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The largest contract ever to Technip Norge Oct 26, 2009
Technip has been awarded by Eni Norge AS an engineering, procurement,construction and installation contract, worth approximately €200 million...

Subsea contract to Aker Solutions Sep 23, 2009
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with BP America Inc. to perform subsea construction activities at the operator's Atlantis and Thunder Horse fields in the Gulf of Mexico.

First Oil from Volund Field Offshore Norway Sep 16, 2009

Marathon Petroleum Company and Lundin Petroleums

announced that the Volund development offshoreNorway

has achieved first production.

Goliat subsea contract to Aker Solutions Sep 16, 2009
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Eni Norge AS to deliver a subsea production system to the operator's Goliat field development....

Gjøa hull safely through Gulf of Aden Sep 16, 2009
The hull of the North Sea Gjøa platform is on its way to Norway from the Samsung shipyard in South Korea. At the weekend an EU naval force provided a military escort as the hull passed through the notorious Gulf of Aden.

Seabed telescope maker wins investor backing Aug 3, 2009
Showing there’s no “right or wrong time” for technology investments, Chevron Technology Ventures and oil-industry venture-capital investor Lime Rock Partners have made ...

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‘Self and Science: High Stakes Conflict in Murky Seas’ – IMarEST Lecture provides fascinating insight ‘Self and Science: High Stakes Conflict in Murky Seas’ is the intriguing title scientist Professor David Wright has chosen for his NorDrill SpeedRig Drilling System The NorDrill SpeedRig is lighter than a conventional rig, It is uniquely designed and it can be used on land, and on fixed offshore platforms, Semi-Submersibles, Jack-ups and Drillships.See the Video. Off-shore flying during winter over boiling Black Sea Off-shore flying during winter over boiling Black Sea

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UK hails academics for “carbon pebbles” Jan 5, 2009 An device that turns contaminated soil into harmless material has turned heads in the United Kingdom, a country now seen as saving its honors for those helping the environment ... Ernst & Young: “consolidation” coming Dec 16, 2008 “A new wave of consolidations is about to begin” in the oil and gas business after 2008 saw a 25 percent drop in the number of asset deals, a trend seen as a sign of an industry bracing for “opportunity”. Total buys into Nobel Laureate's solar start-up Dec 15, 2008 Total has announced that it is now a core shareholder in U.S. renewable-energy startup Konarka Technologies, Inc. maker of ...