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CGG Deploys Two Vessels for Survey NW of Shetland

Sep 18, 2018

CGG commenced acquisition of a high-density, rich-azimuth, towed-streamer multi-client survey in the UK West Shetland Basin. The 3,600 sq km survey is designed in collaboration with major international oil companies and is focused on delivering…

Offshore Wind: Fugro Starts Site Survey in the Baltic

Sep 14, 2018

Fugro has commenced a marine site characterization program at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm, in German waters of the Baltic Sea.Under a contract worth over €10 million ($11 million), Fugro will undertake a UXO survey to clear the investigation sites…

FairfieldNodal closes WGP acquisition

Jan 12, 2018

Houston-based marine seismic node firm FairfieldNodal has finalized its acquisition of UK-based marine geophysical services firm WGP Group from Thalassa Holdings. The acquisition will have an effective date of 31 December 2017. FairfieldNodal…

TGS to start new 3D GoM survey

Dec 21, 2017

Geoscience firm TGS is to start a new multiclient acquisition project called Alonso 3D in the US Gulf of Mexico. Alonso 3D will cover 6172sq km in the Atwater Valley and Lloyd Ridge protraction areas of the US Gulf of Mexico. TGS says multi-level targets exist…

Polarcus teams up with TGS for GoM survey

Dec 21, 2017

Norwegian seismic firm Polarcus has received a letter of award from TGS for the acquisition of 6172sq km of 3D seismic data in the Gulf of Mexico. TGS announced earlier today (21 December) that the firm will begin the Alonso 3D survey in February 2018…

Seabed Geosolutions inks Nigeria, Trinidad 3D, 4D ocean bottom node work

Dec 20, 2017

Seabed Geosolutions has been awarded a 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition project over the greater Angostura field in shallow waters, offshore Trinidad for BHP, and a 4D OBN project for Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company…

Spectrum starts Mozambique seismic survey

Dec 08, 2017

Norwegian geoscience frim Spectrum has started a 2D seismic survey offshore Mozambique, in partnership with WesternGeco, for the country's Institute of National Petroleum (INP) ahead of future licensing rounds. The seismic survey will cover up to 19…

ION offers up Argentine multi-client data before 2018 license round

Dec 06, 2017

Houston-headquartered geoscience firm ION Geophysical has launched a 2D multi-client data package for offshore Argentina, ahead of the country's 2018 license round.  ION has delivered a regional framework consisting of approximately 30…

Genel to shoot 3D seismic over Sidi Moussa, Morocco

Nov 09, 2017

UK-based independent Genel Energy is to carry out a 3D seismic campaign across the Sidi Moussa acreage offshore Morocco, in place of an exploration well. The firm reached an agreement with the Moroccan government over its remaining exploration…

CGG to survey Ivory Coast offshore

Oct 26, 2017

French geoscience firm CGG has been awarded a contract by Côte d’Ivoire’s Direction Générale des Hydrocarbures (DGH) and PETROCI, the national oil company, to acquire with its local partner, Harvex Geosolutions, a multi-client program of gravity…

ION to enhance Orca software with Scottish grant support

Oct 23, 2017

A new US$1.32 million (£1 million) research and development project focussed on cost reduction, increased efficiency and value add for the oil and gas sector has received backing from government agency Scottish Enterprise. US firm ION Geophysical subsidiary…

Shearwater delivers Eastern Med 3D data

Oct 18, 2017

Shearwater GeoServices has delivered a 3D Fast Track Pre-Stack Depth Migration (PreSDM) product for Edison International, following the efficient acquisition of a high quality 3D SHarp broadband dataset in the Eastern Mediterranean. Simon Telfer…

FairfieldNodal starts Libra survey

Oct 17, 2017

FairfieldNodal has begun a project to acquire and process high-resolution 3D marine seismic for the Libra consortium led by Petrobras, Total, Shell, China National Petroleum Corp., and CNOOC. The Libra project, FairfieldNodal’s first such project offshore Brazil…

Fairfield to start Trinidad OBN survey

Oct 17, 2017

FairfieldNodal is to start a large Z700 acquisition project offshore Trinidad in late October 2017. FairfieldNodal’s Z700 data acquisition system uses Z700 ocean bottom nodes, which are placed on the seafloor to carry out surveys. Fairfield says the Z700 system is easily deployed…

CGG TopSeis helps reveal Loppa High, Barents Sea

Sep 28, 2017

CGG has successfully completed acquisition of the first-ever full-scale commercial survey using TopSeis, its latest offshore broadband seismic acquisition and imaging solution. The inaugural TopSeis survey was commissioned by Lundin Norway…

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