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Polarcus Kicks Off Australia Survey

Jan 20, 2020

Polarcus has begun the latest phase of the Cygnus regional multi-client 3D survey in the Vulcan Sub-basin, offshore north-west Australia, the marine geophysical company announced on Monday.The 1,500-square-kilometer Phase 3 South survey, covering the Skua…

NPD Meets Seismic Industry Players

Jan 19, 2020

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) recently hosted the very first joint regulatory authority meeting for the seismic industry on coexistence between industries at sea.Representatives from the NPD, the Directorate of Fisheries and the Institute of Marine Research participated from the authorities…

Axxis Geo Starts Middle East Survey

Jan 17, 2020

Seismic data acquisition company Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has begun a 3D ocean bottom node survey in the Middle East.'The work has now commenced and will continue through most of the first quarter of 2020,' Oslo-listed seismic survey company said…

Polarcus Vessel Stays With Sovcomflot

Jan 14, 2020

Russian offshore vessel owner Sovcomflot will keep Polarcus’ Vyacheslav Tikhonov seismic vessel contracted for longer than previously agreed.The marine seismic vessel owner Polarcus had in December 2019 said that Sovcomflot would redeliver it the vessel on January 15…

Polarcus: Client Cancels Seismic Project in Asia Pacific

Mar 16, 2020

Seismic data acquisition company Polarcus has lost a seismic acquisition contract for a project in the Asia Pacific region.The company in December said it had been awarded a four-month marine seismic survey project in the Asia Pacific region with an unnamed client…

Eidesvik Offshore Duo in 4-Month Charter with Seabed Geosolutions

Feb 19, 2020

Offshore supply vessel operator Eidesvik Offshore has signed a deal to provide two of its vessels to the seismic company Seabed Geosolutions.The Norwegian vessel owner said Wednesday it would, under the contracts, provide the seismic source…

TGS Q4 Revenue Misses Forecast

Jan 09, 2020

Norway's TGS, a supplier of seismic data to the global oil industry, reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue on Thursday.So-called net segment revenue hit $230 million for the October-December period, while analysts on average had expected revenue of $257 million…

Shearwater Takes Over CGG Seismic Vessels

Jan 09, 2020

Norwegian seismic vessel giant Shearwater has completed the strategic vessel transaction with the French seismic company CGG following an agreement signed in June 2019. The transaction includes the takeover of five high-end seismic vessels,…

SeaBird signs Asia survey LoA

Jan 09, 2020

Oslo-listed marine seismic acquisition firm SeaBird Exploration has secured a letter of award for a survey in Asia.In a brief statement issued Thursday, Seabird kept details scarce. The company said the survey would begin at the end of Q1 and was expected to be completed in Q2 2020…

Equinor, Lundin Tap Shearwater for 4D Surveys

Jan 09, 2020

Norwegian seismic player Shearwater has signed letters of intent with Equinor for three 4D towed streamer projects by Equinor. Apart from the Equinor LoIs, Shearwater has secured 4D Ocean Bottom Seismic (OBS) project with Lundin Norway for the 2020 North Sea summer season…

Shearwater GeoServices Bags Gambia 3D Gig

Jan 07, 2020

The provider of 3D marine seismic data, imaging products, and data processing software solutions, Shearwater Geoservices has been awarded a 3D Isometrix seismic acquisition project by FAR Gambia Ltd (FAR).According to a press release from the…

Axxis Geo Secures Middle East Gig

Dec 31, 2019

Norwegian ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic company Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has signed the contract for the 3D OBN seismic acquisition survey in the Middle East following the securing of a letter of intent for the project in September.The work…

SeaBird Bags Contract Extension

Mar 02, 2020

The global provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data Seabird Exploration announced that it has secured an extension for the charter contract of its research vessel Petrel Explorer.The charter period will now be fixed until 31 May 2020…

Axxis to Begin OBN Survey in North Sea

Feb 24, 2020

Norwegean provider of shipping services Axxis Geo Solutions ASA (AGS) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with a major international oil company to commence an Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) survey in the North Sea.Subject to fulfillment of certain conditions…

Repsol Awards Seismic Survey to Shearwater

Dec 18, 2019

Norwegian survey contractor Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS announced the award of hybrid node and towed streamer seismic survey by Repsol Oil & Gas Malaysia Limited.The survey is scheduled for Q1 2020 and is expected to take 2 months to complete…

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