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BP Iraq NV (BP) has awarded Petrofac and its joint venture partner, China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (CPECC), an inspection, maintenance and repair contract worth US$ 90 million for the Rumaila oil field in Southern Iraq.

Rockhopper Exploration, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, has announced that it has drilled a well which is now flowing at commercially viable rates.

3Legs resources has announced that it has encountered high concentrations of gas along the entire 1000m length of the Lebien LE-2H horizontal well which was drilled to a total measured depth of 4080 m in same location as its earlier Lebien LE-1 vertical test well.

HEP will be able to provide midstream services through its newly acquired subsidiaries, Texas Pipeline and Bottom Line Services. Both subsidiaries operate primarily in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.

Converteam has been awarded a new contract for nine Variable Speed Drives Systems with PetroChina for the West-East Gas Pipeline Project (WEPP).

All three sections of the first of Nord Stream's twin 1224 kilometre natural gas pipelines have now been joined together underwater by hyperbaric tie-ins. The company has also completed the construction of Line 2 in Russian waters and has resumed pipe laying in Finnish waters.

Spectrum has secured a significant 2D seismic acquisition capacity with Seabird for expansion of their Multi-Client library, together with a re-let agreement for Spectrum’s vessel, the GGS Atlantic.

Hays Oil and Gas have found that the majority of people do not believe that companies do enough to promote women into senior management positions.

Taryn Evans, AKE, takes a brief look at the differences between regions in terms of the threat posed to foreign personnel engaged in energy projects by kidnap and ransom.

North American gas companies have asked odour experts at Cardiff University to solve the potentially lethal problem of shale gas losing its smell.

Saudi Arabaia is breaking ranks from OPEC to offer increased supply to Europe, as Libya and Iraq struggle to protect production and processing facilities from the effects of civil unrest.