in Argentine Sea
Petrobras Energía S.A. has signed an Association Agreement with Energía Argentina S.A. (Enarsa), YPF S.A. and Petrouruguay S.A. ...

Petrobras participates in an oil exploration consortium in Angola
Sonangol has communicated Petrobras' participation in the consortium to explore Block 18 in Angola ...

Petrofac increases interest in Block 9/28a Part B
Petrofac has announced that its Resources division has increased its interest in Block 9/28a Part B (containing the Crawford Field, recently known as Cragganmore) from 5.58% to 29% ...

Pilgrim Petroleum contracts with Basic Energy Services
Pilgrim Petroleum has signed an exclusive contract with Basic Energy Services to provide services on approximately 20 to 60 wells ...

Plectrum signs Joint Venture agreement with Gold Oil Plc for Block Z34 Offshore Peru
Plectrum has agreed to form a joint venture with AIM listed Gold Oil Plc in Block Z34, offshore Peru ...

PolyOil wins £400,000 worth of contracts in West Africa
PolyOil has won £400,000 worth of business in West Africa over the last few months ...

Pryme signs joint venture with Louisiana-focused Geoscientists
Pryme Oil and Gas Limited has signed a Joint Venture Development Agreement with Wave Exploration Group LLC of The Woodlands, Texas ...

Roxar announces piloting of oil-in-water monitor with Statoil
Roxar announced that its Oil-in-water (OiW) monitor for enhanced water characterization is to be piloted by oil and gas company, Statoil on its North Sea Sleipner A platform ...

Saipem wins 1,760 million US dollar onshore contracts
Saipem, through its subsidiary Snamprogetti, has been awarded the lump sum turn key contract for the engineering procurement and construction of the gas-oil separation plant ...

Schlumberger Trinidad boosts offshore accommodation with Duffy & McGovern
Offshore accommodation specialist Duffy & McGovern is delivering a pair of its high-specification units to Schlumberger’s operations in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Shell awards Halliburton $100 million in contracts
Halliburton's Production Optimization Division has been awarded contracts by four Shell Exploration and Production companies in Europe ...

South East Asia deals boost Duffy & McGovern’s worldwide operations
Duffy & McGovern Accommodation Services’ expanding South East Asia base has secured three new contracts worth more than $170,000 ...

Statoil and Schlumberger cooperate to develop tools to extend the life of oil and gas fields
Statoil ASA and Schlumberger Information Solutions have entered into a three-year technology collaboration agreement to develop new production optimization technologies ...

Technip awarded contract by BP Zhuhai for a New World-Scale PTA Plant
Technip has been awarded by BP Zhuhai Chemical Company Limited a services contract for the development of a new world-scale PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid)* plant ...

Technip awarded contract for a new biodiesel unit In France
Technip has been awarded by Diester Industrie a turnkey contract for a new biodiesel (*) unit ...

Tesoro signs definitive agreement to acquire Kauai Petroleum Co
Tesoro Corporation has signed a definitive agreement with Kauai Petroleum Co., Ltd. to purchase its four company-owned retail locations ...

TETRA Technologies awarded new contract
TETRA Technologies, Inc. was awarded a contract by Pioneer Natural Resources Company to perform well abandonment and decommissioning ...

UPDA forms subsidiary to operate all of its oil and gas fields
Universal Property Development and Acquisition Corporation has incorporated a new company to manage all of its well operations ...

UPDA Trading to begin importation of condensate from PEMEX
UPDA Trading has finalized the details necessary to commence the importation of petroleum condensate produced in Mexico by PEMEX ...

VAALCO Energy awarded 40% participating interest as operator of Block 5 Offshore Angola
VAALCO Energy, Inc. has received formal notice from Sonangol that it has been awarded a 40% participating interest in Block 5 ...

Veritas DGC selects C-Nav GPS
The C-Nav GPS Division of C & C Technologies was recently awarded a contract to install C-Nav Worldwide DGPS on all seven seismic vessels operated by Veritas DGC ...

April 2006

6 new advanced NMS6000 integrated systems contracted by Gulfmark Offshore
Nautronix have been contracted to provide their advanced NMS6000 Integrated Vessel Control system on six of Gulfmark Offshore’s newbuild vessels ...

American Energy Production to sell and operate the OTIS Subterranean Oil Recovery Pump in Texas
Oil America Group Corporation has signed a Letter of Intent with Jacobson Oil Enterprises to sell and operate the OTIS Subterranean Oil Recovery Pump ...

American Oil & Gas to participate in Goliath Project
American Oil & Gas, Inc. has entered into a participation agreement with Teton Energy Corporation to participate in American's approximate 65,000 gross (45,000 net) acre Goliath project ...

