EXHIBIT 10.6
Immediately
MURPHY AWARDS SECOND KIKEH AREA
DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT
El Dorado, Arkansas, February 9,
2005 – Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR) announced that its
wholly owned subsidiary Murphy Sabah Oil Co., Ltd. has awarded the
Dry Tree Unit (DTU) contract for the Kikeh Area Field
Development.
The contract for the DTU was awarded
to Technip Marine (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. for the engineering,
procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of the
unit. A Spar hull will be