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Huanqui bought a 19.9% stake in LNG Ltd and signed a new contract with the company.

Aker Solutions has acquired Norwegian engineering company Sandnessjøen Engineering.

A newly developed subsea pile-stabilising template, StabFrame, has successfully completed its first project offshore Brazil.

GE Oil & Gas has received contracts totaling more than US$ 1 billion to supply a wide range of equipment and services for the Ichthys LNG project in Australia.

Alstom has won a contract to supply turbines and generators to the new Itezhi-Tezhi hydroelectric dam in Zambia.

An American Petroleum Institute poll has shown that nearly 80% of Florida voters favour more oil and natural gas development.

Underground coal gasification (UCG) developer, Wildhorse Energy, is close to completing its drilling and analysis at its Mecsek Hills project in Hungary, with multiple UCG-suitable coal seams indentified.

Xstrata has announced record production from its Australian thermal coal operations following the successful commissioning of the Mangoola mine. Production in Colombia was also up on the previous year, but down in South Africa where industrial action and restructuring saw production drop by 3%.

Australian miner, Cockatoo Coal, announces JORC reserves at Taroom and Collingwood projects in the Surat basin, and the establishment of the North Surat Joint Venture with Mitsui.

Reliance Industries and Reliance Power have entered into preliminary discussions to jointly develop CBM assets in Madhya Pradesh.

Essar Oil Ltd. a subsidiary of Essar Energy, has announced a significant increase in proven and probable reserves and best estimate contingent gas resources at its Raniganj coalbed methane (CBM) exploration block in West Bengal.

Nordstream, Gasunie, Gate Terminal and Qatar Gas emerged as the overall winners in the closely contested European Gas Conference Awards.