The oil and gas industry must rely on technology, collaboration and several industries, including academia to excel in the advances of emerging offshore technology trends, BP Chief Operating Officer of Reservoir Development and IT&S James…
Chariot Oil & Gas and partners secured a one-year extension on its current exploration phase of the C-19 license offshore Mauritania, North Africa. Map from Chariot. As part of the extension…
For Shell, exploration isn’t just about the seismic, it’s about joining up the petabytes’ worth of seismic dots between its global team of experts. Meg Chesshyre reports. Subsurface imaging, but…
Anglo-Australian multinational mining, metals and petroleum company BHP Billiton has signed exploration licenses for two offshore Barbados blocks in what could be a return to drilling off the Caribbean Island. BHP is reported to be the…
This year’s OTC Spotlight Awards showcases innovation in offshore seismic, drilling, subsea operations, inspection, performance maintenance and monitoring, and more. Congratulations to the recipients! MultiNode…
Ophir Energy is to commission 2D and 3D seismic with a view to drilling on 2016-17 on four deepwater production sharing contracts (PSCs) in Indonesia it has now acquired from Niko Resources. Image from Ophir…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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