Marine geophysical company Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded an extension to an ongoing contract in the Asia Pacific region. Shearwater, jointly owned by GC Rieber and Rasmussengruppen, will undertake an additional 835-square kilometer 3D broadband acquisition and associated depth processing f
TGS, a marine seismic data acquisition specialist, will begin a new multi-client acquisition project in the Barents Sea soon. TGS said on Monday that the project, named Carlsen 3D (CAR17 3D), is a 5,490-square kilometer multi-client survey in open acreage located in the Southwest Barents Sea between
U.S.-based geophysical company FairfieldNodal will conduct back-to-back surveys in the UK and the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The company said on Thursday that the two campaigns would begin in early April 2017. Due to the specific conditions of the North Sea, FairfieldNodal will be employing it
Multi-client seismic data specialist Spectrum has completed the 17,700 km Santos Campos Phase Two 2D seismic survey offshore Brazil. Spectrum said on Friday that the new acquisition program was an outboard extension of its 2012 Santos Campos Phase One survey, and tied other programs in the Santos, C
Marine seismic acquisition company Polarcus has finalized a contract for a 3D marine seismic acquisition in Australia and extended a deal for a seismic acquisition project in West Africa. Polarcus said on Friday that the Australian seismic work would deliver a high quality broadband data-set utilizi
TGS, a provider of multi-client geoscience data to oil and gas companies, has challenged a fine ordered by a Norwegian unit against economic and environmental crimes. Namely, on March 2, 2017, Økokrim, the Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental C
Marine seismic player Polarcus saw lower revenues, vessel impairments, and other charges during the fourth quarter 2016 but posted a smaller net loss when compared to the year-before period. Polarcus’ net loss for the fourth quarter 2016 was $97 million, compared to $289.2 million net loss in the sa
French seismic services provider CGG has been awarded a contract by oil major Shell to operate a dedicated processing center at its Seria office in Brunei. CGG said on Tuesday that the deal would run for six years, from January 1, 2017, until December 31, 2022. Under the terms of the contract, CGG w
Oil and gas exploration company Chariot Oil & Gas has been awarded interest and operatorship of the Kenitra offshore exploration permit in Morocco and started a seismic campaign covering Mohammedia and Kenitra permits. Chariot said on Thursday that its wholly owned subsidiary, Chariot Oil & Gas Inve
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), a marine geophysical company, has chosen Finnish company Wärtsilä to service engines and other equipment of its vessel fleet. According to the agreement, Wärtsilä will take care of engines and propulsion systems maintenance onboard PGS’s fleet of 8 seismic vessels. The
Marine seismic acquisition firm Polarcus has received a letter of award for a 4D marine seismic acquisition project offshore West Africa. Polarcus announced the contract award on Thursday but did not disclose any financial details regarding the deal nor the client in question. However, the marine se
Following dayrate reduction for an Eidesvik-owned seismic vessel, the French-based geophysical company CGG has slashed the dayrates for two more seismic vessels. Earlier on Monday, Offshore Energy Today reported that CGG had agreed with Eidesvik Offshore to reduce the dayrate for the seismic vessel
Norwegian shipping company Eidesvik Offshore and French geophysical services company CGG have agreed to reduce the dayrate for the seismic vessel Viking Vanquish, effective from January 2017. Eidesvik said on Monday that the bareboat contract for the seismic vessel expires in November 2020 and the d
TGS, a marine seismic data acquisition specialist, has announced its first multi-client acquisition project in 2017, the AM17 Atlantic Margin 3D in the Norwegian Sea. TGS said on Thursday that the AM17 40,000 square kilometer project in the central-southern Norwegian Sea is the single largest 3D sur
