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The company has also appointed a new chairman to replace Jock Lennox, who will step down from his position at the end of September.

The company has received a firm Letter of Award for the high-specification jack-up drilling unit Energy Emerger.

Most of the companies that are active on the Norwegian shelf have submitted applications in this year’s Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) round.

The company will provide engineering support services as a tier 1 contractor for brownfield modifications and projects across Repsol Sinopec Resources UK’s operated assets and terminal at Flotta.

The focus of the donation was to enhance teaching and research in the specific areas of reservoir characterisation and petrophysics within the university's Petroleum Geology and Petroleum Engineering courses.

Recoverable resources for Snefrid Nord, located in the Norwegian continental shelf, are estimated at 4.4 billion m3 of gas (27.5 million boe), along with some condensate.

The company has developed a Subsea Safety Module, which can operate in the higher pressure (15ksi) wells common in the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa.

VIC/P75 is in the central area of the Gippsland Basin offshore Victoria, Australia.

The contract is for the Libongos drillship, which is owned by Sonangol.

The contracts, with major North Sea operators, are for TWMA to provide offshore processing of drilling waste.