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      <title>Preserving the future</title>
      <description>Dr. B.J.A. Willigers calls for critical intervention in North Sea infrastructure to preserve future oil and gas production</description>
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      <title>Energy for more people</title>
      <description>ONS 2010 took place from 24-27 August in Stavanger, Norway</description>
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      <title>Investing in the future</title>
      <description>Matt High finds out more about achieving success in private equity investment in the oil and gas industry</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10792&amp;issueid=332</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Energy for more people</title>
      <description>ONS 2010 takes place from 24-27 August in Stavanger, Norway</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10804&amp;issueid=332</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Leading the way</title>
      <description>Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV (NAM) is the largest producer of natural gas and a major oil producer in the Netherlands. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10814&amp;issueid=332</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>National treasures</title>
      <description>Paolo R. Dutto, Rodolfo Guzman and Srinivasaraghavan Suresh of Arthur D. Little explain how the rise of petronationalism is threatening the traditional oil company</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10499&amp;issueid=327</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Well managed</title>
      <description>Petrotechnics has announced the first major upstream deployment of its electronic integrated safe system of work (ISSOW) Sentinel PRO solution in the Far East.
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      <title>A warm forecast</title>
      <description>One year on from its first report into market confidence in the sector, Subsea UK revealed that the outlook for 2010 is not as grim as was forecast, its study, supported by Scottish Enterprise and unveiled at OTC, shows that the high levels of uncertainty, which plagued the sector in 2009, have abated. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10502&amp;issueid=327</link>
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      <title>Decommission possible</title>
      <description>As assets mature the threat of increasing decommissioning costs grows for companies, as Toby Stephens and Dinesh Nathan explain</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10507&amp;issueid=327</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Experience counts</title>
      <description>Howard Candelet shares his experiences and thoughts on the LNG market with Matt High</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10510&amp;issueid=327</link>
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      <title>Energy for more people</title>
      <description>Ever since its launch in 1974, ONS in Stavanger has been one of the world’s leading oil and energy industry meeting places, and one of the most exciting dates in any oil and gas diary. </description>
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      <title>Taking the lead</title>
      <description>In 1976, Marathon Oil Corporation, established a presence in Norway through non-operated interest in the Heimdal field.</description>
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      <title>Exploring new depths</title>
      <description>Badger Explorer ASA is in the process of developing the Badger Explorer, a new concept entering the oil and gas market. </description>
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      <title>Total commitment</title>
      <description>Total is one of France’s largest corporations and the world&apos;s fifth largest publicly traded integrated international oil and gas company. </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Field of dreams</title>
      <description>Established in Norway in 1965 during the birth of the country’s petroleum era, Eni Norge has become a key license partner in many of the major oil and gas fields on the Norwegian continental shelf. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10525&amp;issueid=327</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Exploring opportunities</title>
      <description>Founded in 2003 in Stavanger in Norway, E.ON Ruhrgas Norge (ERN) is an upstream company that has achieved remarkable growth. </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>In the pipeline</title>
      <description>At over 1220 kilometres and capable of transporting up to 55 billion cubic metres of gas each year, the Nord Stream pipeline development represents one of the most important energy infrastructure projects in Europe and will play a key role in the future energy security of the continent. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10539&amp;issueid=327</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A growing reputation</title>
      <description>Wintershall Noordzee BV is the Dutch subsidiary of the Wintershall group, which is itself part of the world’s largest chemical company, BASF.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10713&amp;issueid=327</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Allied force</title>
      <description>Registered and approved with all major local and government companies in the UAE, the Petro Middle East (PME) group is active primarily in the oil and gas, petrochemical and utilities industries within the UAE and neighbouring Gulf States. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10714&amp;issueid=327</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Maintaining standards</title>
      <description>Petrofac, the international oil and gas facilities service provider, has confirmed that its Offshore Engineering &amp; Operations business has secured a new contract with Britannia Operator Limited (BOL). </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10394&amp;issueid=324</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>All systems go</title>
      <description>Paul Corcoran highlights the recent developments at the groundbreaking Nord Stream pipeline project</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10397&amp;issueid=324</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Open communication</title>
      <description>Georgina Firth on why rig operators must improve on-board facilities if they hope to win workers</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10398&amp;issueid=324</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A stable platform</title>
      <description>A look at the drilling and production platform market,
and why demands call for a variety of rigs to be used</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Show time  - OTC review 2010</title>
      <description>Bringing together over 2000 exhibitors from 110 countries worldwide, OTC 2010 was held from the 3rd to 6th May in Houston, US, and proved to be the largest OTC exhibition for nearly three decades. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10402&amp;issueid=324</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>European gas infrastructure</title>
