Barents News

 

Polarcus starts Fedynsky survey

Jun 09, 2014

Polarcus, in collaboration with Russia's Dalmorneftegeophysica, has mobilized for the 3000sq km high-density broadband Fedynsky 3D survey in the Russian Barents Sea. Polarcus Nadia departed Kirkenes, Norway, on 7 June for the project area…

Barents Super-Tie extension

May 14, 2014

MultiClient Geophysical (MCG) has announced an extension of the multi-client 2D (MC2D) Barents Super-Tie towards the east into the newly opened Barents South East (former Disputes Zone between Norway and Russia). The new lines will tie…

TGS and EMGS expand Barents coverage

May 08, 2014

TGS and Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) have agreed to further expand the companies' previous cooperation agreement in the Barents Sea.   TGS will partner with EMGS to acquire electromagnetic (EM) data over four additional blocks in…

TGS starts Barents seismic campaigns

Apr 25, 2014

TGS has started new 2D and 3D multi-client projects in the Norwegian Barents Sea. Both surveys will provide high quality data prior to the closing of the 23rd Norwegian Licensing round. The HFCE14 is a 3100sq km 3D multi-client survey…

E.ON gets slice of Barents license

Mar 18, 2014

E.ON E&P has farmed into the Aurelia license in the Barents Sea. The firm will take 20% stake 'We have had the Barents Sea as a focus area since 2010, and this farm in is a part of E.ON E&P’s long term exploration strategy in this area…

Eni Norge opens new Hammerfest ops center

Dec 05, 2013

Eni Norge has opened a new operations center in Hammerfest as part of its expansion in northern Norway and the Barents Sea. The Italian company has been active in the region since the start of the 1990s and is developing the Goliat oil field…

Eni Norge opens Hammerfest office

Oct 31, 2013

Eni Norge has opened a new operations center in Hammerfest as part of its expansion in northern Norway and the Barents Sea.  Eni has been active in the region since the start of the 1990s and is developing the Goliat oil field - the first oil field to be developed in the Barents Sea…

First deepwater Barents well dry

Oct 22, 2013

Eni Norge’s exploration well on the Bønna prospect was dry, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).  The wildcat well 7016/2-1 was the first drilled in production license 529 in the Barents Sea, about 185km southwest of the Snøhvit field and 160km northwest of Tromsø…

Barents activity remains high

Oct 09, 2013

A busy 2013 seismic acquisition season is continuing in the Barents Sea, with CGG announcing the completion of its second Broadseis campaign and Dolphin Geophysical launching a new survey. The increase in seismic acquisition activity in the area…

Barents Sea southeast opened

Aug 30, 2013

Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy has opened the Barents Sea southeast for exploration. Inviting oil companies to nominate the blocks they would like to have included in the country’s 23rd licensing round, minister of petroleum…

Eni and Rosneft gather Barents seismic

Jul 24, 2013

Eni and Rosneft began seismic operations in the icefree portion of the Russian Barents Sea. A 9950km 2D seismic survey is planned over the Fedynsky and Central Barents license areas. Eni and Rosneft formed joint venture companies to operate each of the Russian offshore projects…

MCG begins Barents survey

Jul 16, 2013

MultiClient Geophysical (MCG) announced another long-offset multi-client 2D (MC2D) survey in the western part of the Norwegian Barents Sea. This survey is situated in the area southwest of the Bjørnøya (Bear Island) where blocks have been awarded in the 22nd concession round…

Eni, Rosneft team for Barents seismic

Jul 08, 2013

Eni and Rosneft began seismic operations in the ice-free portion of the Russian Barents Sea, the companies confirmed on July 8. The 2D seismic survey is planned for 9950km over the Fedynsky and Central Barents license areas. During the…

Rosneft seals partnership deals

Jun 21, 2013

Rosneft annoucned today it has signed cooperation agreements with Norway's Statoil, Italy's Eni, and America's ExxonMobil. Statoil and Rosneft have made official their plans to explore for oil and gas offshore Russia.  The two companies…

Barents and Jan Mayen resources higher

Feb 27, 2013

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s (NPD’s) mapping of the southeastern Barents Sea and the area surrounding Jan Mayen will result in an approximate increase of 15% in the estimates of undiscovered resources on the Norwegian shelf.This…

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