DOF SUBSEA UK has been awarded a contract worth around US$7.4mn by Technip for the provision of a light construction vessel.

EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT has entered into a five-year Global Framework Agreement (GFA) with Shell to serve as a Main Automation Contractor (MAC) on future capital projects globally. 

UK FIRM SOLO Oil will spend US$10.7mn to fund a buyout agreed upon with Aminex for a 12.5 per cent interest in the Likonde-1 well in Southern Tanzania.

CIRCLE OIL'S WHOLLY owned subsidiary has signed a Petroleum Agreement with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) for the Lalla Mimouna area covering the Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons for the "Lalla Mimouna Nord" and "Lalla Mimouna Sud" Exploration permits situated in the Rharb Basin, Morocco.

VICTORIA OIL & GAS believes new seismic work has flagged up the potential for a "major hydrocarbon discovery" at the Logbaba project in Cameroon.