      <description>In recent years an increased demand for energy, combined with the well documented maturing of many oil assets in the North Sea and European regions, has seen energy producers and governments look elsewhere in order to meet our future energy needs.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10403&amp;issueid=324</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Success in store</title>
      <description>Founded in 1935, RAG is an Austrian energy company, active in E&amp;P of oil and natural gas, transport and storage of natural gas and in the trading gas to its customers throughout Europe. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10405&amp;issueid=324</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Middle Eastern promise</title>
      <description>BP Sharjah Limited was established in the Emirate of Sharjah in 1978 and is one of
the UAE’s largest private producers and sellers of natural gas, condensate, and LPG. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10406&amp;issueid=324</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Building the future</title>
      <description>With 75 years&apos; experience in the gas business, E.ON Gastransport operates one of the most efficient gas transmission systems in Europe. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10424&amp;issueid=324</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Knowing and creating</title>
      <description>Concedo is an exploration-driven oil company using innovative technology to discover hydrocarbon resources, with a focus on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A natural talent</title>
      <description>Based in Bavaria, Bayerngas GmbH acts as a gateway to the international gas procurement market for its partners, drawing strength from its infrastructure, instruments and knowledge. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10435&amp;issueid=324</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The new frontier</title>
      <description>Matt High examines whether the South American oil and gas market is rivalling more traditional sectors in terms of output, production and innovation</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10093&amp;issueid=316</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The future&apos;s bright</title>
      <description>BP recently displayed its Field of the Future programme, which is at the centre of the company’s goal to increase production by 100,000 barrels a day by 2017, at SPE Intelligent Energy 2010 in Holland.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10096&amp;issueid=316</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Feats of engineering</title>
      <description>Linde Engineering’s global success is built on its extensive expertise in process engineering and construction of turnkey process plants. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Flying high</title>
      <description>SeaBird Exploration is a comprehensive provider of seabed node components. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Field of dreams</title>
      <description>Oseberg is an offshore oil field with a gas cap in the North Sea, located 140 km northwest of the city of Bergen on the southwest coast of Norway. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Storing potential</title>
      <description>Responsible for a network of over 15,000 kilometres of pipeline and approximately 1300 gas receiving stations in the Netherlands and Northern Germany, Gasunie is a highly experienced gas infrastructure business. </description>
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      <title>Storing potential</title>
      <description>As one of Europe’s five leading electricity and gas companies, RWE is active in the production, trading, transmission and supply of electricity and gas.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Discovery channel</title>
      <description>As an energy specialist, Wintershall has been active in the exploration and production of oil and gas for more than 75 years and, with headquarters in Kassel, it is Germany’s largest producer of crude oil and natural gas. </description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Group effort</title>
      <description>As a proactive industry-led organisation, NOF Energy is the foremost business development organisation for companies involved in the UK oil, gas, nuclear and offshore wind sectors. </description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>European gas infrastructure</title>
      <description>In recent years an increased demand for energy, combined with the well documented maturing of many oil assets in the North Sea and European regions, has seen energy producers and governments look elsewhere in order to meet our future energy needs.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=10146&amp;issueid=316</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Show time</title>
      <description>Bringing together over 60,000 visitors and 2000 exhibitors from 110 countries worldwide, OTC 2010 to be held from the 3rd to 6th May in Houston, US, is set to be the largest OTC exhibition in 28 years.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Broadening the horizons</title>
      <description>The scope for investment in the oil and gas industry is highlighting new areas of exploration, as Sharon Bamford of the UK India Business Council explains</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hidden potential</title>
      <description>As Matt High discovers, the Russian oil and gas market offers a wealth of hidden potential for the world’s energy needs</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=9832&amp;issueid=309</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A worrying trend</title>
      <description>Offshore exploration and appraisal activity dropped by more than 35 per cent throughout 2009, according to the latest oil and gas industry figures released by Deloitte.</description>
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      <title>Securing potential</title>
      <description>Oil &amp; Gas UK&apos;s energy policy manager, David Odling, has warned against downplaying the remaining potential of the UK&apos;s indigenous gas in securing our energy supplies. </description>
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      <description>Total Refinery Netherlands (TRN) is one of the world’s most hi-tech crude oil refineries, harnessing advanced refining processes to produce a range of crude-based products, including petrol, LPG, kerosene, diesel oil, naptha, sulphur and other solvents. </description>
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      <description>As an upstream oilfield service company, Geoservices evaluates hydrocarbon reservoirs and optimises field exploration, development and production. </description>
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      <description>Erdol-Erdgas Workover (EEW) was formed in the former GDR with the aim of helping to meet demands for energy in Eastern Bloc economies. </description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A warm forecast</title>
      <description>Matthew Halle of NES Group looks at the 2010 market prospects following a recession-hit 2009</description>
