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• 09/21/2011 -- BG orders subsea equipment for Knarr, offshore Norway
  BG Norge AS let a $135 million contract to FMC Technologies Inc. for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment for development of Knarr oil and gas field on Block 34/3 in the North Tapen area, offshore Norway.
• 09/20/2011 -- Petrobras begins Lula-Mexilhao offshore gas pipeline operations
  The consortium operating Block BM-S-11 offshore Brazil has opened the 10 million cu m/day Lula-Mexilhao natural gas pipeline.
• 09/19/2011 -- OPEC recognizes Libya's opposition NTC
  The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has recognized the National Transitional Council as Libya's representative to the group, according to its Sec. Gen. Abdullah al-Badri.
• 09/16/2011 -- NPC study urges prudent N. American oil, gas development
  North America’s oil and natural gas resources are more abundant than previously thought and should be prudently developed, the National Petroleum Council recommended in a report submitted to US Sec. of Energy Steven Chu.
• 09/16/2011 -- US drilling rig count gains 27 units
  US crude oil and natural gas drilling rig activity gained 27 units this week, reaching a total of 1,985 working rigs. This week’s count is up by 324 units from the comparable period a year ago, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
• 09/16/2011 -- Oil exploratory wells span California basins
  Several exploratory wells are drilling or about to spud seeking unconventional and heavy oil resources in and around established California oil fields.
• 09/15/2011 -- Falkland fields to yield waxy crude, gas-condensate
  The subsurface and well characteristics of the Sea Lion main complex, including the 450-m water depth and remote location 200 km north of the Falkland Islands, lend themselves to an FPSO development concept with subsea wells, said Rockhopper Exploration PLC.
• 09/14/2011 -- Falklands Sea Lion oil production start seen in 2016
  Rockhopper Exploration PLC said it will invest about $2 billion to start oil production from the North Falkland basin in early 2016.
• 09/14/2011 -- Indonesia's natural gas producers surpass government output targets
  Indonesia’s upstream oil and gas regulator BPMigas said 14 of the 56 production-sharing contract holders operating in the country have exceeded their government targets for natural gas production.
• 09/13/2011 -- Technip, NPCC JV wins $500 million contract in Abu Dhabi
  Technip, in partnership with the National Petroleum Construction Co (NPCC), received a $500 million contract for the Satah Full Field Development 200 km northwest of Abu Dhabi.