SeaBird Exploration, a provider of marine acquisition, has entered into an option agreement with TGS Nopec to provide up to 600 vessel days of seismic services. The agreement offers TGS access to one or more SeaBird vessels to perform seismic services on a global basis, SeaBird informed on Monday. T
Multi-client seismic data specialist Spectrum has started the acquisition of a new seismic survey of areas available in the ongoing Norwegian 24th licensing round. Spectrum said on Wednesday that the new Norsel High 3D acquisition comprises of at least 1,600 square kilometers, covering four blocks t
French geophysical company CGG has completed a multi-client 3D seismic survey of the Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 3/04 located in the southern Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. FEL 3/04 is situated in a water depth of 1,500 meters and is located some 200 kilometers off the southwest coast of
Five offshore workers have reportedly been injured after a seismic vessel crashed into an offshore platform in the Caspian Sea. ABC.AZ, citing Socar, Azerbaijan’s national oil company, said the incident happened on Wednesday afternoon with a vessel named Arya 141 involved. According to the company,
Irish oil & gas explorer Petrel Resources is in arbitration with the Australian energy company Woodside Energy due to alleged breach of contract related to a seismic program over a license offshore Ireland. Petrel and Woodside were partners in two Irish Atlantic licenses, FEL 3/14 and FEL 4/14, afte
Thalassa Holdings, a London-listed company, has received what is says is an indication of interest from a party looking to buy its subsidiary WGP Holdings. In a statement on Monday, Thalassa said the interested party, aiming to take a 100 percent of WGP, had started preliminary due diligence and the
Seismic player Shearwater GeoServices has signed a contract to join the Full Wave research consortium as a late participant. Shearwater GeoServices said on Wednesday that the 3D anisotropic FWI code would be incorporated into the company’s OpenCPS seismic processing software for use in advanced mode
PGS, a Norwegian marine seismic player, is seeking funding to test a concept it has developed for “efficient, large-scale collection of plastic in the oceans.” The company also sees this as an opportunity to reactivate its cold-stacked seismic vessels. According to the company, the solution uses the
Engie E&P Norge has awarded Schlumberger’s WesternGeco two contracts for acquisition and processing of towed 4D seismic data in the production license 153, the Gjøa license, in the northern part of the Norwegian North Sea. The acquisition will be performed with the vessel “WesternGeco Magellan”, and
Seismic Apparition, a seismic data acquisition, processing, and imaging services company, has named Robin Walker as its new commercial director. Seismic Apparition said last week that Walker has more than 30 years’ experience in the seismic sector, most of it with WesternGeco and its predecessor com
Seismic data provider SeaBird Exploration has signed a letter of award for 2D work in Northwestern Europe for an undisclosed client, subject to contract. SeaBird said on Monday that the project is due to start in the third quarter of this year and will have a duration of approximately two to three w
Oil exploration and production company Aker BP has awarded a framework contract to Schlumberger for acquisition of 4D seismic data. The framework contract has a duration of four years, with an option for 2+2 years. The contract includes WesternGeco marine acquisition of 4D seismic data over the Aker
Polarcus, an Oslo-listed marine seismic acquisition company, has delivered its Polarcus Amani seismic vessel to Russia’s Sovcomflot, as per an agreement announced in February. Polarcus has signed the charter deal for the vessel with Sovcomflot, and the vessel was delivered to Sovcomflot on Friday in
Norwegian seismic data acquisition company TGS is undertaking a new multi-client acquisition project, Crean 3D on the Irish Atlantic Margin. Crean 3D (CRN 3D) is a multi-client survey of more than 5,400 square kilometers located in the South Porcupine Basin between the Porcupine High and the Irish M
