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WO Wire is collection of current headlines and select press releases from around the upstream, oil and gas industry.

Headlines

03/18/2010: Supercomputer launched at Kazakhstan-British Technical University

03/18/2010: BP awards plant upgrade contract to Wood Group

03/18/2010: Ecopetrol submits most competitive bids in Lease Sale 213

03/18/2010: Technip awarded $48 million contract for project in the Baltic Sea

03/18/2010: Iran and Pakistan secure $7.6 billion pipeline deal

03/17/2010: J. Ray McDermott awarded first subsea project in Asia Pacific

03/17/2010: Maersk Oil installs last of 15 platforms at Al Shaheen

03/17/2010: Iberdrola to deliver LNG to DONG in 2011

03/17/2010: Apache to deploy FireFly seismic system in Argentina's wine country

03/17/2010: Total, DONG partner to develop gas fields offshore UK

03/17/2010: Seadrill secures letter of intent from Statoil for jackup rig West Epsilon

03/17/2010: GOM Lease Sale receives bids worth $949 million

03/16/2010: ExxonMobil to explore Black Sea with ultra-deepwater Transocean drillship

03/16/2010: MMS selling 37 million acres in GOM Lease Sale 213 tomorrow

03/16/2010: Origin completes acquisition of Otway Gas project

03/16/2010: Petrobras makes new discovery in Brazil's Piracuca field

03/16/2010: Chevron commissions Pacific Santa Ana drillship for GOM

03/16/2010: Gazprom begins drilling first prospecting well in Africa

03/15/2010: Iran and Switzerland in new round of gas talks

03/15/2010: PetroBakken Energy acquires Rondo Petroleum

03/15/2010: Statoil sees increase in oil production from Oseberg field

03/15/2010: Tethys Oil expands 3D seismic survey operations in Oman

03/15/2010: Hallmark acquires additional 60 gas wells

03/12/2010: Magnum Hunter announces 99% increase in reserves throughout 2009

03/11/2010: NACE releases Operator Qualification 2.0 training for pipeline personnel

03/11/2010: Siemens to concentrate 60-Hz gas turbine production in Charlotte

03/11/2010: ExxonMobil to invest $128-148 billion over next five years

03/11/2010: Jordan bans reporting on refinery corruption case

03/11/2010: Transocean’s ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer Inspiration begins contract with Chevron in GOM

03/11/2010: BP to pay Devon $7 billion for deepwater assets

03/11/2010: Analysts predict deepwater spending will top $167 billion through 2014

03/11/2010: Signature Exploration and Production receives permit approval from the Texas Railroad Commission

03/11/2010: Circle Oil has production test success in Egypt

03/10/2010: Schlumberger acquires Nexus Geosciences

03/10/2010: TGS continuing 2D seismic program offshore Sumatra

03/10/2010: Total, CNOOC to acquire equal stakes in Tullow’s oil assets

03/10/2010: Honeywell releases new Series 3000MkII gas detector

03/10/2010: WorleyParsons secures offshore platform contract from ExxonMobil

03/10/2010: Total acquires global shale acreage

03/10/2010: Petrobras announces oil find in presalt Santos basin

03/09/2010: Petrobras expecting Cascade,Chinook to come online in June

03/09/2010: Development plan for $6 billion Chirag deepwater project approved(2)

03/09/2010: Statoil to increase interest in ultra-deepwater St. Malo development

03/09/2010: Weatherford completes world’s longest single run with RSS technology in dry air (2)

03/09/2010: ONGC investing $5.8 billion in exploration activities

03/09/2010: Petrobras expecting Cascade,Chinook to come online in June(2)

03/09/2010: CEPA welcomes changes to federal pipeline approvals

03/09/2010: Development plan for $6 billion Chirag deepwater project approved

03/09/2010: FMC Technologies receives $62 million subsea contract (2)

03/09/2010: Woollybutt oil field restarts production (2)