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Nearly $25 billion will be devoted to deepwater development every year between 2008 and 2012, and the North American region will account for more than 25% of the spending, according to a study by energy consultant Douglas-Westwood Ltd. The study confirmed some of the findings from the Minerals Management Service’s Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Lease Sale 205 held earlier this month (see NGI, Oct. 8).