Norwegian seismic company PGS has secured a 3D exploration contract in the Mediterranean that will take place through the winter season. The Ramform Titan is scheduled to mobilize for the survey in December and the contract has a total duration of approximately 160 days. “We are very pleased with th
Norway’s TGS has secured an extension of a contract offshore Norway, as well as a new contract with a repeat customer in the Gulf of Mexico. TGS secured a four-year extension to a proprietary reservoir monitoring and source acquisition contract in Norway, with a further option to extend by another t
Aker BP and OMV have completed the acquisition of a 3D seismic survey over their carbon capture and storage (CCS) license area in the Norwegian North Sea. Norwegian seismic company PGS with its vessel Ramform Atlas carried out the campaign over the Poseidon CCS license located approximately 100 kilo
Seismic signals have been recorded in the vicinity of the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia, indicating a possible explosion had occurred around the time an unusual drop in pressure was observed. To remind, Balticconnector was shut down at midnight on October 8 after Finnish a
Norway’s Argeo and Shearwater GeoServices have entered a strategic alliance with the aim of innovating and pioneering new technology and products across the subsea and ocean bottom node (OBN) markets. The collaboration aims to drive innovation across all relevant sectors and markets, including the d
Norwegian seismic companies PGS and TGS are merging their businesses to create what they say will be a full-service geophysical data company, pursuing potential in new energy with complementary technology offerings for carbon capture and storage (CCS) and offshore wind. TGS and PGS agreed on the pri
Sercel, a CGG group company, has unveiled a data-driven solution for marine seismic survey planning and management related to E&P projects.
PGS, together with JV consortium partners TGS and SLB, has secured pre-funding to expand the multi-client 3D coverage in the Sarawak Basin, offshore Malaysia, which supports the rising interest in oil and gas exploration within this region.
TGS is pooling resources with Apparition Geoservices GmbH, thanks to a new long-term collaboration agreement.
Cyprus-headquartered seismic firm SeaBird Exploration has secured a two-year contract with a repeat client for services spanning several projects in the Western Hemisphere. Seabird reported on 14 July that it had signed a Letter of Award (LoA) for ocean bottom node (OBN) source services, with the co
Marine geophysical services provider PXGEO has secured a contract with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras for a 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey offshore Brazil. The survey will be acquired in the Campos Basin at water depths of 2,300 meters. According to PXGEO, the duration of the w
Norwegian seismic company TGS is planning to carry out the first 2D-cubed project offshore Brazil, a technology said to enable the transformation of 2D data into a 3D volume that can be interpreted on a regional scale. The Amazonia Azul 2D-cubed project represents an expansion of TGS’ multi-client d
PXGEO and Saab have developed what is said to be a next-generation ocean bottom node (OBN) handling system in a push to make offshore seismic data acquisition fully autonomous. According to the partners, the next-generation MantaRay OBN handling system uses hovering autonomous underwater vehicles (H
Oslo-headquartered seismic company PGS has secured a 3D exploration acquisition contract in the Mediterranean with an undisclosed company. Seismic vessel Ramform Hyperion is in charge of carrying out the work and is set to mobilize for the survey late in the third quarter of 2023. According to PGS,
