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India approves Deen Dayal West gas development (Nov 12, 2009)

Authorities in India approved the development plan for Deen Dayal West gas-condensate field in the Krishna Godavari basin off eastern India.

Eni lets contract for Appaloosa development (Nov 9, 2009)

Eni SPA has started development of deepwater Appaloosa oil field in what it calls the Greater Longhorn area of the Gulf of Mexico.

BPTT starts gas production from Savonette off Trinidad (Nov 3, 2009)

BP Trinidad & Tobago (BPTT) has started its first natural gas production from Savonette field off Trinidad and Tobago.

Chevron lets contract for Big Foot work (Nov 2, 2009)

Chevron USA Inc. plans to develop Big Foot oil field in the Gulf of Mexico with a dry-tree floating drilling and production facility in 5,300 ft of water.

Fire breaks out on Montara wellhead platform in Timor Sea (Nov 2, 2009)

PTTEP Australasia is now fighting a fire on the Montara wellhead platform in the Timor Sea.

PTTEP abandons attempt to plug oil leak from Montara platform (Oct 28, 2009)

Thai company PTTEP has been forced to abandon its fourth attempt to plug the oil leak from its Montara oil platform in the Timor Sea after the drilling assembly failed while being run in the relief well.

Chevron lets contract for Escravos project off Nigeria (Oct 23, 2009)

Chevron Nigeria Ltd. let a $500 million contract to Acergy SA to carry out pipeline and subsea work for the Escravos gas project off Nigeria.

Yuri Korchagin offshore installations completed (Oct 16, 2009)

OAO Lukoil is closer to bringing its Yuri Korchagin oil field on stream in the Caspian Sea this December following installation of offshore facilities.

Shell lets contract for Bonga Northwest flowlines (Oct 15, 2009)

Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Co. Ltd. let a contract to Saipem SPA to carry out subsea development of Bonga Northwest field on OML 118 about 120 km off Nigeria.

Energy XXI to boost Main Pass 61 oil output (Oct 13, 2009)

Three development wells, one of which found a new oil pay zone, are to be completed shortly in Main Pass 61 oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, said Energy XXI (Bermuda) Ltd., Houston.

Apache, Santos let Reindeer field pipelay contract (Oct 5, 2009)

Apache Energy Corp. and Santos Ltd.—partners in the Reindeer field-Devil Creek natural gas project in Western Australia—have let a $195 million (Aus.) contract to a joint venture of Malaysia’s Sapura Crest Petroleum and Norway’s Acergy for the installation of a suite of pipelines and offshore production facilities.

Ghana's GNPC lets contract for Jubilee oil field (Oct 5, 2009)

Ghana National Petroleum Corp. (GNPC) has selected Nigeria’s Oando PLC to lead a consortium that will develop offshore and onshore pipelines, a processing facility, and other infrastructure for the Jubilee oil field.

StatoilHydro lets contract for Gullfaks A drilling facility upgrade (Sep 30, 2009)

StatoilHydro has awarded Aker Solutions a 50 million kroner front-end engineering design (FEED) study for upgrading the Gullfaks A drilling facilities.

Petrobras lets contract for basins off Brazil (Sep 30, 2009)

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has awarded the Brazil business unit of Global Industries Ltd. a $70 million contract for diving, remotely operated vehicle, and construction services to be performed off Brazil in areas of the Campos, Santos, and Espirito Santo basins.

Santos-led JV lets contract for Casino-Henry gas field (Sep 28, 2009)

The Santos-led joint venture has awarded engineering and construction company Subsea 7 an $80 million contract to install a subsea pipeline for the Casino-Henry gas field development in the Otway basin off western Victoria.

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