Repsol Investigaciones Petroliferas has awarded a contract for development of two fields 50 km (31 mi) offshore Spain in the Mediterranean.

Lundin Britain has awarded Technip a $30-million lump-sum contract for an augmentation pipeline at the Broom field in the UK North Sea

Nord Stream has commissioned Europipe (Germany), OMK (Russia), and Sumitomo (Japan) to supply a total of 1 million tons (907,000 metric tons) of steel pipe for the construction of the second pipeline for the Nord Stream project.

Germany has issued approvals for its section of the offshore route for the Nordstream gas trunkline from northern Russia.

TDW Offshore Services has completed a low pressure isolation operation on an export pipeline riser in the North Sea.

The Petroleum Saftey Authority Norway has granted Gassco consent to carry out modifications at the Kollsnes natural gas processing plant in Norway.

Technip and Schlumberger are jointly developing subsea integrity and surveillance solutions for flexible pipes used in deep offshore oil and gas production.

The Swedish and Finnish governments have granted permits to Nord Stream to use Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) for a pipeline through the Baltic Sea.

Denmark’s Energy Authority has granted a permit to Nord Stream AG to construct the Danish section of a planned 1,223-km (760-mi) natural gas pipeline.

Nord Stream in the fourth quarter will begin disposal of unexploded ordnance in the security corridor of its pipeline route in Finnish and Swedish waters.