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      <description>Petrofac has been engaged by Turkmengas, the state-owned national gas company of Turkmenistan, to provide services in relation to the development of the South Yoloten gas field (‘The Project’), situated approximately 400 km southeast of the capital, Ashgabat.</description>
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      <description>CompactGTL plc (CGTL), the modular associated gas solution for oil and gas fields, has announced that it is on schedule to deliver a pilot plant to Petrobras in 2010.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=9586&amp;issueid=305</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Over the past year, Regal Petroleum has been taking great strides in its bid to become the most highly valued and respected, mid-tier oil and gas exploration and production company in the London market. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=9592&amp;issueid=305</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Managing a successful and efficient supply chain
is key to the success of oil and gas operations,
as Matt High explains</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Keeping it clean</title>
      <description>Effective tank cleaning and maintenance is a vital part of modern oil and gas exploration</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Welcoming over 31,000 visitors from 86 countries through its doors, Europort 2009 was a record-breaking success with the exhibition being a complete sell-out for the first time.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=9362&amp;issueid=302</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>As an independent exploration and production company, Regal Petroleum has appraisal activities in Romania and Egypt, with its main producing assets being based in the Ukraine.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas in Norway form the main activities of Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS, and the majority of the Idemitsu Group’s 30,000 barrels per day are produced at the Snorre and Fram oil fields in the Norwegian North Sea.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=9384&amp;issueid=302</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Containing about 40 per cent of total gas reserves on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), the Troll Field represents the very cornerstone of Norway’s offshore gas production.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=9396&amp;issueid=302</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>With a history of excellence dating back to the invention of the rotary internal combustion engine by Mr Northey in the 1930s, Northey Technologies has evolved and developed over the years to produce a number of leading vent and flare gas recovery solutions, vacuum pumps and compressors, as well as waste handling process applications.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=9414&amp;issueid=302</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Providing a series of expertly manufactured piping systems, pressure vessels, high quality constructions and integration projects, PMF Mechanical has a wide knowledge of the materials and welding techniques required following a 155-year history.</description>
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      <description>Onshore oil and gas exploration provides a valid asset for future energy needs, as Matt High explains</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=9034&amp;issueid=290</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>South Hook was created as part of the broader Qatargas 2 (QG2) value chain. The QG2 value chain is a part of the wider vision of His Highness The Emir for the State of Qatar.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=9064&amp;issueid=290</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Matt High discusses the importance and viability of alternative energy sources for our future power generation needs</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8800&amp;issueid=286</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Maersk Oil UK Ltd. has announced that it has produced first oil from its Affleck development, located in the UK sector of the North Sea. The field lies within block 30/19a and is operated by Maersk Oil (66.67 per cent) with partner Talisman North Sea Ltd. (33.33 per cent).</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8802&amp;issueid=286</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has announced that it’s wholly owned subsidiary, TAQA Energy B.V. (TAQA Energy), has acquired a 15 per cent interest in North Sea assets from the L11b Group, comprising Chevron Exploration and Production Netherlands B.V, DSM Energie B.V. and EBN for an undisclosed amount.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8804&amp;issueid=286</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>As with every previous meeting, this year’s SPE Offshore Europe 2009 in Aberdeen again broke all records, raising the bar ever higher for oil and gas industry events with an all time high attendance and the largest exhibition ever, alongside a conference hosted by many of the world’s leading energy industry and political figures.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8809&amp;issueid=286</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>With activities mainly in West Africa and Norway, Svenska Petroleum Exploration is a Swedish based oil and gas company specialising in offshore exploration and production.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8830&amp;issueid=286</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The Gulf of Mexico is one of the world’s leading oil and gas producing regions, as Matt High finds out</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8555&amp;issueid=279</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Petrofac has announced the commencement of production from the Don Southwest (Don SW) field in the North Sea. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8557&amp;issueid=279</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>After much anticipation and preparation, one of the most important and prestigious events on the global oil and gas industry’s calendar is finally upon us. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8566&amp;issueid=279</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Shell South Africa is part of the Royal Dutch Shell Group and began trading in South Africa in 1902, focusing on paraffin and kerosene. The company was the first to provide light and heat to communities across Southern Africa.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8574&amp;issueid=279</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) is a strong component of Honeywell’s Automation and Control Solutions Group. The company improves business performance for customers with automation and control solutions, equipment and services that enhance safety, reliability and efficiency – all of which are of vast importance to the oil and gas sector.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8581&amp;issueid=279</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Established in 1995, Northern Petroleum is highly respected in the fields of oil and gas exploration, development and production in the Dutch and Italian markets, and recently joined the FTSE AIM UK50 Index.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8597&amp;issueid=279</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>For oil companies operating high value oil and gas wells around the world, Expro is the first preference when addressing their well flow management requirements.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8601&amp;issueid=279</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Deep thinking</title>
