Dolphin Geophysical has received confirmation from the Export Control Division of the Norwegian Foreign Department that the recently announced contract in the Kara Sea is not subject to the current trade restrictive measures against Russia…
German company RWE Dea has been awarded two offshore blocks in the Gulf of Suez in Egypt’s international bid round. The new RWE Dea licences in the Gulf of Suez Map from Dea RWE will become…
GeoPartners, in partnership with Seabird Exploration Multi-Client and DownUnder GeoSolutions, has announced a new multiclient 2D (MC2D) seismic project in the Frontier UK Rockall Basin offshore the north west coast of Scotland. The Rockall…
Brazil could be poised to become one of the largest oil producers in the world, according to senior executives speaking at this year’s Rio Oil and Gas conference. Monday’s Shell luncheon at the event offered an outlook on the changes…
CGG has been awarded contracts for the 3D seismic acquisition of four major surveys using its BroadSeisTM with BroadSourceTM, marine broadband technology. The four surveys represent a total contract value of over US$80 million. Three…
As Petroleum Geo-Services looks to further streamline its operations and cut costs, the company is stacking and considering scrapping or selling two vessels, and selling its PGS Khazar joint venture. PGS says the cuts, along with other initiatives…
Hansa Hydrocarbons hopes to start drilling in 2016 after completing a 3D seismic survey across '4Quads' licenses in blocks G18, H16, M3 and N1, offshore Netherlands. The survey covered about 965sq km, 40 km to the north of the Wadden…
Dolphin Geophysical is to acquire and process a 7000sq km SHarp Broadband 3D survey offshore Senegal under a contract with Kosmos Energy. The Dolphin high-capacity 3D vessel Polar Duchess (pictured) has started operations and it will take about four months to complete…
KrisEnergy Ltd. reported that the S.V. Nordic Bahari vessel began a 2D seismic survey in the Sakti production sharing contract (PSC) offshore East Java, Indonesia. The acquisition program, which will acquire 1200km of data, was awarded to PT…
Norway's Statoil and Nicaragua's DNP-Petronic signed a cooperation agreement for future oil and gas activities offshore Nicaragua's Pacific coast, it was announced on 3 September 2014. Statoil says that the consortium (Statoil and…
Dolphin Geophysical has been awarded an industry first ever 16 streamer 3D seismic contract for an undisclosed client in the Kara Sea. The contract has a duration of approximately three months and will start in Q2 2015. Dolphin will…
Polarcus says JSC Dalmorneftegeophysica (DMNG), which has a joint cooperation agreement with Polarcus, has entered into a contract for 3D marine seismic acquisition services for a major energy company offshore Sakhalin. The program, requiring two Polarcus A-Class vessels…
Dolphin Geophysical has been awarded a contract for the acquisition and processing of a 7000sq km SHarp Broadband 3D survey off Senegal by Kosmos Energy. The Dolphin high-capacity 3D vessel Polar Duchess has commenced operations, which will be completed in approximately four months…
Norway's Magseis has been awarded a contract by Hess Denmark for seabed seismic acquisition in the southern part of the North Sea using the company’s proprietary MASS system and the Artemis Athene. The duration of the contract is estimated…
As its bid licensing round is delayed again, will Lebanon’s offshore industry ever take off? Sarah Parker Musarra analyzes the current situation and explores the history of the troubled country. In April, Lebanon once again delayed its…
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