Norwegian Ocean Bottom Seismic services provider Magseis saw its revenues rise to $19.4 million in the second quarter, boosted by work in Saudi Arabia and Norway. The company said its survey in with the Artemis Athene vessel in the Red Sea, being done for Saudi Aramco, along with OBN work for Conoco
Seismic survey company ION Geophysical has informed that a new 2D multi-client program offshore Panama is in progress. Supported by industry funding, this is the first seismic survey acquired there in approximately 30 years. The survey is designed to provide the framework to evaluate the hydrocarbon
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued the final programmatic environmental impact statement regarding the proposed geological and geophysical surveys in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. According to Earth Justice, an environmental group, the four-volume, 2592 pages, BOEM document, con
Polarcus has been awarded a contract for a broadband 3D marine seismic project in the Asia Pacific region. The one-month project is due to start imminently, Polarcus said in a statement on Thursday. The work restores backlog in the third quarter for the Polarcus fleet after part of a previously awar
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
SeaBird Exploration, a global provider of marine acquisition, has signed a letter of intent to conduct a shallow water 3D seismic survey in the West Africa region. The project is anticipated to start during the first half of 2018 and will have a duration of approximately two months, SeaBird said in
Geoscience company ION Geophysical has provided imaging services which supported the discovery of Zama-1 offshore Mexico by Talos Energy and its partners. Zama-1 is the first offshore exploration well drilled by the private sector in Mexico’s history and is estimated to hold 1.4 to 2.0 billion barre
London-based independent oil player Tullow Oil has started a 2,550 km2 seismic survey on the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana. Tullow is the operator of the block with a 60 percent stake and Eco Atlantic is its partner with the remaining 40 percent interest. The survey was approved by the partners las
Autonomous vessel technology developer ASV Global has initiated phase two of an unmanned seismic vessel development project with Shell. ASV said last week the aim of the project was to develop an unmanned seismic energy source vessel as part of its Rapid Autonomous Marine 4D (RAM4D) source concept.
Global Petroleum, an oil and gas exploration company, has informed that the 2D seismic acquisition program of the company’s PEL 0029 operated block off Namibia has been completed. Global said on Wednesday that the survey, comprising of 834 km of full fold 2D seismic data, was carried out by SeaBird
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
Miclyn Express Offshore (MEO), an offshore support vessel provider, has mobilized the Voyager Explorer vessel for a 5-7 month project in Indonesia. The company said it would provide seismic source services to an oil major in the region. The vessel has been reflagged to Indonesian flag and chartered
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,