      <description>Matt High examines the intricacies and challenges of the modern deepwater exploration market</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8190&amp;issueid=274</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Exploration efficiency can be vastly improved if we understand what lies beneath the surface, as Leon Walker and Chris Berridge of Global Marine Systems Ltd. explain</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8198&amp;issueid=274</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>For a global audience of engineers, technical specialists, industry leaders and experts, OE 2009 represents one of the best ways in which to meet, share ideas, debate the most vital issues affecting the sector at the moment, and to take an active role in shaping and creating the common agendas for the future of the upstream industry.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8204&amp;issueid=274</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Wintershall Holding AG has been involved in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas for over 75 years.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8206&amp;issueid=274</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>BP is one of the world’s largest energy companies. Carrying out oil and gas exploration and extraction, the manufacture and sales of fuels and related products and new low carbon emission technologies, BP is best in class.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8210&amp;issueid=274</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>National Oilwell Varco (NOV) was established in Houston, Texas in 1862 and has over 140 years of experience in providing a broad range of equipment, systems and components for land rigs and semi-submersibles across the globe.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8215&amp;issueid=274</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>With over 110 years of experience in the industry, RWE Dea AG is Germany’s market leader in drilling and oil and gas production.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8220&amp;issueid=274</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The roots of AS Nymo can be traced back to 1946 when it was established as a workshop, which it remained for ten years before JJ Ugland, (under whose ownership it has remained) acquired it.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8234&amp;issueid=274</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>With alternative energy sources to oil becoming increasingly sought after, Matt High examines the burgeoning natural gas market</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8023&amp;issueid=268</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Energy crossroads</title>
      <description>The Biennial SPE Offshore Europe conference, held in Aberdeen is the largest oil and gas technical meeting held outside of the US, attracting representatives and exhibitions from many of the industry’s leading businesses.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8034&amp;issueid=268</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Based in Houston, Texas and with operations in countries around the world, including the US, Canada, Indonesia, Ireland, Norway and the UK, Marathon Oil is among the world’s leading integrated energy companies. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8054&amp;issueid=268</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Platform for growth</title>
      <description>Matt High examines the importance of oil rig design, development and maintenance in effective oil and gas production</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=7911&amp;issueid=264</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Engineering the process</title>
      <description>Petrofac has been awarded a $2.2 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract for the El Merk central processing facility (CPF) in the Berkine Basin of Algeria, which is to be executed over the next 44 months, with the first significant volumes expected in 2012.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Emissions impossible</title>
      <description>Munir Hassan and Nick Molho of CMS Cameron discuss the implications of the next phase of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=7918&amp;issueid=264</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Staying afloat</title>
      <description>Established in 2006 as part of the Aker group, Aker Floating Production is a leader in converting existing tankers into floating production, storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) for the oil and gas industry.</description>
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      <description>Total Refinery Netherlands (TRN) is a leading crude oil refinery that uses advanced refining processes to produce a range of crude-based products that include petrol, LPG, kerosene, diesel, oil, naphtha, sulphur and other solvents.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>A proposed new licensing scheme will open up an area of up to 200 miles around the UK for offshore gas storage and importation projects.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Achieving carbon reduction targets could be made a lot easier if buyers and suppliers worked together as Paul McNeillis and Frances Darton of The Achilles Group explain</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Ron Cramer, Senior Advisor, Advanced Production Management, Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc, looks at how Shell’s software makes for smarter oilfield assessment</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Refined tastes</title>
      <description>Total Refinery Netherlands (TRN) is a leading crude oil refinery that uses advanced refining processes to produce a range of crude-based products that include petrol, LPG, kerosene, diesel, oil, naphtha, sulphur and other solvents.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=7584&amp;issueid=257</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Professor Alan Braithwaite of LCP Consulting and Cranfield School of Management looks at the oil and gas industry, and the world of extreme supply chains</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Dominion Gas business development director Paul McAlister at the firm’s headquarters in Dyce, Aberdeen</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Petrofac, the international oil and gas facilities service provider, has been awarded a $2.3 billion contract by Abu Dhabi Company for onshore oil operations (ADCO) for the development of the onshore Asab oil field.
