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OFFSHORE REVIEW ing it easy to move the rig between the many platforms in the Ekofisk area. It will be used to shut down old wells as new wells are drilled from the 2/4 X platform. The rig will be prepared for icssible upgrade wh»h ^llteftalle it lo per- intcyidltinn^/^^vas the case for thy ,*^roll A and Ekofisk 2/€r X^"igs, Canadian company

Dreco will be responsible for all steel construction, and will be the largest subcontractor to Hitec for the project. Delivery is planned for late 1997.

For more information on Hitec

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Umoe To Build

Troll C

Norsk Hydro has signed a letter of intent with Umoe Haugesund AS for an engineering, procurement and construction contract for semi- submersible steel pla/orm, Troll C to produce additional oil reserves from the Troll fiel

FPU (Floating/Production Unit) contract valuj is approximately

NOK 3.9 billid

After an initial qualification, the lOE/GVMSOOO platform concept ron out ov/r two other Norwegian c\ntr actor/^roup s. le uni/ will have a total weight of ikipro/imately 24,000 tons. The platior^i will be anchored in 1,083 ft. (33ST m) of water in the northern part rnVhe field. Tow-out is sched- uled/orVune 1999.

Toe totlW recoverable oil reserves from TrolJVs now estimated to be approximately 1.2 billion barrels. le Troll CVlatform will produce the northern \art of the Troll West gas province. y\ppr0ximately 378 million barrel.A will be produced over the platforr

Troll field partner\are:

SDFI V 62.696%

Saga Petroleum 4.080

Statoil 11.880%

Elf Petroleum Norge 2.353

Norsk Hydro, operator 7.688%

Norske Conoco 1.661

Norske Shell 8.288%

Total Norge 1.353

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Golden Geophysical

Expands In Vietnam

Golden Geophj^teal ro^MSitl joint venture witd^'etroVietnam (PGPC) in Ho Chi Minh Ci

PGPC provides complete sei^fcuc data processing capabilities from 2-

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L.future, additional ser- (jffered, such as gravi- ty and magnetic studies_and geo-

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Kvaerner and Statoil/BP

To Upgrade Semi In Baku

Kvaerner has received a letter of intent from Statoil/BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Ltd. for the upgrade of a Shelf Class semi in Azerbaijan.

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