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A subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy has agreed to a turnkey contract for Hyundai Heavy Industries to construct a harsh environment ultra-deepwater drilling rig.

Petronas has awarded Petrofac Facilities Management Asia Pacific a $220-million contract to refurbish the Bekok-C platform.

Eni could push forward development plans for a cluster of small gas fields in the northern Adriatic Sea off eastern Italy, according to Mediterranean Oil & Gas (MOG).

OMV Petrom has contracted GSP Offshore’s drilling rig GSP Prometeu for light workover operations in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea.

Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has decided not to issue a shutdown order for ConocoPhillips’ Tor complex in the North Sea.

Pacific Drilling S.A. (NYSE: PACD) announced that a subsidiary of Total S.A. (NYSE: TOT; Paris: FP FP) has elected to extend the initial contract term for the Pacific Scirocco from one to two years.

Subsea 7 (Oslo Børs:SUBC) has awarded Bergen Group Rosenberg an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for Marathon’s Alvheim area development in the Norwegian North Sea.

US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has called for the Marine Well Containment Co. to conduct a live drill in the Gulf of Mexico using its critical well control equipment.

Noble Drilling has contracted Nautronix to supply the acoustic positioning system for a newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship.

CNOOC Ltd. (NYSE:CEO;SEHK:00883) reports a discovery at Luda (LD) 21-2 well offshore China.

The Philippines Department of Energy has extended for one year an existing permit for exploration Sub-Phase 4 in SC55.

Venari Resources LLC has announced that Warburg Pincus, Kelso & Co., Temasek, and The Jordan Co. have agreed to make an investment of up to $1.125 billion in the company.

Sterling Resources expects to drill its first exploratory wells later this year in the Black Sea offshore Romania.

Rocksource and the PL 506S, BS, and CS partnership in the Norwegian North Sea have committed to drill an exploration well during the first half of 2013.

Awilco Drilling has suspended drilling operations on the Timon exploration well in the UK northern North Sea.

RWE Dea’s Breagh gas development in the UK southern North Sea will likely incur cost and schedule overruns, according to partner Sterling Resources.

The jackup Maersk Guardian has spudded the Clapton prospect exploration well in the southern Norwegian North Sea for Faroe Petroleum.

Providence has completed further analysis of data from its recent Barryroe 48/24-10z appraisal well offshore southern Ireland.

Balenciaga Shipyard in northern Spain has launched the last of four new D class emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRVs) commissioned by Craig Group.