Norwegian geoscience firm Spectrum, in collaboration with the Direction Generale des Hydrocarbures (DGH), has started the first of a series of 3D Multi-Client seismic acquisition programs offshore Gabon. The programs are in under-explored areas over shallow water open blocks…
Richard Mills, of Kongsberg Maritime, discusses survey class AUVs and USVs. Workers ready Hugin AUV. Photo from Kongsberg Maritime. The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) market…
Two thirds of companies in north east Scotland have made job cuts in the past year, but optimism that the end could be in sight has risen, according to a survey. The annual 25th Oil and Gas survey, conducted by Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber…
BGP Marine started a 2D multiclient survey, offshore Cuba, after signing a contract with Cuba-Petroleo Co. (CUPET). Map from BGP. The project comprises 25,000 km of 2D long-offset…
CGG has started a large broadband 3D multi-client survey in the pre-salt area of the deep water Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Santos VII (Saturno) is the third phase in CGG’s most ambitious pre-salt project to date, collectively known as the Santos Basin Trilogy…
Norwegian geoscience firm Spectrum has started a 1800sq km multi client 3D seismic survey offshore Norway in the Western Barents Sea. The new survey, designed based on interest from industry will tie and complement Spectrum's existing 3D surveys in the area…
Cautiously optimistic executives expect oil prices to return to US$60-80/bbl – spurring investment and economic growth, according to a new survey conducted by advisory firm Deloitte. The two-year downturn in the oil and gas industry may be coming to a close…
New Zealand's energy and resources minister has fired the starting gun for the country's Block Offer 2017. The Block Offer 2017 will see consultation start on the awarding oil and gas exploration permits in the country - onshore and offshore…
TGS and Schlumberger (SLB) have commenced the Dual Coil Shooting multivessel full-azimuth acquisition Revolution XII and XIII surveys in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The surveys will cover approximately 7150sq km (306 blocks) in the Green Canyon…
TGS and Schlumberger have started the Dual Coil Shooting multivessel full-azimuth acquisition Revolution XII and XIII surveys in the US Gulf of Mexico. The surveys will cover about 7150sq km (306 blocks) in the Green Canyon, Atwater Valley…
Norway-based geoscience firm Spectrum started a 15,000km multi-client 2D survey offshore Brazil in the Santos and Campos Basins. The new acquisition program is an outboard extension of Spectrum's 2012 Santos Campos Phase 1 survey, and will tie other programs in the Santos…
Siemens’ has added the SWT-8.0-154 to its offshore direct drive platform for wind turbine technology. The 8MW turbine is based on the existing offshore direct drive platform. The first SWT-8.0-154 will be installed in early 2017, and…
Searcher Seismic, with project partner BGP, has completed the acquisition of two new multi-client seismic surveys offshore Norway and offshore Western Australia. Map of Silver-Eye 3D, Bilby 2D…
TGS has started the Northwest Shelf Renaissance 2D seismic survey offshore North West Australia. The survey consists of approximately 8000km of long offset, broadband 2D seismic data as well as magnetic and gravity data. The survey is…
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) now offers ControlEdge Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), a new addition to Honeywell’s next generation family of controllers leveraging the power of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). ControlEdge PLC…
Subscribe
