Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has completed the Bréanann 3D seismic acquisition program, in the northern Porcupine Basin offshore Ireland, for the Australian energy company Woodside. Around 1,400km2 of the Bréanann seismic survey is directly over or around FEL 3/14. Woodside is the operator of licens
Marine seismic acquisition company Polarcus has received a letter of intent for a 3D marine seismic acquisition in Europe. The seismic company said on Friday that it will be utilizing its XArray multiple source acquisition method to deliver the broadband dataset. This will be the company’s eighth XA
Spectrum is starting an 1,800 km2 Multi Client 3D seismic survey offshore Norway in the Western Barents Sea. Spectrum said on Thursday that the new survey, designed based on interest from industry will tie and complement Spectrum’s existing 3D surveys in the area. When completed the combined coverag
Two seismic players, TGS and Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), have agreed on principal terms and conditions for jointly acquiring the majority of the multi-client library of Dolphin UK Ltd. According to a statement on Wednesday, the parties expect to enter into a definitive agreement for the acquisitio
Seismic explorer SeaBird Exploration will acquire a long offset 2D multi-client survey in the Barents Sea. According to the company’s statement on Friday, SeaBird and oil company Lundin Norway have jointly designed this survey of deep seismic profiles to be acquired in the Barents Sea during Septemb
Seismic explorer SeaBird Exploration will buy the vessel Hawk Explorer and its seismic equipment. The Hawk Explorer has been a chartered vessel in the company’s fleet since 2006. Under the purchase agreement, SeaBird will pay $1.1 million for the vessel and its seismic equipment. Also, SeaBird will
UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded two contracts worth more than £2.5 million for 15,000 kilometers of reprocessed multi-client 2D seismic data in six areas around the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). OGA said on Wednesday that the contracts were awarded to Schlumberger WesternGeco and DownUnd
Norway’s GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a charter agreement for seismic acquisition and seismic QC services, with Russia’s Sovcomflot subsidiary OOO SCF Geo. The job will utilize the 22-streamer ice-classed vessel Polar Empress. The job is estimated to take about two months and the mobilization
China’s marine seismic company COSL has completed what it says is China’s first geophysical exploration in Arctic waters. To make it a bit clearer, it is not that China has somehow managed to expand its territorial claims to the Arctic Circle, but rather, the news is that this is the first Chinese v
China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL), a Chinese offshore services provider, has completed its first exploration operation in the Far East. COSL informed in early June it won a seismic acquisition contract in the “Far East” but did not reveal the name of the client nor the exact location of the sur
Offshore and subsea shipping company Siem Offshore has agreed to extend the current charter period for the vessel Hugin Explorer. Siem said on Thursday that the extension of the charter is for an additional 15 months taking the firm period of the charter up to July 1, 2019. The financial details of
Magseis, a Norwegian geophysical company, has selected acoustic positioning equipment from Sonardyne to support its upcoming deepwater ocean bottom seismic survey of the Red Sea. Sonardyne said on Monday that the S78 project will begin in July and last for nine months with the company collaborating
UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded contracts for the second UK Government funded £20 million ($26.6M) seismic campaign to promote underexplored areas of UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) PGS and WesternGeco have been awarded the contracts to acquire seismic data from the East Shetland Platform a
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is selling 3D seismic data from an area southeast of Troll field, block 31/5 as well as a small part of Block 31/4, located in the North Sea. The NPD, a government agency whose task is to manage the oil and gas resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, a
