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11/29/2010 -- Apache lets contract for Forties platform
Houston independent Apache Corp. has let a contract worth more than $240 million to OGN Group of the UK to build a satellite production platform for Forties oil field in the central UK North Sea.
11/24/2010 -- US rig count rises 10 units to 1,687 rigs drilling
US drilling activity increased this week with 1,687 rotary rigs now working, up 10 from the previous week, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
11/24/2010 -- TAQA restarts Rijn oil production off Netherlands
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC (TAQA) restarted oil production from Rijn field off the Netherlands. The field lies on Block P15, 40 km northwest of Rotterdam, in 82 ft of water. It had been shut in for 12 years.
11/23/2010 -- PSA calls for deeper assessment of Gullfaks C drilling incident
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) notified Statoil that it required the company to prepare additional assessments regarding the well-control incident that occurred while drilling Well 34/10-C-06A from the Gullfaks C platform.
11/23/2010 -- DOI officials, shallow-water drillers differ on permit progress
Top officials from the US Department of the Interior and shallow-water drilling contractors emerged from a Nov. 22 meeting in Houma, La., with differing assessments of the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement’s drilling permit process under new regulations outlined in a June 8 notice to lessees.
11/19/2010 -- US rig count slips lower
US drilling activity dipped this week after three consecutive weeks of small increases, with 1,677 rotary rigs now working, down 8 from the previous week, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
11/18/2010 -- Floating production system numbers continue to grow
The number of floating production systems continues to increase, according to International Maritime Associates Inc.'s latest floating production report.
11/18/2010 -- Ecopetrol, Pacific Rubiales see increased production in Colombia
Colombia's Ecopetrol and partner Pacific Rubiales Energy announced the launch of new central processing facilities in their jointly owned Rubiales and Quifa heavy oil fields that will boost production by a total of 100,000 b/d.
11/18/2010 -- Contracts let for Mariscal Sucre gas development off Venezuela
Petroleos de Venezuela SA awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, management contract to Technip for developing the Mariscal Sucre Dragon and Patao gas fields off Venezuala.
11/17/2010 -- Statoil speeds up development of Smorbukk North-East
Statoil has advanced the production start for Smorbukk North-East to December 2011 from its early planned 2013 start up.

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