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Snow White Receives Approval <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2794>
Norway's parliament approved the project to develop the Snow White natural gas field in the Barents Sea.

PDVSA Employees Increase Protests <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2793>
Dissident employees of PDVSA decided to intensify their campaign in protest of recnet senior management changes.

	

Mobile MapWorks Plus 

Logica announces the release of its map-based field solutions offering, Mobile MapWorks Plus. This map-based field solution suite provides an innovative approach to mobile computing that addresses the many field requirements of energy and utility companies. For more information click here <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2738>. 

	

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Talisman Hits Offshore Trinidad <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2786>
Talisman Energy Inc. has announced its Kairi-2 appraisal well in Trinidad has tested oil.

Parker Drilling Awarded Sakhalin Drilling Project <http://www.rigzone.com/news/articl! e.asp?a_id=2785>
Parker Drilling Company has been awarded new contracts to build and operate a rig to drill extended reach wells to offshore targets from a land-based location on Sakhalin Island, Russia.

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DONG To Bring Two Fields Onstream in 2003 <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2788>
Two new oil fields in the Danish part of the North Sea, Nini and Cecilie, are expected to go on stream in the summer of 2003.

Statoil Wins NPD Award <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2791>
The Norne license and Statoil specialist, Egil Sunde, have jointly won the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's improved oil recovery (IOR) prize.

Norway Debates Over Snow White Field Deve! lopment <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2787>
Norway's parliament is debating over a plan to develop its first natural gas field in the Barents Sea.

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Keppel FELS Receives Kudos From Diamond Offshore  <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2790>
Keppel FELS reports that work went so well on the Ocean Baroness upgrade that it earned not only a cash bonus but also another contract from Diamond for similar work on the Ocean Rover.

Weatherford Achieves Milestone <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2789>
Weatherford's Completion Systems division has successfully deployed its first Expandable Liner Hanger in YPF Maxus' Cinta E-11 well offshore Indonesia.

SA Five Engineering Wins Upgrade Contract <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2792>
Bluewater Energy Services B.V. ha! s awarded a contract to SA Five Engineering for the upgrade of the FPSO Glas Dowr.

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Resume of Marc Babineaux 

Mr. Marc Babineaux is available for assignment as a full-time, permanent employee or on a contract basis. Mr. Babineaux is a deepwater driling consultant with 20 years experience. He has most recently worked in the Gulf of Mexico on exploration projects in 3,500 to 7,700 feet of water. Click here <http://www.rigzone.com/jobs/resume.asp?r_id=10548> to view a complete copy of his resume or call 1-337-367-1100 to arrange for an interview. 

	

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Halliburton Performs First Downhole Well Testing Using ATS <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2752>
Halliburton Energy Services has performed its first data acquisition project using the Acoustic Telemetry System (ATS(TM)) for Gaz de France, off the coast of the Netherlands.

Schlumberger Makes Management Changes <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2729>
Schlumberger Oilfield Services has appointed Andrew Gould to the post of President and COO. 

Weatherford and Shell Accelerate Expandable Technology Development <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2759>
Weatherford's Completion Systems division has obtained a worldwide license to Shell's expandable technology.

TotalFina Elf Shuts In Wells Due to Gas Blowout <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2757>
TotalFinaElf has begun efforts to stop the flow of natural gas! and regain control of a well which erupted Friday afternoon during drilling operations in East Kalimantan.

Tidewater Takes Delivery of Supply Vessels <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2727>
Tidewater has taken delivery of two supply vessels. Both vessels entered the fleet with contracts in hand.

Hornbeck-Leevac Reports 2001 Results <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2733>
Hornbeck-Leevac Marine Services, Inc. announced that revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2001 increased 117.0 percent to $21.7 million compared to $10.0 million for the same quarter in 2000. 

Marathon To Develop UK Pipeline <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2732>
Marathon Oil Company announced plans to lead an initiative for a new North Sea natural gas pipeline designed to provide additional gas for the UK market.

Dril-Quip Sees! 24% Increase in Results for 2001 <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2731>
Net income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2001 was $12.2 million, up from $11.0 million for the same period in 2000.

PanCandian Files Deep Panuke Regulatory Applications <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2749>
PanCanadian Energy filed regulatory applications for development of the Deep Panuke natural gas project offshore Nova Scotia.

ExxonMobil Exits Turkmenistan <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2750>
ExxonMobil Corp. will shut down its operations in Turkmenistan after disappointing test wells.

Technip Wins Saudi Expansion Project <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2764>
Technip-Coflexip has been awarded, by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, a major lump sum turnkey contract for the expansion of the Berri gas plant.

AJ Lucas Wins Major Directional Drilling W! ork <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2734>
AJ Lucas has successfully secured the contract to directionally drill under 12 rivers in the northern section of Tasmania for the Duke Energy Pipeline.

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