Petrofac was awarded a $780 million contract by Kuwait Oil Company to work on the manifold group trunkline system in northern Kuwait, which will feed three new gathering centers and increase crude oil production capacity. Gulf Keystone's Shaikan field in Iraqi Kurdistan is producing stable volumes of 38,000 barrels per day and the company received further payments for exported crude oil. Statoil installed the jacket structure for the Gina Krog oil field in the North Sea, with drilling to begin in July.