Rod Starr (photo) was named the CEO of Polarcus, a marine geophysical company, in February 2015, at the time when the oil price was slightly over $50 a barrel, down from over a $100 in mid-2014, after having spent years at TGS-NOPEC (TGS), another Oslo-listed seismic company. We caught him on the ph
Searcher Seismic, an independent multi-client company providing seismic datasets and associated products to the oil & gas industry, has through its Seisintel product range provided a snapshot of global seismic activity in March. Seisintel, launched in August 2015, uses S-Automatic Identification Sys
Magseis, a Norwegian seismic survey company, has been awarded Saudi Aramco’s S78 project for large-scale ocean bottom seismic acquisition in the Red Sea. Magseis won the contract together with its partner BGP. The project has an expected duration of 9 months + 1 year and is expected to start during
Polarcus, an Oslo-listed seismic acquisition specialist, has received a letter of intent for a 3D seismic contract. The company, headquartered in Dubai, did not reveal the identity of the client. Polarcus said that it would be utilizing its RightBAND(TM) technique for broadband data acquisition. Acc
