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:: Liberia opens offshore bidding
A second round of offshore licensing has opened in Liberia with 10 blocks of 3,000 sq km (1,158 sq mi) area to 3,000 m (9,842 ft) depth, according to reports citing the National Oil Co. of Liberia.

:: SuperNova to explore off Guinea-Bissau
SuperNova has signed a five-year deepwater exploration agreement with Petroguin, guinea-Bissau's national oil company.

:: Drilling set for offshore Namibia
EnerGulf Resources Inc. and partners have established a location offshore Namibia in block 1711 to drill the Kunene #1 well using the drillship Deep Venture.

:: TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

:: Floating liquefaction may come to Nigeria
FLEX LNG Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Peak Petroleum Industries Nigeria Ltd. for joint development of Bilabri and Orobiri natural gas reserves using the FLEX floating faculty concept.

:: East Africa geochemical screening agreement reached
W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. and Upstream Petroleum Service Ltd. have agreed to cooperatively provide geochemical screening tools to East Africa and the western Indian Ocean.

:: ExxonMobil signs Libya exploration agreement
Exxon Mobil Corp. has signed a heads of agreement for an Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement with Libya's National Oil Corp. to explore offshore Libya in the Sirte basin.

:: EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING

:: BJ Tubular Services secures West Africa work
CNR International has contracted BJ Tubular Services to provide a range of well services offshore Cote d'Ivoire, Africa.

:: Acergy secures subsea contract
Acergy S.A. has been awarded a $670-million contract for the engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation of an export line, rigid in-field pipelines, riser, manifolds, and control umbilicals.

:: Cecon wins Angola pipelay contract
Cecon ASA has won a NOK 170-million ($31.56-million) contract from Angola Drilling Co. for almost 30 km (18.6 mi) of pipelines.

:: TRENDS & STATISTICS

:: Armada Perkasa FPSO heads for Nigeria
The Armada Perkasa FPSO has left Singapore and is scheduled to arrive at Okoro Setu offshore Nigeria in February 2008.

:: Total hits in deepwater off Congo
Total has a discovery in 2,120 m (6,955 ft) of water at Mer Tres Profonde Sud 185 km (115 mi) offshore Republic of Congo.

:: Angola LNG project moves forward
Partners in an Angola LNG project fed by offshore gas production have decided to proceed with the project.

:: GLOBAL UPDATE

:: Saipem to build deepwater field development ship
Saipem plans to build a $547-million deepwater field development ship, Saipem FDS 2.

:: Keppel to convert world's first FDPSO
Keppel Shipyard has been awarded a $100-millon contract by Prosafe Production to convert a tanker into an FDPSO.

:: PA Resources joins Mer Profond Sud permit in Congo
PA Resources AB has acquired 35% of the Mer Profond Sud exploration permit and also the Azurite field offshore the Republic of Congo from Murphy West Africa Ltd.

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