Searcher Seismic, an independent seismic data acquisition company, has completed the Solomon Sea broadband 2D seismic survey off Papua New Guinea. The survey, done in cooperation with BGP and comprising of around 3,600 kilometers, spans the underexplored Cape Vogel and Bougainville Basins as well as
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
SeaBird Exploration, a provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, has signed an agreement to provide a source vessel for an upcoming survey in South America. According to SeaBird’s Oslo Stock Exchange filing on Tuesday, the project is anticipated to start during the third quarter
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
ION Geophysical has announced a new 2D multi-client program offshore Gabon in cooperation with the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons and the Direction Général des Hydrocarbures. ION Geophysical said on Wednesday that the multi-client program, named EquatorSPAN II, included over 1,900
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
London-listed oil and gas company Empyrean Energy has begun a 3D seismic survey on its 100 percent owned Block 29/11, offshore China. Block 29/11 is approximately 1,800 square kilometers and is situated approximately 200 kilometers off Hong Kong in water depths ranging from 340-600 meters. Empyrean
French geophysical services company CGG has delivered the final products from its Encontrado multi-client reprocessing project across the Gulf of Mexico’s prolific Perdido fold belt. CGG said on Thursday that the reprocessed data was delivered on schedule to the Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos (C
Global Petroleum has contracted Seabird Exploration of Norway for the acquisitions of 834 km of full fold 2D seismic data over its offshore block in Namibia. The survey has been designed as an infill programme with the aim of providing better delineation of an extremely large, multi-level, dip close
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
Norway’s seismic data specialists Petroleum Geo-Services and TGS have started the fourth 3D seismic project offshore Eastern Canada for 2017. Long Range 3D will comprise approximately 9,100 square kilometers of 3D GeoStreamer® data in the Eastern Newfoundland region. The survey covers open acreage w
