Nabirm announced that in conjunction with its partner, NAMCOR (10%) that it has concluded the interpretation of a 2D seismic survey on Block 2113A located in the Walvis basin, offshore Namibia, by US-based ION Geophysics. The license…
GeoPartners, in partnership with MAGE, Seabird Exploration and DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG), has announced the completion of the acquisition of a new Ireland/UK multi-client 2D seismic survey. This is the first broadband long offset cross border survey of its kind…
Image: PNG seismic/ Searcher Seismic Searcher Seismic has announced the Haere 2D Seismic Survey offshore Papua New Guinea (PNG). The survey, in cooperation with the Department of Petroleum and Energy (DPE) and project partner BGP…
A UK Government funded project to acquire new seismic data over underexplored areas of the North Sea in a bid to boost exploration in the basin has completed. The £20 million program saw WesternGeco acquire 20,000km of new 2D seismic shot over 200…
CGG announced that it has been appointed as technical consultant by the Gabonese Republic’s Ministry of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons to help with the promotion of its 11th Licensing Round focusing on five highly prospective deepwater blocks…
The geoscience segment of the offshore oil and gas industry was first to be hit, when oil prices took a nose dive from 2H last year. Results from two of the main geoscience players this morning confirm a broad industry outlook that the pain is set to continue well into 2016…
CGG received all necessary permits to start acquiring the industry’s first regional broadband seismic survey of the Barreirinhas basin in the Equatorial Margin of northern Brazil in early November. Oceanic Vega…
TGS announced that it has acquired 46,500km (25%) of the 186,000km 2D seismic project, Gigante. The survey is being acquired with four Seabird vessels and the fifth vessel, m/v Aquila, will join the survey in early November. Gigante…
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…
Australia’s National Offshore Titles Authority (NOPTA) granted Bass Strait Oil Co. a 12-month suspension and extension for the work program and permit term or its 100% owned and operated VIC/P68 permit offshore Australia. Map of Vic/P68…
The Global offshore support vessels industry is estimated to grow from US$39.4 billion in 2014 to $69.34 billion by the end of 2020 at a CAGR of 9.88%, according to a new report by Mordor Intelligence on the Global Offshore Support Vessel Market…
Resource assessments of the 2015 license round area for offshore Newfoundland and Labrador shows the potential to hold 12 billion bbl and 113 Tcf of gas in place, according to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nalcor Energy and Beicip-Franlab…
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…
Shreeram Lom, Aaron Rampersad, and Juan Martínez, of Repsol, discuss the Perla field development, which came online offshore Venezuela in July. Fig. 1: Topside. Images from Repsol. The Perla field…
Image: silver-eye/Searcher Seismic Searcher Seismic announced that the acquisition of the Silver-Eye 3D seismic survey in the Hammerfest Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea is now complete. The…
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