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Show time</title>
      <description>To be held in Houston, US, between the 4th and 7th of May, OTC .09 promises to be even larger than last year’s record-breaking event.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=7387&amp;issueid=243</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>More than able</title>
      <description>Aibel AS is one of the largest Norwegian oil service companies that engineers, builds, maintains and modifies oil and gas production facilities.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Eventful times</title>
      <description>Protecting investment, the use of innovative technology and crossindustry collaboration in helping exploit the potential of the UK Continental Shelf will all come under the microscope at Europe’s biggest subsea event, Subsea 09 on February 11th and 12th.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=6993&amp;issueid=232</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Well tested</title>
      <description>International oilfield service company Expro has been awarded a three-year contract extension from Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. (KPO) to continue well testing services on the Karachaganak field in western Kazakhstan, one of the world’s largest oil and gas condensate fields.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The main event</title>
      <description>“OTC is where offshore energy professionals come to learn about innovative approaches to overcoming technical challenges as we drill in deeper waters.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=7001&amp;issueid=232</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Winds of change</title>
      <description>Beverley Walker of consultancy firm Royal Haskoning addresses the current state of offshore wind energy developments in the UK</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Coming of age</title>
      <description>With North Sea production in decline since 2000, Dr Craig Lowrey, Head of Energy Markets at leading independent energy consultancy EIC, takes a look at current market conditions and offers insight into the future of the province.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>In little over ten years Sam Malin, chairman and of Avana Group, has pioneered the exploration and development of oil in Madagascar, the Seychelles and East Africa. He tells Matthew High more</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=6844&amp;issueid=227</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A drilling experience</title>
      <description>Based in the Netherlands, Transmark-EDS is a premier directional drilling company, providing a broad range of advanced well placement technologies.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The legacy of underinvestment</title>
      <description>Fluctuating oil prices may have dominated the news in 2008, but volatile energy markets are nothing new.
Dr Craig Lowrey, head of energy markets at EIC looks at how major oil and gas companies are dealing with the energy crisis and pinpoints the long-term issues facing the industry</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Under the patronage of His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohamad Al Qassimi, Member of the UAE Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, international oil and gas facilities service provider, Petrofac, officially inaugurated its new office building in Sharjah today.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A leading example</title>
      <description>Visser and Smit Hanab is a leading name in the field of pipe and cable infrastructures and has origins dating back to the late 19th century.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=6366&amp;issueid=220</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Growing ambition</title>
      <description>Odin Petroleum AS is a provider of consultancy services to the petroleum industry. Established in 1997, the company consists of experts within geology, geophysics and reservoir engineering.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Middle Eastern promise</title>
      <description>Dr Craig Lowrey, head of energy markets at leading independent energy consultancy EIC, looks at the current oil and gas situation in the Middle East sector, and evaluates the impact that this vast region has on prices, production and the global market</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=6204&amp;issueid=216</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Middle Eastern promise</title>
      <description>Dr Craig Lowrey, head of energy markets at leading independent energy consultancy EIC, looks at the current oil and gas situation in the Middle East sector, and evaluates the impact that this vast region has on prices, production and the global market</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=6205&amp;issueid=216</link>
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      <title>Looking to the future</title>
      <description>Efforts to safeguard and sustain the future of the North Sea oil and gas market have been outlined in a new report.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>OMV, Central Europe’s leading oil and gas company, has strengthened its power generation activities using natural gas.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Energising the market</title>
      <description>Marathon Oil has a vision of being recognised as a pacesetter in the energy industry, creating sustainable value growth through innovative energy solutions and unique partnerships.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=6221&amp;issueid=216</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Licence to drill</title>
      <description>The closing months of 2007 marked a turning point in the history of Regal Petroleum. </description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>IN AUGUST, NORWAY’S ‘OIL CAPITAL’ STAVANGER WILL HOST ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE ENERGY CALENDAR – ONS 2008</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>IN AUGUST, NORWAY’S ‘OIL CAPITAL’ STAVANGER WILL HOST ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE ENERGY CALENDAR – ONS 2008</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=5848&amp;issueid=211</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Talisman Energy was established in 1992 as an independent upstream oil and gas company in Calgary, Canada. Today the company operates in three main areas, North America, the North Sea and Southeast Asia. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=5866&amp;issueid=211</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Field of dreams</title>
      <description>Focusing on the EU, London based Northern Petroleum specialises in exploration and production of oil and gas. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>TOP-NOTCH PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS CRITICAL TO THE GLOBAL OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, AS MACONOMY UK’S NEIL DAVIDSON EXPLAINS</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=5760&amp;issueid=209</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Total E&amp;P UK Limited, the operator and 100 per cent owner, has announced that it has achieved first gas from its Jura field, on time and on budget, only ten months since receiving Government sanction to develop the field and just 17 months after discovery.</description>
