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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Schlumberger announces its contribution of five scholarships to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' (AAPG) Outstanding Student Chapter Awards.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Europa says it is relinquishing licenses in Romanian and the Saharawi Arab Democratic Rebublic to focus on projects in Western Europe.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Kuwait Petroleum Corporation gets new Chief Executive and a reshuffle of oil executives takes place at KPC subsidiaries.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Egypt appoints Tarek El-Barkatawy as Chief Executive of Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Bureau Veritas Certification announced its provisional accreditation as an official SEMS Audit Service Provider for the Center for Offshore Safety (COS).

Friday, May 17, 2013 Bolttech Mannings signs an agreement to acquire Alberta-based Red Flame Industries Inc.

Friday, May 17, 2013 Junior oil company Lekoil raises $49 million on London’s Alternative Investment Market as it seeks to become a pan-African oil and gas player.

Friday, May 17, 2013 Petroceltic says it is closer to farming out a further 18.375-percent interest in its Isarene Permit that contains the Ain Tsila, onshore Algeria.

Thursday, May 16, 2013 Salamander signs Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) for the Northeast Bangkanai and West Bangkanai license areas.

Thursday, May 16, 2013 Transocean reports downtime for its drilling fleet but inks several new contracts for its rigs.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Pemex awards Cal Dive with two additional contracts for work in the Bay of Campeche.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 PA Resources has decided with immediate effect to appoint Board member Philippe R Probst as the company's CEO.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Dana Gas reports a 17-percent jump in the first quarter profit as it pre-qualifies for Lebanon's first offshore licensing round.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Aker Solutions appoints Bob Shaw as vice president to lead subsea greenfield projects.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 BG Group plans to take a more-active approach to managing its portfolio of assets as it estimates group production of up to 660,000 boepd for 2013.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Statoil awards Noble Corp. a contract for a newbuild jackup for drilling at the Mariner project in the UK North Sea in 2016.

Monday, May 13, 2013 Statoil agrees to swap 10-percent stake in production license 395 for 10 percent in Total's PL 535 asset.

Monday, May 13, 2013 Oil and gas driller Transocean says Chairman Michael Talbert plans to step down in 2014.

Monday, May 13, 2013 HRT says that Milton Franke will take over as chief executive, completing an unexpected management shakeup at the firm.

Monday, May 13, 2013 Bechtel announces it will establish a global center of engineering excellence in the UAE initially focused on rail and marine engineering projects.

Friday, May 10, 2013 Bilfinger Salamis UK wins $77.5 million contract to supply maintenance services to Chevron's North Sea platforms.

Friday, May 10, 2013 Aker Arctic Technology confirms spring 2014 due date for delivery of its "oblique icebreaker" concept vessel to Russia's Ministry of Transport.

Friday, May 10, 2013 Hess says CEO John Hess will step down as board chairman, a move to address criticism of its board days before shareholders choose 5 new directors from rival slates.

Friday, May 10, 2013 Faroe Petroleum appoints Jonathan Cooper as its new CFO.

Friday, May 10, 2013 Expro is celebrating its 40th anniversary at this year's Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston by showcasing its investment in new technology and innovation.

Friday, May 10, 2013 Women's Energy Network (WEN) is forming a new chapter focused on South Texas.

Thursday, May 09, 2013 Repsol says its first-quarter profit rose 38% on the year, mainly due to higher production and refining margins.

Thursday, May 09, 2013 Ophir Energy secures a drilling rig and executed a letter of agreement for Rig Share Assignment with BG Group for the continuation of its 2013-2014 East African offshore drilling program.

Thursday, May 09, 2013 Attendance at the 2013 OTC reached a 30-year high of 104,800, the second highest in show history and up 17 percent from last year.