Schlumberger has expanded its Gulf of Mexico multiclient wide-azimuth seismic data portfolio by launching a new survey in the Campeche Basin. The acquisition of the industry’s first multiclient wide-azimuth survey offshore Mexico will cover 80…
Despite the downturn, plenty of development is underway in Southeast Asia. Audrey Raj sets out the detail. Bach Ho oil field in Cuu Long basin. Photo from PetroVietnam. Despite the fall in oil prices…
On 8 July 2015, the general secretary of Vietnam’s communist party, Nguyen Phu Trong, witnessed the signing of important cooperation documents between enterprises of Vietnam and the US at the US Chamber of Commerce. Nguyen Xuan Son, chairman…
Australia has total of 29 offshore blocks across eight basins up for bid that the government is offering up to investors in its annual Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release. Map of the Browse basin…
OE staff reports from the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston on Tuesday, 5 May 2015. Vietnamese delegates addressed challenges and opportunities in fractured basement reservoirs on Tuesday morning’s “Understanding the Challenges of Vietnam Fractured Basement Exploration…
Heather Saucier examines the effect of regional energy policies on Latin America’s rich untapped resources, estimated to be some 126 billion bo and 679 Tcf of natural gas, a large majority of which is offshore. Piñon…
Searcher Seismic and MAGE began the acquisition of the Echidna Regional Broadband 2D seismic survey, offshore Ireland. Map of Echidna Regional Broadband 2D seismic survey. From Searcher Seismic The…
ExxonMobil's subsidiary Esso Australia has started a five-well drilling campaign at the Turrum field as part of its ongoing investment in Bass Strait to develop new gas supplies. The AU$335 million investment in drilling four gas wells and one oil well follows the start-up of the $4…
Newfoundland and Labrador’s latest exploration licensing round has resulted in a $559 million bid led by ExxonMobil – the largest bid in the province’s history for a single parcel. ExxonMobil bid as part of a consortium with Canada’s…
Searcher Seismic, in conjunction with project partner MAGE, is conducting a 2D seismic survey off western Ireland. Map of Echidna Regional Broadband 2D seismic survey. From Searcher Seismic. The Echidna…
The Consórcio Tomé Ferrostaal (CTF) consortium of Rheinmetall International Engineering, and Brazilian company Tomé Engenharia, delivered two modules for the first of a series of six floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels to Brazilian national oil company Petrobras…
Saipem awarded BMT Group Ltd. a contract to supply the riser integrity monitoring systems for the Lula Norte and Lula Extremo Sul developments in the Santos Basin pre-salt region, off Brazil. BMT’s subsidiary, BMT Scientific Marine Services…
GeoPartners, in partnership with Seabird Exploration Multi-Client and DownUnder GeoSolutions, has announced a new multiclient 2D (MC2D) seismic project in the Frontier UK Rockall Basin offshore the north west coast of Scotland. The Rockall…
State-run China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) issued an exploration tender inviting foreign oil companies to bid for 33 oil and gas blocks. The gas blocks cover an area of 126,108sq km off east and southern China. CNOOC says…
Seismic acquisition activity is increasing in the offshore Ireland Atlantic margin ahead, with concurrent 2D and 3D surveys being shot in the basin. Today, Providence Resources announced a new 2D seismic survey had started over Frontier Exploration License (FEL) 6/14…