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BP backs off from Algeria asset sales
BP has backed off from plans to sell assets in Algeria, the country's energy minister said, a blow to potential Russian buyer TNK-BP Ltd. but a vote of confidence for the nation amid unrest in other parts of North Africa. RWE Dea: Approval for Clipper South Gas Field Development Plan
RWE Dea's subsidiary in the United Kingdom, RWE Dea UK, announced today that the field development plan for the Clipper South gas field has been approved by the Secretary of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Wasit ‘award’ for Saipem
Italian oil services contractor Saipem is reported to have won a contract for offshore work at Saudi Aramco's non-associated gas fields feeding Wasit, Saudi Arabia's biggest gas plant, according to industry sources. Petroceltic finds Algerian gas
London-listed Petroceltic International has found gas at well AT-4 on its Isarene Permit in Algeria, despite producing lower than expected gas flows. ADX gets Dougga boost
Australia's ADX Energy said it was encouraged by the results of an independent report of its Dougga gas condensate discovery on the Kerkouane permit, offshore Tunisia. Libya oil facilities ‘intact’
The head of Libya's state oil company said today that all oil installations in the restive North African country are undamaged. Chinese trio pull out Libya staff
China's three major state-owned oil and gas companies have evacuated all their Chinese employees out of Libya, the companies said. EU: Gadhafi no longer controls most oil fields
Moammar Gadhafi's regime appears to have lost control of most of Libya's oil and gas fields to opposition forces, the European Union's energy commissioner said, dismissing the idea of imposing a blockade. 
