CGGVeritas has initiated acquisition on the first 3D multi-client program that uses BroadSeisTM, its superior broadband marine solution. Located in the Central North Sea, Quad 29 Phase 1 covers 2,100 km² and is being acquired by the CGGVeritas Oceanic Challenger operating with a 10 x 75 x 6000 m lon
TGS commences the acquisition of multi-client 3D seismic data in the Hoop Fault Complex area of the Barents Sea. This survey is an extension of the previously announced Hoop Fault Complex survey and will add 1,800 km2 to the existing data in the area. Approximately 500 km2 of the survey are infill i
Bahamas Petroleum, the oil and gas exploration company with offshore licence permits in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, announces that it has signed a contract with Fugro N.V. (“Fugro”) to undertake a high resolution seabed survey on the Company’s licence area. The survey will begin in early June;
Apply Sørco, a company owned by Apply ASA, has been awarded the contract on Statoil’s Gullfaks C platform for topside modifications regarding replacement of production pipelines for the Tordis field. The work includes engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of two 10″ pipelines with v
In the 2nd Indonesian International Bid Round 2010, Eni has been awarded the 100% participation interest and operatorship of Block Arguni I located on and offshore in the West Papua Province, Eastern Indonesia. The Block Arguni I covers an area of 5,386 square km in the Bintuni Basin, a mainly gas p
Kreuz Holdings Limited , a subsea service provider for the oil and gas industry, announced that it has secured contract wins for various subsea works to be performed in Indonesia and Thailand. The contracts totaled approximately US$44 million of which approximately US$12 million are from a third-par
Joint efforts by Inocean and scientists at University of Gothenburg could restore life to the Baltic Sea through the Baltic Deepwater Oxygenation project. Based on research performed by Professor Anders Stigebrandt at the University of Gothenburg, engineers at Inocean under the management of Vice Pr
As from 16 May 2011 Seatec has been taken over by the investment company Value Enhancement Partners from Amsterdam. This company will obtain a majority share and will be supported by the previous owners. For this reason the company name is changed into “Seatec Seamergo Subsea Systems B.V” Seatec wil
ORE Offshore (an affiliate of EdgeTech) announces three new configurations of their underwater acoustic tracking systems. The bundled USBL systems are based on the Broadband Acoustic Tracking System (BATS) product line. These specially priced solutions, configured specifically for: Shallow water, Mi
The European Union (EU) funded project ECO2 to evaluate the potential impact of sub-seabed carbon dioxide (CO2) leakage from storage sites on marine ecosystems has now been launched. 27 project partners from nine nations will study existing sub-seabed storage sites in the Norwegian North Sea and the
DNV has signed an agreement with the Swedish Transmission Research Institute (STRI) in an effort to meet the increasing market demand for advanced solutions for power transmission in the offshore and wind energy sectors. “There are two fundamental drivers behind the decision to collaborate,” says Kj
CGGVeritas announced that it has been granted a seismic permit in the Gulf of Mexico. Based on the award of this permit, CGGVeritas is currently in discussions with various E&P companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico to finalize the design of a new multi-client program. The program will utilize Br
Dolphin Geophysical AS has reached agreement with LOTOS Exploration & Production Norge AS, acting as Operator on behalf of the License Group in PL 503, for the acquisition of a 1563 square km of 3D Seismic in the North Sea. The project will be acquired with Dolphin fleet’s recent addition, the M/V A
CGGVeritas announced that it has completed a BroadSeis seismic survey in Brunei Darussalam for Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn. Bhd. (BSP). BroadSeis, the new CGGVeritas broadband marine solution, combines Sercel Sentinel solid streamers, a unique variable-depth towing configuration and a proprie
