The Rolls-Royce designed 14-streamer seismic vessel, PXGEO 2, has been delivered to marine seismic acquisition company PXGEO Seismic Services, which started its mobilisation for a 4D seismic survey.
PXGEO Seismic Services has entered into binding agreement to acquire Vyacheslav Tikhonov vessel from its current owner Polarcus, subject to the sanction of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Norwegian seismic company SeaBird Exploration has secured its first contract in the offshore wind sector. SeaBird will provide its survey vessel Petrel Explorer as an accommodation vessel for a wind farm maintenance campaign in the Baltic Sea. The company did not disclose the name of the project, bu
ION has finalised plans to launch the second phase of its North Sea 3D multi-client program, selecting Shearwater GeoServices again to acquire the survey data.
Norwegian seismic player PGS has been awarded a high-fidelity 3D exploration program by a supermajor offshore Egypt.
The UK-based Geowynd has signed a framework agreement with Sea and Land Project Engineering (SLPE) for the provision of advanced soil modelling. In recent months, the UK geotechnical consulting firm supported SLPE on 7 wind farm project developments in Europe and America. Geowynd did not disclose th
Norway’s Equinor has entered into framework agreements with PGS and Shearwater GeoServices for 4D towed streamer seismic acquisition on the Norwegian continental shelf. The two-year firm deal is starting in 2021, with two additional two-year options and can also be applied for the UK continental she
Seismic player SeaBird has applied for admission to trading for its wholly-owned subsidiary Green Minerals on Euronext Growth Oslo. As informed earlier, the move is part of a funding plan to raise minimum NOK 30 million from the issuance of new ordinary shares in the company, representing up to 25 p
CGG has contracted Shearwater GeoServices for the phase two of its Northern Viking Graben multi-client 3D survey in the Northern North Sea. The new survey will expand on the phase one acquisition initiated in 2020. It will add a second azimuth over CGG’s existing Northern Viking Graben 3D survey and
Oslo-listed seismic player TGS has appointed Jan Schoolmeesters as head of New Energy Solutions (NES) business unit, established to pursue opportunities related to the energy transition. In February this year, TGS launched New Energy Solutions (NES). In a statement back then, the company said it aim
Norwegian seismic player PGS is bringing back in action two of its vessels after experiencing an increase of acquisition project activity. Based on project awards so far, the Oslo-listed firm said it has started preparations to reactivate Ramform Vanguard for the summer season. PGS completed the sta
Norwegian shipowner Solstad Offshore said Thursday it has inked contracts for two of its subsea construction vessels (CSVs) in the renewables and seismic sectors. The CSV Normand Fortress has secured a contract with UK-based contractor Manor Renewable Energy for operation on a UK wind farm. The cont
UK-based subsea major TechnipFMC has appointed Sophie Zurquiyah, chief executive officer of French-based geophysical services company CGG, to its board of directors and audit committee. The appointment will become effective 1 April 2021. Zurquiyah, 54, has served as CEO at CGG since 2018. She joined
Shearwater has secured an ocean bottom seismic 4D survey for Aker BP at the Ivar Aasen field. According to seismic exploration company, the OBS project in the Norwegian North Sea, has a duration of approximately one month. The survey will commence in Q2 2021 and will employ Shearwater’s multi-purpos
