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

Headlines

07/26/2010: GOM spill relief efforts resume

07/26/2010: GE and ZKMK sign oil and gas equipment services agreement to support Kazakhstan and central Asian growth

07/26/2010: Tullow hits oil pay in deep waters offshore Ghana

07/26/2010: Northern Blizzard acquires Nexen heavy oil properties

07/26/2010: Rosneft reports $30.2B in first half of 2010

07/25/2010: BP to begin drilling deepwater exploration wells off Libya

07/23/2010: Aker Solutions to deliver Goliat Mooring System

07/23/2010: Storm suspends spill cleanup efforts

07/22/2010: CNOOC starts production in Bohai Bay

07/22/2010: New GOM oil spill containment system planned by major oil companies

07/22/2010: AWE’s Wolf-1 drilling update

07/22/2010: Aker Solutions to deliver on-vessel mooring system to ENI Norge

07/21/2010: Beach acquires additional acreage in Bakken Shale

07/21/2010: BP signs North America and Egypt asset deals with Apache

07/21/2010: OGX finds hydrocarbons in well OGX-15

07/21/2010: Mainland Resources starts drilling Burkley Phillips No. 1 well in Mississippi(2)

07/21/2010: Keppel awarded Brazilian projects from SBM, QGOG

07/21/2010: Fire on staging boat for Gulf oil spill

07/20/2010: US Interior Dept. approves new shallow water drilling permits in GOM

07/20/2010: New study on China’s energy consumption poses questions

07/20/2010: BP to sell E&P assets and licenses in Pakistan

07/20/2010: Petromanas begins seismic work in Albania

07/20/2010: Halliburton announces second quarter earnings

07/19/2010: Technip awarded umbilical contract in the UK North Sea

07/19/2010: BP signs agreement to amend the North Alexandria and West Mediterranean deepwater concessions

07/19/2010: Marathon announces first oil from deepwater GOM Droshky development

07/19/2010: Chevron, KOGAS sign major LNG and equity agreements for the Wheatstone Project

07/19/2010: BP’s capping stack continues to shut in well

07/19/2010: Pioneer gets $1 billion Eagle Ford partner

07/19/2010: Maersk Deliverer contracted for deepwater drilling off Senegal & Guinea Bissau

07/16/2010: EU suggests new offshore drilling ban

07/16/2010: BW Offshore awarded $875 million gas FPSO contract in Indonesia

07/16/2010: Terra Energy to acquire Fortress Energy assets

07/16/2010: BP shares rise on hopes oil leak has been capped

07/16/2010: OGX concludes drilling well OGX-12 in Santos Basin

07/15/2010: Total acquires Chevron stake in Sao Tome license

07/15/2010: House Committee approves ban on BP drilling permits

07/15/2010: AWE provides update on Jebel Al Milh-1 well

07/15/2010: HB Rentals to provide accommodations for Spar Platform

07/15/2010: Range reports production record

07/15/2010: ADCO awards PMC for Bida Al Qemzan oil field in UAE

07/15/2010: Integra and Schlumberger (WesternGeco) form land seismic JV

07/15/2010: BP shuts off oil leak

07/14/2010: Petrobras awards $160M FPSO contract to GE Oil & Gas

07/14/2010: Further analysis to be carried out before integrity test commences on MC252 well

07/14/2010: DONG allots $649M to develop Marulk gas field

07/13/2010: Brazil's Franco discovery tests possible 50,000 bpd

07/13/2010: Foster Wheeler awarded PMC contract for Iraq crude oil export project

07/13/2010: Chevron makes natural gas discovery in Australia

07/13/2010: Adnoc seeks JV partners for $12 billion Shah project