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Shearwater Wins Total Black Sea Survey

Mar 02, 2020

Norwegian oil and gas exploration service provider Shearwater GeoServices Holding has landed a deal with French player Total to acquire 3D data in the Black Sea, off Bulgaria.According to the technology-driven provider of marine geophysical services…

Polarcus Seismic Vessel Refit Completed

Jan 30, 2020

Portugal’s Navalrocha shipyard said it has completed a multimillion-euro repair and refit project for Dubai-based marine geophysical company Polarcus.The drydock project which completed in January 2020 involved a broad package of work to the…

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,…

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…

Sovcomflot Postpones Vessel Redelivery

Dec 17, 2019

Russian shipping giant Sovcomflot (SCF) will not be returning the Vyacheslav Tikhonov seismic vessel to Polarcus as previously agreed.Polarcus Limited, the UAE-based offshore geophysical company operating a fleet of seismic research vessels worldwide…

Shearwater Bags 4D Seismic Gig in APac

Nov 18, 2019

Shearwater GeoServices, a marine geophysical services company, has been awarded the largest-ever 4D seismic campaign in the Asia/Pacific region covering up to six fields operated by Woodside offshore Australia.According to the 50/50 joint venture between GC Rieber Shipping and Rasmussengruppen  AS…

Shearwater Wins 1st Project in S. America

Sep 17, 2019

Norway-based provider of marine geophysical services, Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a 3D Isometrix seismic survey by Colombia’s Ecopetrol.It will be Shearwater’s first Isometrix survey in Latin America with marine acquisition starting in Q4 2019…

Shearwater to Perform Barents Survey

Sep 10, 2019

Shearwater GeoServices announced on Tuesday it has been awarded a master services agreement by Lundin Norway, and new Isometrix seismic acquisition projects for Lundin and Spirit Energy Norway in the Barents Sea, off the coast of Norway.Both…

SeaBird Faces Delays in Seismic Surveys

Aug 15, 2019

SeaBird Exploration, a global provider of marine 2D and 3D seismic data and associated products and services to the oil and gas industry, has estimated that its ongoing seismic surveys in West Africa and Americas will both be completed about two months later than originally planned…

CGG, Shearwater Partner

Jun 14, 2019

Marine geoscience companies CGG and Shearwater GeoServices earlier this month signed a binding term-sheet for a strategic partnership for marine seismic acquisition services and creation of a new streamer technology company.Under the agreement…

Equinor Awards 4D Seismic Gig to Shearwater

Mar 27, 2019

Shearwater GeoServices announced the award of a 4D seismic survey at the Troll Unit by Equinor AS to be conducted this summer.The company 20% owned by GC Rieber Shipping ASA said that the project adds further to Shearwater’s 4D program in the North Sea and Barents Sea this season…

SCF Redelivers Survey Vessel to Polarcus

Mar 26, 2019

The offshore geophysical company Polarcus  is getting a seismic vessel back early after Russian shipping player Sovcomflot (SCF) exercised an early redelivery option.A press release from the marine geophysical company operating a fleet of seismic…

Seabed Acquisition Seeing Healthier Spend

Feb 08, 2019

The seismic market is rebounding in fits and starts from its low point a year ago, and seabed acquisition is seeing a healthier spend than towed streamer acquisition, according to ION.“The seabed acquisition business was growing well before the downturn…

Polarcus Awarded Middle East Project

Dec 27, 2018

Marine geophysical firm Polarcus Limited announced it has won a contract from Dubai Petroleum Establishment for a combined towed streamer and ocean bottom node (OBN) 3D seismic acquisition and processing project in the Middle East.The project…

Video: PGS debuts Ramform Hyperion

Mar 24, 2017

PGS completed its newbuild program earlier this week, launching the Ramform Hyperion seismic acquisition vessel with a naming ceremony at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipbuilding Co. yard in Nagasaki, Japan. Ramform Hyperion…

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