Marine seismic acquisition company Polarcus has received a contract award for a broadband 3D marine seismic project in the Asia Pacific region. Polarcus announced the deal on Friday without revealing details regarding the client or any financial terms of the contract. The company did say that the pr
SeaBird Exploration, a marine seismic acquisition provider, has signed a letter of intent to provide a seismic source vessel for an upcoming survey in the Asia Pacific region. According to the company’s Oslo Stock Exchange filing on Thursday, the project is due to start in the second half of June an
TGS, a provider of multi-client geoscience data to oil and gas companies, will further expand its NWAAM multi-client library with more than 11,000 kilometers of long-offset broadband 2D seismic data. The expansion regards the Northwest African Atlantic Margin (NWAAM) area, more precisely the Maurita
Seismic vessel Amazon Warrior has been intercepted offshore New Zealand by the Māori people demanding a stop of a seismic survey in the tribal waters off the coast of Ngāti Kahungunu. Te Matau a Māui, a traditional double-hulled ocean voyaging canoe belonging to the people of Ngāti Kahungunu (Hawkes
Italian oil major Eni and its partners have agreed to underwrite and license 1,800 square kilometers of new multi-client 3D seismic data over the Frontier Exploration License (FEL) 3/04 offshore Ireland. FEL 3/04 is situated in a water depth of 1,500 meters and is located some 200 kilometers off the
China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL), an offshore oilfield service provider, is nearing the completion of a seismic survey offshore Gabon. COSL said on Wednesday that the seismic vessel Hai Yang Shi You 720, or HYSY720 for short, would complete the Gabon survey in early April 2017 as scheduled. Th
French geophysical company CGG has agreed in principle with its longstanding partner Eidesvik, a Norwegian shipping company, and its Nordic lenders to establish a new ownership set-up for its operated fleet. CGG said on Friday this agreement is reflecting its focus on competitiveness and strict oper
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into agreements involving data licensing related to 3D EM data in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. EMGS, a Norwegian provider of electromagnetic survey services for the oil and gas industry, said that the agreements entailed prefunding and late sal
Norwegian geophysical company Magseis has entered into a letter of intent with an unnamed provider of offshore vessels regarding a potential vessel charter. Magseis said in a statement on Tuesday that such agreement includes an option for the lease of certain seismic equipment. However, the company
Geokinetics, a provider of integrated seismic data acquisition, processing and reservoir analysis solutions, has been awarded a contract by Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) to acquire a high resolution 3D seismic survey, offshore Brunei Darussalam. According to Geokinetics’ statement on Monday, the acqu
French geophysical services company CGG has completed processing of the Carabao regional multi-client study acquired offshore the Philippines. CGG said on Wednesday that the study integrated over 8,500 kilometers of new broadband pre-stack time-migrated 2D BroadSeis data and complementary marine gra
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA has entered into agreements involving data licensing as well as processing and interpretation services related to 3D EM data in Norway and Mexico. According to the Norwegian company the agreements represent revenues of approximately $2 million. “EMGS is pleased to ann
Greek oil firm Energean Oil & has signed an exploration and production concession contract with Montenegro covering offshore blocks 4219-26 and 4218-30. To remind, the company had reached an agreement over the blocks in mid-2016, however the deal had to be ratified by the Montenegro government. Foll
French geophysical company CGG has decided to reduce vessel charter cash costs for the seismic vessel Oceanic Champion while under strict cost and cash management. The geophysical company said on Tuesday that, in line with the agreements announced in January regarding three vessels, the Viking Vanqu
