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Transocean Sedco Forex Rescues Crew of ALOHA <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2590>
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. announced that its drillship, Peregrine III, has safely rescued the nine-member crew of the survey-and-recovery vessel ALOHA.

MMS Awards First Royalty-In-Kind Crude Contracts <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2585>
The U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) has awarded the first four contracts to deliver royalty-in-kind crude t! o the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ChevronTexaco, Williams, Equiva and ExxonMobil.

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Two Major Oil Fields Discovered in Columbia <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2592>
Joint-venture partners of Colombia's Ecopetrol have found two new oil fields in eastern and southern Colombia with reserves of about 100 million barrels each.

Reliance Begins Major Exploration Program Offshore India <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2591>
Reliance Industries will begin its ambitious three-year, $350 million offshore oil and gas exploration program in April of this year.

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WesternGeco Launches Wester! n Neptune Q-Marine Vessel <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2586>
WesternGeco announced that the Western Neptune, the company's highest capacity Q-Marine seismic survey vessel, will begin a large multi-client survey in the Gulf of Mexico in early March.

Halliburton Brings Subsea Viking to Gulf of Mexico <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2584>
Halliburton Subsea is deploying its ultra modern multi-purpose support vessel, MSV Subsea Viking, to the Gulf of Mexico on a long-term basis.

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CHC Wins New North Sea Contract <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2589>
CHC Helicopter Corporation has been awarded a 30-month contract by Kerr-McGee North Sea (U.K.) Limited.

Hunt Awards Camisea Project to KBR <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2588>
Hunt Oil Company has signed! an agreement with Kellogg Brown & Root to conduct a Front End Engineering Design study for the Camisea LNG project.

Statoil Sells Agip a Percentage of Mikkel <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2587>
Agip will buy 7.9 percent of the Mikkel development in the Norwegian Sea from Statoil, and has secured an option in the same deal to acquire 7.9 percent of the nearby Tyrihans discovery.

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Varco Revenue Up 46% <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2531>
Varco's net income in 2001 more than doubled that of 2000.

Kvaerner and Aker Form Shipbuilding Company <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2545>
Kvaerner and Aker RGI will establish a jointly owned shipbuilding management company. Together, the two groups own 12 shipyards in Europe, and on! e in the USA and Brazil.

Vanco Awarded Acreage Offshore Equatorial Guinea <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2563>
Vanco Energy has been awarded a 10% interest in Block N offshore Equatorial Guinea.

West Navion Experiences More Delays <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2540>
Operations on the drill ship, West Navion, offshore Canada continues to be suspended, due to repair work on the main sheaves in the RamRig derrick.

CNR Turns On the Tap At Espoir Field Offshore Cote d'Ivoire <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2573>
Canadian Natural Resources Limited announces that oil production from the Espoir Field, offshore Cote d'Ivoire, Africa, commenced on February 4, 2002 at 8,500 barrels per day.

Unocal Secures OPIC Funds <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2558>
OPIC will be providing support of up to $350 million in OPIC financing for two of! Unocal's offshore oil and natural gas projects in Indonesia. 

McMoRan Sells Main Pass 299 Facilities to OFS <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2582>
McMoRan Exploration Co. has made an agreement to convey all of FSC's rights, title and interest in its Main Pass 299 sulphur and oil and gas leases and facilities to Offshore Specialty Fabricators, Inc. 

Kuwaiti Oil Minister Offers to Step Down <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2547>
Kuwaiti members of parliament have called for the resignation of the entire government following last week's explosion at an oil plant where four workers were killed and sixteen were injured.

Transocean Sedco Forex Announces 2001 Results <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2559>
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. reported a fourth-quarter profit after one-time charges pushed it to a loss in the same period of 2000.

PDVSA Begins 3 Year Offshore Exploration Program <http://www.rigzone.com/! news/article.asp?a_id=2569>
PDVSA's justlaunched a three-year, $375 million offshore natural gas exploration program in the Atlantic near the Deltana platform area.

ChevronTexaco Announces 2002 Spending Budget <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2568>
ChevronTexaco Corp. is reducing its capital spending this year by 22 percent from 2001 due mainly to merger-related efficiencies.

Magnum Hunter Outlines Plans for Gulf of Mexico Exploration <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2574>
The Company has made plans to participate in a minimum of seven exploration wells in the GOM during 2002.

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