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Wood Group secures KPOC pipeline contract
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) will support the Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company (KPOC) in pipeline engineering and flow assurance engineering studies for the Kamansu East (KME) field offshore Sabah, Malaysia.

Alaska LNG Project LLC Receives Conditional Authorization to Export LNG to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries
The Alaska LNG project marks another significant milestone with today’s announcement by the United States Department of Energy that it has conditionally authorized the Alaska LNG Project LLC to export liquefied natural gas to non-Free Trade Agreement countries.

Australia Pacific LNG's first gas reaches Curtis Island
Australia Pacific LNG today announced it had reached a significant milestone with the arrival of first gas from its coal seam gas fields in the Surat Basin to its liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on Curtis Island, near Gladstone, Queensland.

Norway: Eldfisk II brought on stream in the North Sea
Total announces the start-up of oil production from the Eldfisk II project on the PL 018 license of the Norwegian North Sea, in line with the initial schedule approved in 2011. The project will further increase oil recovery of the Eldfisk field and has a production capacity of 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (100%).

Bechtel Puts LNG Tanks to the Test on Curtis Island Projects
Bechtel has successfully hydro tested two additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks built on Curtis Island in Queensland. The tests confirm that the tanks built for the Australia Pacific LNG and Santos GLNG plants are ready to store LNG and follow the successful test of a tank at the Queensland Curtis LNG project earlier this year. Bechtel is the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor for the plants, being built simultaneously side-by-side.

Australia Pacific LNG Shows Strong Progress As Key Milestones Achieved
Three key milestones have been met by Australia Pacific LNG in recent weeks representing strong progress across the breadth of the CSG-LNG project.

ConocoPhillips Announces Resumption of Exports from the Kenai LNG Facility
ConocoPhillips Alaska Natural Gas Corporation (ConocoPhillips) has received authorization from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to export liquefied natural gas over a two-year period to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries and non-FTA countries, and plans to resume exports of LNG this spring. ConocoPhillips appreciates the support for resuming LNG exports from many local stakeholders, and looks forward to continuing to contribute to the local economy.

First gas production from UK Jasmine field
BG Group today announced first gas production from the Jasmine field in the UK North Sea, in which the company has a 30.5% interest. The successful start-up of the field marks the delivery of another of the Group’s key milestones for 2013.

GLNG and Australia Pacific LNG sign upstream cooperation deal
Two of Australia’s leading LNG projects today signed gas swap and infrastructure connection agreements that provide flexibility and allow both proponents to realise capital and operational efficiencies.

Aker Solutions delivers wellhead platform to ConocoPhillips
Aker Solutions today handed over an 8,000-tonne wellhead platform for installation at the ConocoPhillips-operated Ekofisk field in the North Sea.