Oil and gas exploration company Chariot Oil & Gas has revealed that its Lixus license offshore Morocco, which contains the undeveloped Anchois gas discovery, could potentially hold more gas than previously thought.
PGS and Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG) have signed an agreement under which OFG has acquired the exclusive rights to use the hardware, software and intellectual property associated with the PGS towed streamer CSEM system. Oslo-listed PGS receives shares in Canada-based OFG as settlement for the transa
Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with an undisclosed international oil company. The late sale is related to the company’s OBN seismic data library over Utsira in Norway. The Utsira OBN seismic data library is now in its final stage of data processing. Processing
Magseis Fairfield has received a conditional Letter of Award (LOA) from an undisclosed multi-client company for Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) survey in the Gulf of Mexico. The survey, with a duration of four months, is anticipated to start in the beginning of April 2021. It further extends the backlog for
Shearwater GeoServices has announced a new 3D seismic acquisition award for ION Geophysical’s UK Mid North Sea High (“MNSH”) program. The MNSH is one of the last remaining underexplored regions on the UK Continental Shelf and a recent well confirmed one of the first new plays in recent years. The ve
Turkey is carrying on with its exploration attempts in a disputed area of the East Mediterranean until mid-September which tensed up the relationship between Ankara and Athens even further.
ASX-listed high-performance computing experts DUG Technology and Norwegian energy giant Equinor have signed a multi-year deal covering seismic processing and imaging technology. Under the deal, Equinor will replace existing third-party technology with an integrated solution using DUG McCloud, a plat
US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) acting under secretary Cordell Hull has issued a final order imposing a $31,4 million penalty on Singapore based Nordic Maritime and its chairman, Morten Innhaug. The order imposing a civil penalty followed an earlier decision to impose a 15 year denial order
Shearwater GeoServices has received an award for a large towed streamer 3D acquisition and fast track processing project by Total in Mauritania.
Shearwater GeoServices has received an award by CGG for a 3D survey in Norway. The Northern Viking Graben (NVG) multi-client survey, which has already started, will take approximately one month to complete. The survey is being conducted by the SW Amundsen. “We are pleased to see this award which wil
Polarcus has secured an XArray 3D marine seismic acquisition project in West Africa. The project is planned to start in October 2020. The project is expected to have a duration of approximately two months. Polarcus XArray is an innovative acquisition configuration developed by Polarcus to deliver su
TGS has started a pioneering sparse ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Atlantic Margin off the coast of mid Norway. This initial study phase is being conducted primarily to provide proof of concept ahead of anticipated further survey proposals to further highlight hydrocarbon potential in the reg
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) plans to open a tender for the collection and processing of hydroacoustic and seismic data for the N-9 and N-10 wind areas in the North Sea. Through the tender, expected to be launched in October, BSH will seek services related to geophysical
Shearwater GeoServices has received an award for a towed streamer 3D acquisition by SK Innovation, the operator of Vietnam Block 16-2. “This will be Shearwater’s first seismic survey in Vietnam and our first project for our new client SK Innovation”, said Irene Waage Basili, the CEO of Shearwater Ge
