inside: the new edition of

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specialised Vessels

THE INTERNATIONAL OIL & GAS NEWSPAPER

upstreamonline.com vol 21 weeK 25 24 June 2016

Qep record
Aban closing in on ONGC drilling gig US independent
spends big for
Permian land. page 5
indian rig contactor aban offshore is poised to win a deep-water drilling contract from state-controlled
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation for its operations off the countrys east coast. pages 4&5
suriname start
Polarcus to carry out

Chevron in
seismic shoot on
unexplored block.
page 8

Captain
rethink cooec on pole
Chinese yard closing
in on EPC job for
project off Qatar.
Chevron halts tender for a page 9
new bridge-linked platform
for the Captain eor project statoil watch
Norwegian player in
off the UK in favour of a push to avoid further
staged development. delays at South
Pages 6&7 Korean yards.
chevron pages 24&25

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chief
executive
John watson
Photo:
BLOOMBERG
The number of
bidders set to chase
Iran draws up E&P list equatorial guinea fires warning Husky-CNOOC
Maduras MDK
Iran selects 10 homegrown companies qualified to enter joint energy minister makes acreage pull back project off Indonesia.
ventures with international oil companies . Pages 2&3 threat over drilling malaise. pages 12&13 pages 14&15

news 2 comment 10 politics 12 world 14 shale 36 lng 38 classiFied 42 Financial 44

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