Voxels, submicrons and synchrotronic optics are coming to an oil and gas laboratory near you. Well, almost. Elaine Maslin reports on the University of Aberdeen’s new high-spec scanner. High…
Abdelghani Henni reports on how French major Total is keeping the ABK field offshore Abu Dhabi up and running past its initial life span, and beyond, serving as a pilot project for other major fields in the country. ABK…
Innovate, collaborate, standardize; lead with lean. One could argue that the future of the global offshore E&P business, particularly deepwater development, is ours to create. Confronted…
Independent Oil & Gas (IOG) has received extensions from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) for its Cronx and P2085 licenses located in the North Sea. Cronx OGA has extended the Cronx license by one year to 9 January 2017. In addition…
Mexican national oil company Pemex has awarded a further extension to Fugro's contract to support its exploration drilling activities in the Bay of Campeche. The contract extension is valued at approximately US$20 million and the workscope…
Fugro will conduct survey services at a deepwater field development offshore Guyana for ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana, the geophysical service company announced on 22 December. The contract provides for autonomous…
Schlumberger and Statoil Gulf of Mexico signed an agreement to license a large part of the WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) deepwater multiclient seismic survey in the southern Gulf of Mexico. The license also includes collaboration with WesternGeco in the seismic processing phase…
Polarcus has received a letter of intent from Maersk Oil on behalf of the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) for a 4D marine seismic survey offshore Denmark. The project is due to commence in Q2 2016 and will run for approximately three months…
Better success rates from North Sea exploration drilling could be achieved if historical well data was stored and shared better, according to the results of a review of well data published. The Oil and Gas Authority says a lack of quality geoscience and geophysics work…
Norway-based geoscience firm PGS has laid claim to the industry's largest seismic spread, offshore Myanmar. The firm says its vessel, the Ramform Titan, working in the Bay of Bengal, is towing the industry’s first ever single vessel 18 streamer seismic operation…
Norway-based geoscience firm Polarcus has started a new RightBAND multi-client project over the Vulcan Sub-basin, offshore the North West Shelf, Australia. The Cygnus 3D Survey is being acquired with joint investment from Spectrum and DownUnder GeoSolutions…
Rosneft has completed its 2015 geological exploration program at offshore licenses using 2D seismic survey methods that covered 20,434km in the Kara Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Laptev Sea. For the first time, 2D seismic exploration was carried out with support of an integrated information system…
The UK's Crown Estate has published a study by the British Geological Survey summarizing the geological conditions of the Irish Sea. It is intended that the study will provide a valuable resource for anyone considering development of offshore infrastructure in the region…
Norway-based geoscience firm Dolphin Geophysical has filed for bankruptcy just days after warning it had struggled to restructure its debt and capital structure. The firm, whose shares halved last Thursday after it warned it could have to file for insolvency…
Norway-based geoscience firm Dolphin Group has said it may be forced into insolvency if it is not able to restructure its business. The firm, which owns Dolphin Geophysical, saw shares halve in trading this morning, following its announcement…
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