Atlas Copco receives major liquid natural gas contract
Atlas Copco has received a major contract for the liquid natural gas (LNG) market ...

Avalon Oil & Gas signs LOI to purchase oil property
Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire a fifty percent (50%) working interest, in a 266.73-acre oil and gas lease in Starr County, Texas ...

BG Group and Trunkline LNG enter agreement to upgrade the Lake Charles Import Terminal
BG LNG Services has entered into an agreement with Trunkline LNG Company to upgrade the Lake Charles liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal ...

BJ Pipeline Inspection Services awarded two-year contract extension by Kinder Morgan Canada
BJ Pipeline Inspection Services has been awarded a two-year contract extension by Kinder Morgan Canada, formerly Terasen Pipelines, to provide in-line inspection services ...

Chevron awarded exploration block offshore Vietnam
Chevron Vietnam has signed a 30-year Production Sharing Contract with Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation for Block 122 offshore eastern Vietnam ...

CNOOC Limited closes Nigerian deal
CNOOC Limited has completed its agreement to acquire a 45 % working interest in an offshore oil mining license "OML 130" in Nigeria ...

CNOOC Limited expands overseas exploration to Kenya
CNOOC Africa Limited has signed production sharing contracts (PSCs) for six blocks in Kenya ...

Consafe Offshore awarded supply boats contract for Sakhalin
Consafe Offshore AB has extended its activity linked to the Floatel contract received last year from Samsung Sakhalin ...

eLinear Solutions wins new projects totaling nearly $1 million
eLinear, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, eLinear Solutions, have recently been awarded two new significant projects ...

Energy Solutions and RECOPE work to ensure environmental safety in Costa Rica
Energy Solutions International will provide PipelineManager(R) software to RECOPE, the Costa Rican petroleum company that handles all oil and gas pipelines ...

ENGlobal signs three-year subcontractor agreement with WorleyParsons
ENGlobal Engineering, Inc. has been awarded a three-year contract from WorleyParsons for ExxonMobil in the Beaumont area ...

EPL awards contract to Object Reservoir
Energy Partners, Ltd. has renewed its contract with Object Reservoir ...

FMC Technologies wins $45 million U.S. Air Force contract
FMC Technologies has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for Trailer Mounted Air Conditioners ....

Frame agreement reached between FMC Technologies and Bennex
The Subsea Technology company Bennex are to invest millions in new hydraulic production facilities and personnel resulting from the frame agreement signed with FMC Technologies ...

Franklin Mining, Inc. forms Franklin Oil & Gas, Bolivia
Franklin Mining, Inc. is forming Franklin Oil & Gas, Bolivia as a subsidiary ...

Franklin Oil & Gas, Bolivia and YPFB to construct and operate Bolivia's first Gas-to-Liquid Refinery
Franklin Oil & Gas, Bolivia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) for the construction and operation of a gas-to-liquid diesel fuels refinery ...

GE invests in world's first offshore wave farm project
GE's Technology Lending unit is providing capital to Ocean Power Delivery, Ltd. developer of the world's first commercial facility that will generate electricity from offshore ocean waves ...

INTEQ extends drilling performance envelope with AutoTrak® X-treme® Rotary Steerable Service
INTEQ has launched the AutoTrak® X-treme® Rotary Closed Loop Drilling System (RCLS), which delivers precise wellbore placement at high drilling efficiency ...

Intercargo secures lucrative Middle East contract
Intercargo Services Limited, has won a lucrative freight agency contract with Dubai-based Gulf Agency Company ...

KBR chosen to design, build and operate Ammonia Plant in Egypt
KBR has been selected to build and operate Egypt Basic Industries Corporation's (EBIC) new ammonia plant using the company's proprietary ammonia technology ...

Landmark and Pavilion Technologies work together to advance the digital oil field of the future
Combined technologies will offer operators a dynamic integrated model of oilfield assets for identifying optimal courses of action based on accurate understanding of production potential, using real time data ...

Lexington Resources participates in CBM well with Orion Exploration
Lexington Resources, Inc. has announced its participation in a horizontal Coal Bed Methane ("CBM") well interest with Orion Exploration, LLC ...

Nexen awards Bluewater Ettrick Field contract
Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited and its co-venturers have awarded Bluewater Ettrick Production a contract for the production facilities and operations for the Ettrick field ...

OMNI awarded $7 million Seismic Drilling contract
OMNI Energy Services Corp. has been awarded a $7 million contract to perform seismic drilling services on property located in East Texas ...

Paradigm to join Chevron, Shell, and Schlumberger as an Investor in OpenSpirit Corporation
Paradigm™ has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to invest in OpenSpirit Corporation ...

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