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BP FPSO PSVM Achieves First Oil; a significant milestone for MODEC
MODEC announced today that the BP Angola Business group has started full scale hydrocarbon production on FPSO PSVM within its fields in Block 31 offshore Angola. This milestone marks a significant achievement for the MODEC Companies as it caps a challenging project in which MODEC delivered to BP the FPSO PSVM facility which is one of the cornerstone pieces for this critically important producing development in the BP portfolio.

Chevron Makes Final Investment Decision on Mafumeira Sul Project Offshore Angola
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced today that its Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited subsidiary will proceed with the development of the Mafumeira Sul project located offshore Angola.

Angola Production Starts at BP-Operated PSVM Project
Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol E.P.), as the concessionaire, BP Exploration Angola, as the operator, and the partners of Block 31, today announced that production from the PSVM development area in Block 31, offshore Angola, has started.

Subsea 7 S.A. awarded $150 million Lianzi topside contract
Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC) today announced the award of a EPCI topside contract valued at approximately $150 million from Chevron for the development of the Lianzi field offshore the Republic of Congo and Angola.

Technip awarded substantial contract for the phase 2 of the GirRI project in Angola
Technip was awarded by Total E&P Angola an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPIC) contract for the second phase of the Girassol Resources Initiatives (GirRI) development project. The field is located 210 kilometers offshore Angola, at a water depth of 1,300 meters.

GE Wins US$165 Million Contract to Supply Subsea Technology for Chevron Oil Project in West Africa
GE Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) today announced it has received a £102 million (US$165 million) contract to supply production equipment to Chevron’s Lianzi project, situated offshore between Angola and the Republic of Congo.

FMC Technologies Receives $33 Million Subsea Equipment Order for Total's Pazflor Field
FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) announced today that it has received an order from Total E&P Angola for additional subsea equipment for the Pazflor field. The contract has an estimated value of $33 million in revenue.

Maersk Oil strikes more oil in Block 16, Angola
Maersk Oil Angola A/S (Maersk Oil), together with concessionaire Sonangol E.P., and partners Sonangol P&P and Odebrecht Oil and Gas Angola Ltd, has successfully completed drilling the Caporolo-1 exploration well in the Lower Congo Basin with positive results.

Angola: Total to sell an interest in Block 14 to INPEX
Total today announced that it has agreed to sell to INPEX CORPORATION a 9.99% indirect interest in offshore Angola Block 14. The transaction remains subject to the approval of Angolan authorities.

Maersk Drilling has hit the ground running in Angola
Maersk Drilling has taken the first challenging step into deepwater drilling in West Africa and the results so far support its high ambitions for the area. After only one full month in operation the Mærsk Deliverer has been awarded 'Super Rig of the Month'..