UTEC Survey has completed a significant ROV navigation and seismic node positioning project in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The project, for seismic nodal technology firm FairfieldNodal, was undertaken in 2425m water depth. It involved…
Norwegian offshore technology company inApril has won its first commercial agreement, worth US$25-30 million for Venator, its node-based seabed seismic acquisition system. In development since 2012, the Venator node-on-a-rope system…
Norwegian seismic firm PGS has started a new 3D seismic program in the Porcupine Basin offshore Ireland for Woodside. The Bréanann 3D seismic program started 27 June on Frontier Exploration License 3/14, says license partner Petrel. The total program is over 2400sq km…
TGS has started the Northwest Shelf Renaissance 2D seismic survey offshore North West Australia. The survey consists of approximately 8000km of long offset, broadband 2D seismic data as well as magnetic and gravity data. The survey is…
PGS’s newest Ramform Titan-class survey vessel, the Ramform Tethys,has made her first project a new world towing record by drawing the world's largest seismic spread. Image of the Ramford Tethys…
Saudi Aramco made five new oil and gas field discoveries, including one offshore field, and continued its exploration in the Red Sea in 2015. The Kingdom now has a total 134 discovered oil and gas fields. One of the latest was the Faskar offshore field…
MEO Australia’s Beehive has shown “very encouraging results” following seismic reprocessing and inversion study over prospect in WA-488-P, offshore Australia. The seismic inversion results have reinforced the interim reprocessing results…
Dr. Lena Wilson, chief executive of Scottish Enterprise and chair of Scotland’s Energy Jobs Taskforce, is leading the first ever delegation of Scottish companies to Myanmar in a bid to identify trade, investment and collaboration opportunities in the market…
Despite depressed oil prices, the Gabonese 11th deepwater licensing round has generated considerable interest from both international oil companies (IOC’s) and newcomers alike, encouraged by the success of exploration in the conjugate margin offshore Brazil…
Australian operator Carnarvon Petroleum has acquired 100% of WA-523-P Australia’s North West Shelf (NWS). Carnarvon says the area offers it a great opportunity at a low cost, given today's oil price environment. In total, within about 40km around WA-523-P…
CGG GeoSoftware launched Jason 9.5, the latest version of its advanced reservoir characterization software that adds many new capabilities including depth inversion, broadband reservoir characterization and anisotropic inversion. These additions…
Woodside and partner Petrel Resources have received environmental approvals from the Department of Communications, Climate Change, & Natural Resources (formerly the Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources) earlier this month…
TGS is expanding its multi-client library offshore Eastern Canada, with plans to acquire approximately 2000sq km of 3D seismic data, in partnership with PGS. The survey will be acquired utilizing the PGS GeoStreamer technology. Data acquisition will commence during the summer season 2016…
China's China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL) has been awarded a contract for 3D seismic acquisition covering a total area of over 4000sq km in Arctic waters. The contract is COSL's 'first great order' for 3D seismic operations in Arctic waters…
GC Rieber Shipping firm Dolphin Geophysical has entered into an agreement for seismic acquisition and processing services offshore the Romanian coast of the Black Sea. The agreement includes the delivery of a fast track 3D volume, for Black Sea Oil & Gas and its co-venture partners…