Following last week’s move by the Department of Interior to rescind the previous administration’s ban on seismic survey applications in the Atlantic, seismic surveyors have reportedly notched another win. To remind, the Obama administration had ordered the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to
Geophysical company Polarcus has received a letter of award for a broadband 3D marine seismic project in the Asia Pacific region from an unnamed client. The project is due to start in the third quarter of this year and will run for approximately one month, Polarcus said on Wednesday. According to th
Norwegian seismic player duo, TGS and Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), have decided to expand their jointly owned multiclient library offshore Eastern Canada through a Cape Broyle 3D survey. TGS said on Wednesday that the data for the Cape Broyle 3D survey would be acquired during the summer of 2017. T
SeaBird Exploration, a provider of seismic survey vessels, has signed a letter of intent with an unnamed client for an upcoming 2D seismic survey in South America. According to Seabird, the project is estimated to begin in the first half of the third quarter. Without revealing any specifics about th
Geophysical company Magseis has completed the initial part of Saudi Aramco’s Red Sea seismic survey together with its partner BGP Arabia and started working on the previously agreed extension of the work. Magseis said on Tuesday that, following a short yard stay and mobilization, the crew began acqu
British oil giant BP has developed a new seismic imaging technique that has identified more than 200 million barrels of additional resources at its Atlantis field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. As a result of this early success, BP now is deploying this technique to fields elsewhere in the Gulf of
Seismic player Shearwater GeoServices has signed a one-month contract with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine acquisition survey offshore North Africa. The contract will start promptly and will be performed by Polar Marquis seismic vessel while en-route from India to the North Sea, the company in
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
Seismic services provider SeaBird Exploration has signed a letter of award for a 2D seismic survey offshore West Africa. According to Seabird’s statement on Tuesday, the project is due to begin in the second quarter of 2017 and will last for approximately one month. The company added that it would b
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
Multi-client seismic data specialist Spectrum has started a 35,000 km Multi-Client 2D seismic survey covering 435,000 km2 offshore the deep waters of Argentina in cooperation with YPF S.A. and the authorization of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals. This survey is designed in close cooperation with
Geology Without Limits (GWL) will acquire 2D seismic data in the Iranian sector of the Caspian Sea. GWL announced that, in conjunction with the Geological Survey of Iran (GSI) and the Ministry of Industry, Mine & Trade, it will acquire about 4 800 km of 2D seismic, marine gravity and magnetic data i
Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a contract for re-processing of 2D seismic data in the Barents Sea from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), a government agency whose task is to manage the oil & gas resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The geophysical company said on Friday th
