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Bumi Armada Receives Letter Of Intent For An FPSO From Eni For Block 15/06, Angola
Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services provider, Bumi Armada Berhad (“Bumi Armada”) has received a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) from eni Angola S.p.A (“eni Angola”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of eni S.p.A. the Italian multinational oil and gas company, wherein eni Angola has stated its intention to award a contract for the chartering, operation and maintenance of a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (“FPSO”) (the “Contract”), to a consortium of Bumi Armada Offshore Holdings Limited (BAOHL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bumi Armada) and Angoil Bumi JV Limitada (ABJL*) for deployment at Block 15/06, East Hub located offshore Angola.

Angola: Total Sells Its 15% Interest In Block 15/06 To Sonangol
Total announces the sale of its 15% participating interest in the offshore Angola Block 15/06 to Sonangol E&P.

Vallourec provides Total with a wide range of premium offshore solutions off the Angolan coast
Vallourec, world leader in premium tubular solutions, announces the provision of an extensive range of premium offshore solutions to the CLOV deepwater oil and gas project operated by Total E&P in Angola, of which the production is expected to start Q2 2014. CLOV is a cluster of four oil and gas fields named Cravo (C), Lirio (L), Orquidea (O) and Violeta (V) located in the northwest sector of Angola’s offshore Block 17, with water depths ranging from 1,100 to 1,400 metres.

Wood Group Kenny wins engineering contract with BP Angola
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has recently been awarded a new contract containing two Engineering Services scopes with BP Angola under the BP Global agreement awarded to WGK in 2007. The contract involves Subsea Operations Support: one is for work associated with the Block 18 Greater Plutonio Operations group; the other is for work associated with Block 31 PSVM (Plutao, Saturno, Venus and Marte fields) Operations Group.

Fugro awarded a large three-year contract by Chevron
Fugro has been awarded a large three-year contract by Chevron’s subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Ltd, to support its development program at Block 0, off the coast of Cabinda province, Angola.

Chevron Confirms First Cargo from Angola LNG
Chevron Corporation’s (NYSE: CVX) subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited today confirmed that initial production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has commenced at the Angola LNG project. Angola LNG is one of the largest energy projects on the African continent.

Aker Solutions wins umbilical contract in West Africa
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Technip to deliver umbilicals for the Girassol Resources Initiative (GirRI) phase 2 development off the coast of Angola. Contract value is undisclosed.

KBR Awarded Subsea 7 Topsides Contract for Chevron Lianzi Offshore Project
KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced that it was selected by Subsea 7 to perform the topsides design for the Chevron Lianzi development project in a unitized offshore zone between the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Angola.

Eni: New oil discovery offshore Angola
Eni has made the ninth oil discovery in Block 15/06, in deep water offshore Angola, increasing the resource base of the West Hub project. The discovery was made through the Vandumbu 1 well, located approximately 150 kilometers from the coast. The well was drilled at a water depth of 976 meters and reached a total depth of 4,107 meters.

Technip awarded a five-year contract by BP Angola for engineering and modification services
Technip was awarded by BP Angola an important five-year contract* for engineering and modification services for the existing Greater Plutonio and Plutao, Saturno, Venus and Marte (PSVM) floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units, located in Blocks 18 and 31 offshore Angola.