Taqa, which is an Abu Dhabi government-controlled energy company, has a 60% interest in the field.

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Today, it's the claim from Taqa that it's brought a field on-stream in record time.

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Abu Dhabi National Energy (Taqa) will acquire stakes in the BP-operated Harding, Maclure and Devenick fields.

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Production will be processed at the Taqa-operated North Cormorant platform, before being sent to the Sullom Voe terminal for sale.

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The Darwin field is a joint venture between TAQA and Fairfield Energy.

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Chevron North Sea is at number five, Suncor Energy of Canada is at 8, Dana Petroleum at 11, Taqa Bratani at 12 and Talisman Energy at 13.

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One of the first to speak among earlier delegations was Leo Koot, managing director of oil firm TAQA Bratani, who said Union Terrace Gardens was a "dark hole".

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In recent weeks, other major asset sales by BP have seen investment by Taqa, owned in Abu Dhabi, and by Perth-based SSE, which bought a stake in the Sean gas field.

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Carl Sheldon, chief executive of Taqa, said the billion-dollar deal, which is to be completed in 2013, would add 21, 000 barrels of oil equivalent a day to its output, establishing the Abu Dhabi group "as a leading operator in the UK North Sea".

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