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CGG inks Mozambique multi-client survey work

Sep 01, 2017

CGG has signed a multi-client data agreement with Mozambique’s Instituto Nacional de Petroleo (INP) covering up to 40,000sq km of 3D data over the Beira High in the Zambezi Delta, over blocks Z5-C and Z5-D and surrounding open acreage. Deliverables will include fast-track PreSTM…

Husky hires JV for West White Rose CGS

Aug 08, 2017

Husky Energy has awarded the partnership consisting of SNC-Lavalin, Dragados Canada, and Pennecon a construction contract for the company’s West White Rose Project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. Image of the SeaRose…

OGA adds 7 blocks to UKCS 30th round

Aug 04, 2017

The UK's Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has included seven additional blocks to the 30th Offshore Licensing Round that was announced in late-July.  Image from iStock. OGA said that…

OGA releases more UKCS subsurface data

Jul 19, 2017

The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has released a tranche of UK Continental Shelf data in an effort to help revitalize exploration in the basin. The latest data release follows the publication of a suite of subsurface data packages in June…

Last blade installed at Tahkoluoto off Finland

Jul 06, 2017

Jan De Nul Group’s offshore jackup vessel Vole au vent installed the last blade of the last wind turbine at the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm in Finland.  Vole au vent jackup. Image from Jan De Nul…

Husky firms up West White Rose

May 30, 2017

Husky Energy has firmed up plans for its West White Rose Project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador with first oil set for 2022, while announcing a new discovery at Northwest White Rose.   The SeaRose FPSO…

A holy separation grail

May 01, 2017

In the technology maturity stakes, subsea separation could perhaps be described as one of the ugly sisters in the subsea processing world. But, perhaps Cinderella would be more appropriate. Elaine Maslin reports. Subsea infrastructure at Tordis…

Pioneering Spirit arrives at the Brent field

Apr 28, 2017

The world’s largest vessel has arrived at the Brent Delta facility in the UK North Sea ready to perform the heaviest offshore lift to date.  The close to a million-tonne displacement Pioneering Spirit mega-vessel is set to remove a 24…

Updated: Hebron platform to leave Bull Arm in May

Apr 19, 2017

ExxonMobil’s Hebron platform will be towed from the Bull Arm construction site next month, on its way to the Hebron field offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. The Hebron platform being towed from Bull Arm…

Iran plans Caspian Sea seismic

Apr 18, 2017

Geology Without Limits (GWL), working with Geological Survey of Iran (GSI) and Ministry of Mine, Industry and Trade (MMIT) are planning a 4800 km, 2D seismic, gravity and magnetic data survey in the Iranian sector of the Caspian Sea.  The…

SNC-Lavalin snags Hibernia, Hebron work

Apr 10, 2017

SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a six-year contract by a partnership composed by Hibernia Management & Development Co. (HMDC) and ExxonMobil Canada Properties, for the provision of inspection services for both the Hibernia and Hebron offshore oil production platforms…

Environmentalists ask Shell for further Brent decom info

Apr 10, 2017

Oil major Shell has not provided enough information about its plans for decommissioning the massive Brent field structures, according to a joint statement by eight environmental groups. The statement was made at the end of a 60-day consultation…

TGS expands NWAAM library

Apr 04, 2017

TGS has expanded its North-West African Atlantic Margin (NWAAM) multi-client library in the MSGBC Basin with plans to acquire more than 11,000km of long-offset broadband 2D seismic data together with magnetic and gravity data, in Senegal and Gambia…

CGG completes Philippines project

Mar 16, 2017

French geoscience firm CGG has completed its processing of geoscience data on the Carabao multi-client study, acquired offshore the Philippines. The study integrates more than 8500km of new broadband prestack time-migrated 2D BroadSeis…

CGG completes Bapco AGG survey off Bahrain

Feb 16, 2017

CGG has completed the acquisition and processing of the first-ever airborne gravity gradiometry (AGG) survey of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Conducted on behalf of the Bahrain Petroleum Co. (Bapco), this was the first commercial survey to be acquired worldwide using FalconPlus…

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