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Statoil's chairman of the Board, Svein Rennemo, receive a score of 99 point, and only one Norwegian tops that. Several other tops in the oil business frequent the list.

Seabird Exploration has secured new contracts worth a total of NOK 115 million.

Songa Offshore has reported an operating efficiency of between 95 and 99 percent on its mobile units operating in Norway.

Aker Solutions have signed a contract with ABB for installation of a subsea power cable for the Goliat field. The contract is worth around NOK 70 million, excluding vessel costs.

BP made a discovery at their Snadd North discovery near the Skarv development. The company is now planning to test the field's production, and hope to tie it into their ongoing Skarv field development.

Noreco has made a discovery at their Svaneøgle prospect south east of the Grane field, but the discovery is too small to be commercially interesting.

The logistics for Eni's Goliat unit are ready, logistics company Kuehne+Nagel in Tananger will move the Sevan unit from Korea to the Barents Sea.

A/S Norske Shell has completed the drilling of appraisal well 6305/4-2 S on the Ormen Lange field. The well was dry, but will not result in changes to the assumed recoverable volumes for the gas field.

Westcon have secured the contract for dismantling and reinstallation of the upper part of the derrick at semisub "Leiv Eiriksson". The derrick has to be dismantled when the rig passes bridges in the Bosporos strait.

Wintershall have drilled a dry well in 35/12-3 S at their Gnatcatcher prospect in the North Sea.

Aker Solutions have signed a contract for the construction and delivery of a subsea umbilical bound for Total's CLOV field with Framo Engineering. The contract is worth NOK 80 million.

EMGS have secured a contract with an unnamed Saudi Arabian customer for 3D electromagnetic and magnetotelluric data collection in the Red Sea. The contract is worth around USD 12,5 million, roughly NOK 70 million.

Bergen Group Rosenberg have secured a modification contract worth between NOK 20 million and 25 million at Statoil's Statfjord B and C installations.

Aker Solutions have awarded a frame agreement to Promineo for delivery of their cost control software Promineo Cost. The software can be used in all of Aker Solutions business areas worldwide.

Seawell has acquired Universal Wireline for USD 25,5 million with cash reserves. The wireline company will be merged with recently acquired Gray Wireline.

Stream acquires Ahlsell Oil & Gas, a company that controls around 30 per cent of the market shares within pipes and fittings on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Subsea 7 has been awarded to new contracts from Petrobras for offshore activities on the Brazilian Continental Shelf (BCS).

Lundin have started drilling exploratio well 16/1-15 in license 338 at the Tellus prospect. Dolphin semisub "Bredford Dolphin" is drilling the well.

Deep Sea Supply sell their AHTS vessel "Sea Weasel" to a new Malaysian partnership, where the company has a 25 percent ownership.

SeaBird Exploration has entered into a strategic cooperation with Petroleum Geo-Services to further develop the Ocean Bottom Node-technology.

BG Norge is operator of the discovery called Jordbær on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Total investments for developing the field is around USD 1,7 billion, but this excludes the FPSO.

Statoil will hand out contract for fabrication and delivery of topside on Valemon on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) within this summer.

Statoil has been chosen as an operator and partner outside Angola. The company will now explore pre-salt areas, correspondingly with similar geology on the Brazilian Continental Shelf (BCS).

Saipem's problem-ridden new semisubmersible rig "Scarabeo 8" was slated to start drilling the Barents Sea Goliat field in summer/fall 2011. That has now been postponed by six months.

GDF Suez E&P Norge, 20 percent partner in the Norwegian Sea Gygrid field, has received the blessing from its parent company to go ahead with a potential development.

Lundin Petroleum has decided to invest NOK three billion in 2011. That's up some 38 percent from 2010,with the bulk going to field development and exploration.

Statoil has been granted a drilling permit on the prospect called Krafla on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Skarv sails past its base in Sandnessjøen and heads straight for the oil field when it is done commissioning at Aker Stord around Easter.

One out of three considers a job in the oil industry, and more than 60 per cent of Norwegians between 15 and 19 years have faith in the future of the business.