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		<title><![CDATA[First Reserve buys oil-rig operator Abbot Group]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Danny Fortson   Alasdair Locke, the executive chairman of Abbot Group, was in line for a 93m pay day yesterday after he agreed to sell the FTSE 250 oil-rig operator he founded for 906m to American buyout group First Reserve.   The 390p-per-share deal comes two-and-a-half months...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[First Reserve Corporation Announces 906 Million Pounds Sterling Recommended Acquisition of Abbot Group in Largest-Ever Drilling Services Private Equity Buyout.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[GREENWICH, Conn., HOUSTON and LONDON, December 19 /PRNewswire/ --    First Reserve Corporation, the largest energy-focused private  equity firm, announced today that it is continuing its long tradition of  investing in the global oilfield services market with the planned  acquisition of Abbot Group plc ("Abbot")...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Barclays buoyed by Bank of America bid talk]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market Report   It was always bound to happen. Just as Barclays' attempt to buy ABN Amro crumbled, the UK group supposedly became a target itself. The offer for ABN lapsed yesterday, and the rumour mills duly ground into action. The old rumour of Bank of America coming in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oil rig contractor confirms bid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business News IN BRIEF   --The oil rig contractor Abbot Group has confirmed that it has received a takeover approach, believed to have been from the private equity company 3i. Abbot's shares respon-ded with a 63.75p leap to 355.5p. The proposal was reported to be at 375p, valuing the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[STOCKS FOCUS: ABBOT GROUP]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OIL services group Abbot delivered a strong set of first-half results on Thursday but its shares slid after it lowered its expectations for full-year profits. Abbot said pre-tax profits in the first half rose 30.3-per cent to GBP35.8 million helped by rig starts and contract extensions. Turnover rose 56.6-per cent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drilling specialist Abbot Group saw cash profits up 47 per cent as  management lauded a strengthening market for its services. Nevertheless,  the impact of debt taken on during the period to fund the purchase of  Norwegian drilling specialist Songa, bought too late to make any  positive...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Abbot in move to capture mobile rig firm for pounds-247m DEAL OF THE]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE pounds-247 million purchase of a Norwegian firm should allow Scottish drilling specialist Abbot Group to cash in on the increasing demand for mobile oil rigs to exploit hard-to-access reserves.   Abbot Group last week agreed to offer the cash to buy Songa Drilling, which owns three so-called jack...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AZERBAIJAN: Contract award for planned $75,000,000 platform drilling services is said to be imminent, KCA DEUTAG [UK] - Order #: 052603.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROJECT OVERVIEW:    The local AZERBAIJAN INTERNATIONAL OPERATING CO. AIOC, a joint  venture operated by UK-based BP PLC, is soon expected to award a  technical services contract to KCA DEUTAG, a subsidiary of the ABBOT  GROUP of the UK.    According to the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[British Oil-Services Firm Abbot Group Draws Investor Interest.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rosemary Banyard, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Feb. 2--Mention an investment in Abbot and the chances are that the   audience will think you mean the ale brewed in Suffolk by Greene King.  They  may be less familiar with Abbot...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IRAN: Contract award for planned $25,000,000 initial drilling program and rig upgrade project, KCA IRAN KISH DRILLING CO. PJSC [Iran-UK] - Order #: 107602.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROJECT OVERVIEW:    The local HYDRO ZAGROS OIL & GAS, a subsidiary of Norway-based  NORSK HYDRO, recently awarded a drilling contract to KCA IRAN KISH  DRILLING CO. PJSC of Iran.  The latter is a joint venture company that  is owned by the ABBOT GROUP...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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