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Visuray shows VR90

Nov 17, 2015

In this video, Visuray shows its VR90 tool, which uses X-ray technology to visualize in detail downhole hardware and borehole objects. The improved visibility allows oil companies to plan well interventions that address these issues precisely and efficiently…

Visuray completes first commercial well operation

Nov 17, 2015

Visuray announced a first commercial application of their X-ray wireline technology for downhole imaging in wells filled with opaque fluid. In a well, managed by TAQA Energy in Holland, Visuray’s VR90 tool successfully imaged the top of a coiled tubing disconnect with millimeter accuracy…

Ashtead invests in underwater technology

Oct 28, 2015

Image: Chris Echols/Ashtead Technology Ashtead Technology invested more than US$300,000 in the latest generation of visual inspection tools for deep sea exploration. The investment…

Schlumberger launches Mexican deepwater seismic survey

Aug 10, 2015

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…

Energean completes 3D survey

Jul 16, 2015

Image: seismic vessel/ Energean Mediterranean and North Africa-focused Energean Oil & Gas completed a new 3D seismic survey over the Prinos oil field and its surrounding licenses, in the Gulf of Kavala…

Gullfaks subsea compression gets wet - photos and video

Jul 03, 2015

Statoil installed the first subsea wet gas compressor in the world at the Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea after a successful offshore campaign (see video below).  Image: Seaway Heavy Lifting's Oleg Strashnov carrying the protective structure…

Schlumberger to offer depth domain inversion services

Jun 24, 2015

Schlumberger has launched depth domain inversion services, which is used by petrotechnical for reliability and consistency in seismic structural and quantitative interpretation in complex environments.  Performing seismic inversion in…

Schlumberger completes GOM shoot

Mar 23, 2015

Schlumberger has completed the acquisition of about 2750sq km of two new full-azimuth multiclient seismic surveys over the Garden Banks and Green Canyon areas in the Gulf of Mexico. Both shoots are the initial phase of the Revolution X and Revolution XI surveys and will provide full-azimuth…

eInfochips accelerates image processing with NVIDIA GPUs

Mar 18, 2015

eInfochips’ seismic imaging solution software achieved a 25x performance gain on a GPU-accelerated system, compared to a standard CPU-based system. The company says that this solution for Kirchoff seismic imaging algorithms will provide…

CGG starts Carnarvon seismic campaign

Mar 02, 2015

CGG has started acquiring the Davros 3D BroadSeis and BroadSource multi-client survey in the Northern Carnarvon Basin on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. Covering in excess of 11,000sq km, Davros is the largest seismic survey ever to be acquired by CGG in the Asia-Pacific region…

FEI introduces HeliScan MicroCT

Feb 20, 2015

FEI introduced its new HeliScan microCT advanced imaging system during the grand opening of its Digital Rock Lab in Houston. Raw tomogram image (no post processing) of Austin Chalk formation highlighting 1…

Teledyne buys Bowtech

Feb 04, 2015

Teledyne Technologies has acquired Aberdeen-based Bowtech Products through its UK-based subsidiary. Bowtech designs and manufactures harsh underwater environment vision systems. Founded in 1989, Bowtech is a leading supplier of rugged…

QinetiQ acquires processing capability

Nov 21, 2014

QinetiQ has acquired the seismic processing and imaging capability of SR2020 Inc. for up to US$1.7 million. The deal, completed yesterday (20 November), will accelerate the development of QinetiQ subsidiary OptaSense by providing it with…

Rich pickings in CNS says CGG

Nov 19, 2014

French seismic firm CGG says the UK’s central North Sea is still rich in opportunities for the development and discovery of new fields, despite its relative maturity and the challenges is poses around seismic imaging, especially in the deep…

COMESA, Paradigm partner in seismic data processing center

Oct 27, 2014

Mexico seismic services company COMESA selected Paradigm as a strategic partner for its new seismic data processing center. Through the use of Paradigm software solutions for seismic processing and imaging, subsurface modeling and reservoir characterization…

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