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Dominican Republic in 2D seismic campaign

Mar 20, 2017

The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) of the Dominican Republic will implement a high-resolution 2D offshore seismic campaign as part of its efforts to determine the hydrocarbon potential of sedimentary basins from the country. The call…

Polarcus inks Australia, Africa seismic gigs

Mar 07, 2017

Polarcus announced a double win for the company, signing seismic projects off Australia and Africa.  Offshore Australia, Polarcus will use one of the Polarcus X-bow vessel for a 3D marine seismic acquisition. The project is due to start in Q3 2017 and will run for approximately two months…

OGA issues new seismic contracts

Nov 15, 2016

The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded four new contracts worth about US1.25 million (£1 million) to supply more than 10,000km of reprocessed proprietary 2D seismic data of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) as part of the UK Government funded seismic acquisition program…

CNOOC Iceland seismic positive

Oct 10, 2016

Exploration efforts offshore Iceland continue with Chinese oil company CNOOC International and its partners presenting the preliminary results of 2D seismic studies across the Dreki Area to the National Energy Authority of Iceland, Orkustofnun…

Polarcus inks Australia 3D seismic acquisition

Sep 14, 2016

Polarcus received a letter of award for 3D marine seismic acquisition in Australia utilizing XArray to deliver a high quality broadband data-set via Polarcus' innovative and highly efficient acquisition technique. The project is due to commence in Q4 2016 and will run for one month.

OGA seismic campaign kicks off

Jul 13, 2016

The UK's Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded contracts for the second UK government funded £20 million seismic campaign to promote under-explored areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).  PGS and WesternGeco have been awarded the…

Venator OBS system to get Caspian trial

Jun 30, 2016

Norwegian offshore technology company inApril has won its first commercial agreement, worth US$25-30 million for Venator, its node-based seabed seismic acquisition system.  In development since 2012, the Venator node-on-a-rope system…

COSL starting Arctic seismic shoot

May 23, 2016

China's China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL) has been awarded a contract for 3D seismic acquisition covering a total area of over 4000sq km in Arctic waters. The contract is COSL's 'first great order' for 3D seismic operations in Arctic waters…

Marine seismic market to top $2.7 billion in 2016

May 13, 2016

Visiongain's new Marine Seismic Equipment and Acquisition Markets 2016-2026 report indicates that the marine seismic market will see capex of US$273 million on equipment and $2.7 billion on acquisition in 2016. The fall in the price of…

Providence eyes Newgrange 3D seismic

Jan 22, 2016

Irish oil explorer Providence Resources has agreed to a license deal with seismic firm Searcher Seismic covering its Newgrange prospect in the southern Porcupine basin.  Searcher had already announced a major new multi-client 3D seismic program…

Mitra sizes up Vietnamese prospects

Jun 30, 2015

Mitra Energy has completed the acquisition of 533sq km of full-fold 3D seismic data in the Block 127 Production Sharing Contract area, offshore Vietnam.   The survey was undertaken by PTSC CGGV Geophysical Survey Co. using the 3D seismic survey vessel Amadeus…

Mexico ramps up Gigante seismic work

May 18, 2015

Mexico is ramping up its offshore seismic data acquisition with recent awards to TGS-NOPEC and Norway-based Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS). The Atlantic Explorer. From PGS. Mexico's…

Polarcus extends Australian seismic scope

Apr 03, 2015

Polarcus has secured further industry prefunding enabling the expansion of the Capreolus 3D multi-client project offshore Australia. The additional pre-funding will see the survey expand northwards with an additional 7130sq km to be covered…

Seychelles targets assessed by WHL/Ophir

Mar 05, 2015

Australian energy company WHL Energy has outlined 'substantial opportunities' offshore the Seychelles following interpretation of a preliminary PreSTM volume of the Junon 3D seismic survey. WHL, which is a partner with operator Ophir Energy offshore the Seychelles…

Polarcus starts Phoenix seismic campaign

Jan 13, 2015

Seismic acquisition began on the new Polarcus Capreolus 3D multi-client project over the Phoenix area in the Rosebuck basin, offshore Western Australia.  The area contains the recent Apache-operated Phoenix South-1 oil discovery…

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