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		<title>Ensco Welcomes New Directors (UK)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At today’s annual general meeting, shareholders of Ensco, a UK-based drilling contractor, elected two new directors to the board of directors of Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) and passed special resolutions authorizing $2 billion in share repurchases and declassifying the board. The new board members are Roxanne J. Decyk, former Executive Vice President of Global Government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: RWE Dea Wins Award for &#8216;North Sea Gold&#8217; Documentary (Germany)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RWE Dea AG won the Silver Award at this year’s WorldMediaFestival for the documentary “North Sea Gold”. The film realised by Steinlein &#38; Partner Filmproduktion last year, documents life and work on Germany’s only oil drilling and production platform Mittelplate located at the southern edge of Schleswig-Holstein’s Wadden Sea tidelands. On the occasion of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trøim Follows Fredriksen. Joins SapuraKencana Board (Malaysia)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tor Olav Trøim, a Norwegian businessman and engineer, often described as the right hand of a Norwegian-born Cypriot oil tanker and shipping tycoon John Fredriksen, has been appointed as Non Independent &#38; Non Executive of Malaysia&#8217;s oilfield services provider SapuraKencana. To remind, Fredriksen himself entered the board last week. Trøim, born in 1963, has served as Vice-President and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;WG Cook&#8217; Seismic Vessel Refitted at Gibdock Yard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gibdock, a shipyard located in Gibraltar, between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, has completed a refit of the seismic vessel WG Cook for WesternGeco, reflecting the yard’s growing ability to attract return customers in the specialised offshore vessel market. WG Cook is one of six 12-streamer 3D seismic ships delivered to the owner in 2010. The 19-day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran: Marine-1 Rig Set to Start 12-Well Drilling Campaign in Persian Gulf</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran&#8217;s Marine-1 semi-submersible drilling rig is set to begin a 12-wells drilling campaign in the phase 20 of the South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf, according to Pourya Pornouri, Managing-Director of the International Drilling Company. The campaign will take three years to finish. According to the news published on the Pars Oil and Gas Company&#8217;s web [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USA: Anadarko&#8217;s VP Deepwater Ops Becomes CEO at Chesapeake</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) today announced that Robert Douglas (“Doug”) Lawler, 46, Senior Vice President, International and Deepwater Operations at Anadarko Petroleum, will join Chesapeake as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective June 17. Lawler is a petroleum engineer with 25 years of experience in the upstream Exploration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shell Prepares For Seismic Acquisition Offshore N. Scotia (Canada)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nova Scotia, one of Canada&#8217;s three Maritime provinces, welcomed Shell Canada exploration vessels Saturday, May 18, signalling the company&#8217;s renewed interest in exploring the province&#8217;s offshore. Economic and Rural Development and Tourism Minister Graham Steele, on behalf of Premier Darrell Dexter, greeted seven Shell Canada 3D offshore exploration vessels, which will begin offshore exploration surveying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa, Nigeria Work on Developing Petroleum Sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of concerted efforts to further transform the Nigerian Petroleum Sector, the Federal Government and the Republic of South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, in the oil and gas sector to reinforce and strengthen the existing win-win symbiotic relationship between the two largest economies in Africa. Speaking on the sidelines of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talisman Energy: First Oil Flows from Vietnamese Offshore Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talisman Energy Inc. has announced first oil production from its Hai Su Trang and Hai Su Den (HST/HSD) development, offshore Vietnam. Gross production is expected to reach 15,000 bbls/day once the facilities are fully commissioned. &#8220;We are delighted to have achieved first oil ahead of schedule and under budget,&#8221; said Paul Blakeley, EVP Asia-Pacific. &#8220;This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran, Lebanon Expand Cooperation in Oil and Gas Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran and Lebanon oil officials reached new agreements on expanding cooperation in oil and gas industry during a meeting held in Beirut May 12. Managing director of National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC), Mostafa Kashkouli made the remarks adding in a meeting with Minister of Industry and Trade, and Minister of Economic Affairs of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noble Energy&#8217;s Carla South Sidetrack Well Strikes Oil (E. Guinea)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 08:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noble Energy-operated Carla South I-7 ST-1 sidetrack to the I-7 exploration well in Block I, offshore Equatorial Guinea, has encountered oil in good quality sandstones, PA Resources has announced. The sidetrack in Block I in Equatorial Guinea, drilled by the Atwood Hunter semi-submersible drilling rig, has reached a total measured depth of 3,460m. Drill cuttings, wireline log [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aubin Names Subsea Business Director (UK)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 08:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aberdeenshire firm Aubin has recently strengthened its management team with the appointment of a new director. Serena Arif joins Aubin, a leading independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, as subsea business director, where she will be responsible for market positioning of Aubin’s range of subsea products. Arif brings nearly 15 years’ experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harkand Buys Veolia Marine Services&#8217; Main Assets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 08:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harkand, the international subsea inspection, repair, maintenance and light construction group, today announced an agreement to acquire the main assets and business of Veolia Marine Services (“VMS”). The acquisition will add 150 onshore and offshore staff, three dynamically-positioned multi-purpose vessels (MSV), and six work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to Harkand’s growing workforce and fleet. With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting Blocks for V. Filanovsky Field Launched (Russia)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 08:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 15 May 2013, supporting blocks for the ice-resistant fixed platform (LSP1) were launched by the LOTOS Shipyard, JSC (Astrakhan Region), this being the first facility of the V. Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea. LSP1 plan approval was carried out by the Head Office of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS). Consideration of working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand: OMV to Spud Matuku Well in September</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 07:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A likely start date has been confirmed for drilling in the Matuku prospect in PEP 51906 off Taranaki in New Zealand. The permit&#8217;s operator, OMV, has advised that the semi-submersible rig Kan Tan IV is expected to begin drilling in mid-September. The well is expected to take 40 days to drill to a target depth of 4756 metres. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saab Seaeye Makes Key Management Promotions (UK)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 07:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two key promotions to the management team at Saab Seaeye come as the world leader in underwater vehicles significantly expands its engineering and its customer support capabilities. Newly promoted to Engineering Manager is Terry Wood, with Chris Henderson promoted to Customer Support Manager. Terry Wood heads a major expansion of Saab Seaeye’s engineering resources that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: Santos Produces First Oil from Fletcher Finucane Ahead of Schedule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 07:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia&#8217;s independent oil and gas company Santos today announced that oil production has commenced ahead of schedule and on budget from the $490 million Fletcher Finucane project in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia. The Fletcher Finucane development was sanctioned in January 2012 and consists of a three-well subsea tie-back to the existing Santos-operated Mutineer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MacGregor Winches for 22 AHTSVs in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 07:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured new offshore winch contracts from three Chinese shipyards, Fujian Southeast, Fuzhou Baima and Guangdong Yuexin Ocean Engineering. The winches are destined for 22 anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSVs) under construction for a number of international owners. &#8220;Our offshore winches have been specified for a run of new-series [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xcite Energy Sells Bentley Well Data for $15 Mln (UK)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 07:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xcite Energy has entered into a non-exclusive, confidential, binding sale and purchase agreement for certain technical data in respect of the Bentley 9/03b-6, 6Z well, and the recently concluded 9/03b-7 and 7Z extended pre-production well test. Under the terms of the Agreement, XER will receive $15 million in respect of the well data and associated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AWE Increases Estimate of Recoverable Oil for AAL, Indonesia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 06:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AWE Limited has increased its estimate of recoverable oil for the Ande Ande Lumut (AAL) K Sand development by 33% to 101 million barrels of oil (including upgrading what were previously considered Contingent Resources to Gross 2P Reserves), following an independent review and certification by Perth &#8211; based RPS Energy Services Pty Ltd (‘RPS”). An [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>BP Board Visits India</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Board of the UK oil giant BP met for the first time in India to gain an understanding of the opportunities in the country. The Board also met with Government dignitaries and business partners. In an interaction with Hon’ble President of India, Pranab Mukherjee Friday, BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg affirmed, “We are working closely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EIB Finances Repsol R&amp;D Plans with €200 Mln</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Investment Bank (EIB) will finance Repsol’s research and development plan (R&#38;D) with 200 million euros. The agreement between  the European institution and the company was signed this morning at Repsol’s headquarters. The EIB Vice-President, Magdalena Alvarez and Repsol&#8217;s Chairman, Antonio Brufau, signed an agreement by which the EIB will finance a number of projects of the Repsol research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indonesia Puts 21 Exploration Blocks on Offer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indonesian government today, May 17, launched a licensing round for 21 oil and gas exploration blocks, in an effort to improve chances of increasing the production of oil and natural gas nationwide. The authorities have classed 19 blocks as conventional and two as unconventional areas. Of the blocks offered, 17 are located in offshore areas, mainly in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysia: Inertek&#8217;s New Facility to Service E&amp;P Sector in the Region</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intertek has invested £900,000  in a new Malaysian regional centre which will bring enhanced services to the exploration and production (E&#38;P) sector in the region. Based in Kuala Lumpur, the facility boasts two laboratories and will allow Intertek to significantly expand its locally delivered services for its existing E&#38;P business in the region. It will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seadrill Completes Tender Rig Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Seadrill Limited  has today completed the transaction to sell the T-15 tender rig to Seadrill Partners. The agreed upon sale is for a total price of US$210 million, less approximately US$100 million of debt outstanding under the credit facility secured by the T-15. The balance of the total consideration is being financed with vendor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focal Marine &amp; Offshore Wins PSV Design Orders (China)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Focal Marine &#38; Offshore, a Singapore / Shanghai based OSV designer, has received a significant order for their 78m PSV (FOCAL 522) design, for up to 10 ships which are to be built in Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries in China. FOCAL 522 PSV design is with 4,000 ton deadweight, 800 m2 deck cargo area, complement of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CDC to Show Its Innovative Jack-Up Vessel at All Energy 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celtic Design Consultants are to exhibit at All Energy 2013 event in Aberdeen. They will be showing their innovative multi purpose jack up design. A working model of the design, named CDC Heron, and described as the ultimate offshore maintenance &#38; intervention vessel for Oil &#38; Gas and Renewables, will be on the stand, A57. According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GSI Completes North Sea Decom Gigs with Helix and Dof Subsea</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gulfstream Services Inc (GSI), provider of cutting edge equipment to the international oil and gas industry, has successfully completed two six figure decommissioning contracts with major oil and gas service companies, Helix Well Ops UK and Dof Subsea. The Helix contract was part of the BP North West Hutton decommissioning project where GSI tools were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Elk Energy Informs of Drilling Success in U.S. GoM</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC an independent oil and gas company headquartered in Houston, announced has the successful completion of 3 wells to kick-off their 2013 drilling program in the Gulf of Mexico. The 2013 drilling program will begin monetizing the companies “proved undeveloped reserve” inventory. The completion of these 3 wells marks the [...]]]></description>
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