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      <description>For many years the Norwegian market has yielded numerous opportunities for exploration, and in turn fuelled the development of advanced drilling and oilfield technologies to support these operations. </description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Totally integrated</title>
      <description>Great Offshore commenced operations in 1983 as the offshore division of the Great Eastern Shipping Company, and has become India’s pre-eminent provider of integrated offshore oilfield services.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A true adventure</title>
      <description>With a price tag of NOK 58 billion, the Snøhvit plant at Melkøya outside Hammerfest in Norway ranks as the largest-ever industrial development in northern Norway.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Knowledge transfer</title>
      <description>TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ARE ALLOWING SHELL TO ATTRACT FRESH TALENT AND RETAIN EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS, AS ADAM LOMAS EXPLAINS</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=5441&amp;issueid=204</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>ParadigmT, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions to the global oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&amp;P) industry, recently announced the release of Paradigm Geolog Version 6.7 at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Annual Conference and Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A design for life</title>
      <description>Teams of school pupils from Aberdeen City and Shire took part in the Scottish regional final of an inaugural European (Remotely Operated Vehicle) ROV design competition at The Robert Gordon University (RGU) on Thursday 17 April. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=5447&amp;issueid=204</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>THE BENEFITS OF LIMS INTEGRATION FOR OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION. BY KEVIN SMITH AND COLIN THURSTON OF THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Totally integrated</title>
      <description>Great Offshore commenced operations in 1983 as the offshore division of the Great Eastern Shipping Company, and has become India’s pre-eminent provider of integrated offshore oilfield services.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=5477&amp;issueid=204</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Making the difference</title>
      <description>Founded in mid 2006 by the world-renowned Aker Group, Aker Exploration (AkX) will soon specialise in the exploration of oil and gas in the northern part of the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=5478&amp;issueid=204</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Mike Horgan, UK resident manager of Marathon Oil is to become chairman of OPITO - The Oil &amp; Gas Academy as the organisation announces £10 million of annual investment to develop and deliver the workforce, standards and competence assurance required for the long-term sustainability of the UK continental shelf. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=5099&amp;issueid=197</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Adding flexibility</title>
      <description>RICHARD BROUGHTON OF CORUS TUBES ENERGY BUSINESS TAKES A LOOK AT WHY TOP-NOTCH PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS ESSENTIAL IN TODAY’S O&amp;G SECTOR</description>
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      <description>IS OIL AND GAS A SECTOR RIPE FOR M&amp;A ACTIVITY, ASKS DAVID MACNAIR OF BREWIN DOLPHIN INVESTMENT BANKING</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>IN 2008, MANAGING THE CARBON CHALLENGE IS A CRITICAL FACTOR FOR OIL AND GAS COMPANIES TO ENABLE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND COMPANY SURVIVAL, AS DAVID LYON OF ARTHUR D. LITTLE EXPLAINS</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>All in agreement</title>
      <description>CO-ORDINATING FPSO PROJECT CONTRACTS. BY WILLIAM CECIL OF CURTIS DAVIS GARRARD LLP</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=4412&amp;issueid=177</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>An energy revolution?</title>
      <description>JIM TAPPER OF LOGICACMG ASKS WHETHER OIL PRICES REACHING THE $100 A BARREL MARK WILL REPRESENT A BIG PROBLEM OR A TRANSFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITY?</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=4419&amp;issueid=177</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Baker Atlas, part of the Baker Hughes Group, is a specialist in creating advanced well logging and completion systems for all major companies within the oil, gas and energy industry. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=4430&amp;issueid=177</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Unique in the field</title>
      <description>READ ASA and its associated companies within the READ Group provides niche products and services to the global offshore industry. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=4432&amp;issueid=177</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Mariisky NPZ in Mari El, Russia and Shell Global Solutions have signed an agreement that will enable the former to upgrade its refining configuration to meet stricter European specifications and increase refining capacity. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3982&amp;issueid=165</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The future of the supply chain</title>
      <description>AS THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY CONFRONTS CONTINUAL CHANGES, THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY FRAGMENTED. COLIN MAUND OF ACHILLES REPORTS</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3851&amp;issueid=161</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Alex Salmond marked his debut visit to Offshore Europe as First Minister with an appearance at the stand of specialist well and pipeline service company, Qserv. The First Minister met with Qserv’s managing director Tommy Dreelan who said: “It was a great honour for Qserv to have the First Minister at our stand on the first day of Offshore Europe. The visit demonstrates his commitment to the oil and gas industry and mirrors our dedication to the North Sea.”</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3852&amp;issueid=161</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>SIGNIFICANT PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE USE OF BENCHMARKS</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3860&amp;issueid=161</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Finstaship is a key player in the offshore construction market, offering icebreaking services, offshore services, and ferry traffic and ship management solutions.