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Shearwater Lines Up Ghana’s First Deepwater OBN Survey

Aug 27, 2025

Shearwater Geoservices has been awarded a deepwater Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic survey in Ghana’s Jubilee and TEN fields, operated by Tullow and its partners.It will be the first deepwater OBN project offshore Ghana, following Shearwater’s…

SPE Offshore Europe 2025 set to drive transformational change for the energy sector

Aug 21, 2025

SPE Offshore Europe 2025 (OE25) will open its doors at the P&J Live from 2-5 September for what is set to be one of the most pivotal in the show’s 52-year history. With offshore energy at the centre of national and international debate, the…

NV5 Advances Hydrography in the Great Lakes: Join the August 27 Live Webinar

Aug 20, 2025

NV5 has unveiled its latest precision hydrography innovations in the Great Lakes, enabling maritime stakeholders to “Own the Lakebed, Master the Mission.' To showcase these breakthrough capabilities, NV5 will host a free, live webinar on Wednesday…

SMD Announces Kenny Liu as New CEO

Aug 18, 2025

Pioneering subsea technology and services company, SMD, has announced the appointment of Kenny Liu as its new chief executive officer.Kenny succeeds Julian Zhu, whose decade in the role saw the company’s profit and turnover increase year on year for the past five years…

Geo Sessions 2025

Aug 07, 2025

Last year, Geo Sessions brought together over 5,300 registrants from 159 countries, with attendees representing education, government agencies, consulting, and top geospatial companies like Esri, NOAA, Airbus, Planet, and USGS. At this year's Geo Sessions…

North Star Orders Two New Hybrid SOVs from Vard

Aug 05, 2025

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has secured an order from U.K.’s largest shipowner and operator North Star for the construction of two hybrid Service Operation Vessels (SOVs).The contract represents the ninth and tenth vessel ordered by North Star from VARD…

JERA Nex bp Set to Take Charge of 13GW Offshore Wind Portfolio

Aug 04, 2025

JERA and BP have completed the formation of JERA Nex bp, their new 50-50 owned joint venture, with the new company’s portfolio of operating assets and development projects has a net potential generating capacity of 13 GW.The portfolio includes around 1 GW of installed net generating capacity…

Brazil: BP Makes Largest Oil and Gas Discovery in Decades

Aug 04, 2025

BP has made an oil and gas discovery at the Bumerangue prospect in the deepwater offshore Brazil, its largest discovery in 25 years.BP drilled exploration well 1-BP-13-SPS at the Bumerangue block, located in the Santos Basin, 404 kilometers (218 nautical miles) from Rio de Janeiro…

Fugro to Deliver Offshore Surveys at Major Energy Fields in Middle East

Aug 01, 2025

Dutch geological data specialist Fugro has been selected to deliver extensive offshore and onshore surveys for multiple major energy field developments in the Middle East.Fugro has recently been awarded multiple contracts to perform comprehensive…

SLB Unveils OnWave Autonomous Logging Platform for Well Ops

Jul 30, 2025

Global energy technology company SLB has introduced the OnWave autonomous logging platform, said to enable more efficient and reliable acquisition of formation evaluation measurements in any well condition.This first-of-its-kind technology autonomously acquires multiple…

Carnarvon Wraps Major Seismic Project off Australia Ahead of 2026 Drilling Ops

Jul 24, 2025

Carnarvon Energy has completed a major seismic reprocessing project across the Bedout Sub-basin, offshore Australia, in collaboration with its joint venture partners, delivering one of the most advanced seismic datasets in the region to date…

Industry Partners Deliver Largest Unified OBN Dataset in Norwegian North Sea

Jul 15, 2025

Viridien, in collaboration with joint venture partners TGS and Axxis Multi-client, has completed the final imaging of OMEGA Merge, to deliver a single, seamless and unified high-quality dataset across the Heimdal Terrace, Utsira, and Sleipner Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) multi-client surveys…

Fugro Gets On Board Ireland’s Offshore Grid Development Project

Jul 15, 2025

Fugro has secured a seven-year framework agreement with EirGrid, Ireland’s state-owned electricity transmission operator, to deliver a full suite of geo-data surveys for the 'Powering Up Offshore - South Coast' project.The initiative will develop…

TGS to Provide Tech Set to Optimize Northern Lights CCS Operations

Jul 10, 2025

Norwegian data and intelligence firm TGS has signed a collaboration agreement with Equinor, aimed at advancing the digitalization of carbon capture and storage (CCS) operations at Northern Lights project.The agreement strengthens the ongoing…

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