London-based explorer Sterling Energy started a 1250sq km 3D seismic survey on the Ambilobe Block, offshore Madagascar. The acquisition is being undertaken by CGG Services, on behalf of the Ambilobe Block joint venture partners, and completion is expected within 45-50 days…
IPB Petroleum has entered the secondary term of its WA-424-P exploration permit as operator with a 100% working interest. The company applied and has received approval from the Joint Authority for a variation of the permit’s secondary term work program (permit years 4 to 6 inclusive)…
Norwegian geoscience firm Spectrum entered into a cooperation agreement with US oilfield services giant Schlumberger to acquire 50% ownership in Spectrum's Pelotas multiclient program. The cooperation agreement includes more than 30,000km…
The last few years have seen significant advances in reservoir modeling technology, aiming at removing some of the critical bottlenecks in underlying work processes. Ingrid Aarnes. Given…
Houston-based BPZEnergy says it has started a reinterpretation of all Albacora well and seismic data after finding no oil in its latest well on the offshore Peru field. The firm is currently operating under provisions of Chapter 11 of…
The National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator approved MEO Australia and the WA-454-P joint venture’s application to extend the work permit program by six months off Western Australia. The December 2015 extension is to provide…
Norway-based geoscience firm TGS signed a joint venture agreement with Dolphin Geophysical to acquire 4500sq km of 3D multi-client seismic survey over the western part of the Hammerfest basin in the Barents Sea. The survey will provide…
Mitra Energy’s Vietnam subsidiary began a 3D seismic survey acquisition offshore Vietnam at Block 127 that will cover a full-fold area of 533sq km. Map of Block 127. From Mitra. The…
Providence Resources Plc reports that 3D seismic of its Druid exploration prospect in Frontier Exploration License 2/14 in the southern Porcupine Basin, found about 220km offshore southwest Ireland in 2500m water depth, looks encouraging…
Northern Petroleum announced that the environmental impact assessments (EIA) for its three remaining exploration permit applications in the southern Adriatic have been approved. These approvals are in addition to the two EIA approvals for exploration permit applications announced on 10 June 2015…
Most of the Mexican side of the Gulf of Mexico remains unexplored. Dan McConnell explores the geotechnical knowns and unknowns in the basin. Acquiring geotechnical data for platform foundation design in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche…
OE’s Audrey Leon spoke with Dr. Bruno de Ribet, a geophysicist and technology global director at Paradigm, about the opening of Mexico’s oil and gas industry and what effects it will have on both the country’s seismic scene. Please explain…
Apache Energy’s Phoenix area off Western Australia is estimated to contain 48-232 MMbbl of contingent and prospective recoverable oil, according to an independent technical advisor. Map from Carnarvon…
Ikon Science announced the agreement for the commercial licensing of CoViz Lite, developed by California based Dynamic Graphics, Inc., as part of its RokDoc software packages to create a new RokDoc state-of-the-art visualization system. 4D…
Polarcus has secured further industry prefunding enabling the expansion of the Capreolus 3D multi-client project offshore Australia. The additional pre-funding will see the survey expand northwards with an additional 7130sq km to be covered…
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