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3876&amp;issueid=161</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Northern Petroleum began life by focusing on developing oil and gas fields in Russia before refocusing on Europe with licences held in the UK, Ireland, Italy, and Spain before growing a significant portfolio in the UK, Italy and since 2004 in the Netherlands.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3879&amp;issueid=161</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) B.V. is the leading maritime offshore services supplier on the Dutch continental shelf. The company&apos;s focus is primarily on North Sea operations in three main areas: platform supply, safety standby and diving support services.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3881&amp;issueid=161</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>ASTEC Services Limited, the Cheshire-based engineering consultancy, is to exhibit at Offshore Europe for the first time.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3180&amp;issueid=142</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Major award</title>
      <description>Petrofac, the international oil &amp; gas facilities service provider, has received a letter of award from Karachaganak Petroleum Operating BV (KPO) for a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) study for Phase III of the development of the Karachaganak Processing Complex (KPC) in Kazakhstan. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3183&amp;issueid=142</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Taking stock</title>
      <description>OIL &amp; GAS - A SECTOR RETURNING TO FAVOUR IN THE STOCK MARKET. BY DAVID MACNAIR, ANALYST AT BREWIN DOLPHIN INVESTMENT BANKING</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3186&amp;issueid=142</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A real asset</title>
      <description>WHEN INTERNATIONAL POWER WANTED TO DEPLOY A SINGLE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ACROSS ALL ITS PLANTS IBM&apos;S MAXIMO SOLUTION WAS THE OBVIOUS ANSWER</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3188&amp;issueid=142</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Analyse this</title>
      <description>SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE TOOL FOR ON-SITE SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF HYDROCARBONS CAN BE A CHALLENGING PROCEDURE, AS ASPECTRICS&apos; JIM YANO EXPLAINS</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3190&amp;issueid=142</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Offshore Europe 2007</title>
      <description>The global oil and gas exploration and production (E&amp;P) landscape is changing dramatically, with increased demand, rising recovery rates, ever more complex workflows, increased health and safety focus, and the challenge of recruitment and retention.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3191&amp;issueid=142</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>IN SEPTEMBER THE MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE INDUSTRY WILL COME TOGETHER AT THE OFFSHORE EUROPE OIL AND GAS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION 2007</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=3200&amp;issueid=142</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Opening doors</title>
      <description>AS MAJOR PLAYERS LIKE SHELL AND BP LOOK FURTHER AFIELD, THE DOOR IS BEING LEFT OPEN FOR SMALLER INDEPENDENTS TO MOVE INTO THE NORTH SEA SECTOR, AS STEPHEN PHILLIPS OF DUNDAS &amp; WILSON EXPLAINS</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=2392&amp;issueid=119</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Shell UK Limited has announced that the company, along with Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited, an ExxonMobil subsidiary, intends to market their equity interests in a number of Northern North Sea assets, which include operated interests in Cormorant Alpha, Cormorant North, Tern, Eider, Kestrel and Pelican and non-operated interests in Otter and Hudson, as well as an operated interest in the associated oil evacuation system. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=2396&amp;issueid=119</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The University of Manchester is to deliver executive education programmes for BP as part of a multimillion pound strategic partnership</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=2398&amp;issueid=119</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Looking East</title>
      <description>ExxonMobil Chemical&apos;s asset base in the Middle East and Asia is ideally positioned to meet petrochemical demand growth, senior vice president Jim Harris recently told participants at the 2007 China Petrochemical Focus
conference in Shanghai.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=2399&amp;issueid=119</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Petrofac, the international oil &amp; gas facilities service provider, has announced that its Resources division has been renamed ‘Petrofac Energy Developments’.  The new name has been chosen to better reflect the division’s service offering.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=2400&amp;issueid=119</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Taking a slicker approach</title>
      <description>SIX RECRUITMENT’S JAMES BEAZLEY EXPLAINS WHY O&amp;G COMPANIES ARE SERIOUSLY LAGGING BEHIND OTHER SECTORS IN PROMOTING EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT POLICIES</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=2402&amp;issueid=119</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Offshore Europe 2007</title>
      <description>The global oil and gas exploration and production (E&amp;P) landscape is changing dramatically, with increased demand, rising recovery rates, ever more complex workflows, increased health and safety focus, and the challenge of recruitment and retention.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=2410&amp;issueid=119</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Aker Floating Production, part of the Aker Group of companies, was established in 2006 with the purpose of owning, operating and chartering out a number of converted tankers equipped for offshore oil, gas and LPG production and storage.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=2432&amp;issueid=119</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Building for the future</title>
      <description>Siemens has recently strengthened and bundled its offshore expertise in Siemens Oil &amp; Gas Offshore AS, creating an organisation dedicated to serving offshore customers across the globe.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=2435&amp;issueid=119</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Petrofac, the international oil &amp; gas facilities service provider, has been awarded a US$16 million contract by SonaHess, a joint venture of Sonatrach and Hess. 


