A bid to boost exploration rates in the UK North Sea has seen the launch of two new initiatives, including a move to re-assess the potential of the central North Sea. The first is an industry-wide review, led by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)…
French seismic firm CGG says the UK’s central North Sea is still rich in opportunities for the development and discovery of new fields, despite its relative maturity and the challenges is poses around seismic imaging, especially in the deep…
SeaBird Exploration Plc received a contract award to use the MV Harrier Explorer for a 2D seismic survey in West Africa. The letter of award is for a survey with a minimum size of 2000 km, valued at approximately US$2million…
GDF Suez Norge awarded RSI a three-year, US$2 million quantitative geophysical services frame agreement in Norway. The scope of the services covers geophysical well log analysis, rock physics, seismic reservoir characterization and electromagnetic inversion and integration.
With its latest software release, Paradigm offers high-definition seismic processing for a general user. Sarah Parker Musarra discussed the powerful new software with Paradigm SVP Indy Chakrabarti. Accurate…
Claudio Paschoa provides insights from technical sessions at this year’s Rio Oil & Gas event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Petrobras Geophysics Manager Paulo Johann. Photo from IBP. At Rio Oil & Gas…
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has acquired two previously shot 2D seismic surveys totaling 2922 line km on its Sharon Block 2213 A&B in the Walvis Basin, offshore Namibia. Eco Atlantic is also the operator of its Cooper Block, where, in partnership with Tullow Kudu…
Searcher Seismic, in cooperation with BGP, is to carry out a multi-client campaign consisting of three separate surveys totalling 12,500km of 2D data and 566sq km of 3D data offshore Australia. The BGP Explorer has been contracted to…
ExxonMobil started drilling the Pelican South-1 well, its third and latest prospect in the Neptun Block off Romania in the Black Sea. Pelican South-1 is being drilled by Diamond Offshore's ultra-deepwater semisubmersible Ocean Endeavor about 155km offshore…
dGB Earth Sciences launched its OpendTect 5.0, the latest version of its open source seismic interpretation software, at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) 84th annual meeting in Denver. OpendTect 5.0 comes with significant…
Mexico seismic services company COMESA selected Paradigm as a strategic partner for its new seismic data processing center. Through the use of Paradigm software solutions for seismic processing and imaging, subsurface modeling and reservoir characterization…
Oil and gas exploration has turned many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa into economic hotspots, and operators are now looking at South Africa’s western coast. Planned infrastructure improvements may improve exploration logistics, but…
Polarcus Ltd. says the beginning of a major new RightBAND multi-client project over the Roebuck Basin, offshore North West Shelf, Australia, is underway. Image from Polarcus. The Capreolus 3D survey will comprise approximately 15…
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. AS has commenced a new seismic survey —Declaration— in the Central Gulf of Mexico, expanding its Constitution group of WAZ 3D projects. The Declaration survey will cover 6061sq km (260 OCS blocks) in the Mississippi Canyon and Viosca Knoll areas…
The role 4D seismic plays in extracting more oil out of mature fields was outlined at ONS 2014 in Stavanger, Norway. Meg Chesshyre reports. Fig. 1: 4D seismic gives a clearer reservoir image. All Images from PGS…