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Offshore news

The contracts have a value of approximate- ly $80m.

The scope of work comprises three drilling riser systems, including tools and flotation, designed for use in 700 m, 2000 m and 2400 m water depth, respectively.

Deliveries of the risers will be completed from Aker Kvaerner's new state-of-the-art facility in Rio das Ostras, Brazil, for with- in the next 17 to 30 months.

The drilling risers will be installed at three different rigs. Two of the rigs will operate off the Brazilian coast serving long term contracts between Queiroz Galvão and Brazil's national oil company,

Petrobras. The third riser system will be used in Brazil and internationally.

Otto to Start of an Offshore

Seismic Survey

Otto Energy Limited said it's wholly owned subsidiary, NorAsian Energy

Limited (NorAsian), together with its Joint

Venture partner Trans-Asia Oil and Energy

Development Corporation (TransAsia), was to commence acquisition of 450-line km of seismic data in deep water Service

Contract 55 on October 19, 2006. The survey is funded by the Vital Resources

Corporation (Vital) and will be conducted by the seismic vessel Veritas Searcher.

Otto's Service Contract SC55 covers an area of 9,000 sq. km and is the first ultra deepwater block awarded by the Philippine

Department of Energy.

The current seismic acquisition is focused on the Marantao prospect, a car- bonate build-up (reef) interpreted to be at least five times larger than the Malampaya reef structure, Philippines largest oil and gas field operated by Shell. Marantao lies in 1,900 meters of water and is more than 150 sq. km in size at closure level with at least 500 meters of vertical relief. (Continued from page 13)

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