engineer, procure and manage the
construction and commissioning of
new facilities on an existing
production site at the El Gassi field
in Algeria.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=1881&amp;issueid=88</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>UK COMPANIES ARE PLAYING AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT PART IN THE GLOBAL OIL AND GAS SUPPLY CHAIN. LEE JONES FINDS OUT WHY</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=1887&amp;issueid=88</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A platform for success</title>
      <description>Gulf Offshore is a platform supply vessel owner and manager providing international marine services primarily to the exploration and production sector of the offshore oil and gas industry.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=1893&amp;issueid=88</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Statoil is an integrated oil and gas company with substantial international activities. </description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=1894&amp;issueid=88</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Deep thinking</title>
      <description>DEVELOPING THE ULTRA-DEEP BOBO-1X FIELD OFF THE NIGERIAN COAST REQUIRED ADVANCED ANALYSIS AND INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=1793&amp;issueid=85</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Petrofac, the international service provider to the oil &amp; gas industry, has won one of the most coveted oil &amp; gas accolades at the Scottish Offshore Achievement Awards, an annual event which is now affectionately known as the Oil and Gas industry ‘Oscars’.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=1794&amp;issueid=85</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>MTEM (Multi-Transient Electromagnetic) the Edinburghbased pioneering company in electro-magnetic surveying for the oil and gas industry has selected Global Marine Systems Limited (Global Marine) to provide the cable installation for a groundbreaking North Sea oil finder project, for Venture Production Plc.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=1795&amp;issueid=85</link>
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      <title>Major contract</title>
      <description>Acergy, a leading seabed-to-surface engineering and construction contractor for the global offshore oil and gas industry, has been awarded a contract by A/S Norske Shell for installation work on the Shell Draugen D3-E3 development project.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=1796&amp;issueid=85</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>3i has announced that it has committed $250m to Delta Hydrocarbons as part of its US$1 billion fundraising.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=1799&amp;issueid=85</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>From rig to retail</title>
      <description>WHETHER ITS EXPLORATION IN REMOTE PARTS OF THE GLOBE OR FILLING THE PUMP ON THE FORECOURT, O&amp;G COMPANIES DEPEND ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESSES RUNNING EFFECTIVELY</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=1803&amp;issueid=85</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A true adventure</title>
      <description>Statoil is an integrated oil and gas company with substantial international activities. Based in Norway, the company was established in 1972 and is the largest petroleum company in the Nordic region.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=1818&amp;issueid=85</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Major acquisition</title>
      <description>Innovative leading oilfield services provider AlMansoori Specialised Engineering (MSE) has signed a multimillion dollar deal to acquire the Tubing Conveyed Perforation (TCP) division of Energy Inc as part of MSE’s ambitious plans to build and strengthen its business developments in Egypt.</description>
      <link>http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=1758&amp;issueid=84</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Odfjell Drilling is one of the North Sea’s leading drilling and well service contractors, with more than 30 years experience in the management of drilling operations worldwide.</description>
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      <description>The coupling and decoupling of live electrical equipment in potentially explosive environments is usually restricted to intrinsically safe installations, common in oil and gas exploration and production. </description>
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      <description>Aggreko Process Services (APS) provides major customers in the hydrocarbon processing industry with tailor-made, engineered solutions that significantly increase the bottom line.</description>
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