Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has completed the Bréanann 3D seismic acquisition program, in the northern Porcupine Basin offshore Ireland, for the Australian energy company Woodside. Around 1,400km2 of the Bréanann seismic survey is directly over or around FEL 3/14. Woodside is the operator of licens
Marine seismic acquisition company Polarcus has received a letter of intent for a 3D marine seismic acquisition in Europe. The seismic company said on Friday that it will be utilizing its XArray multiple source acquisition method to deliver the broadband dataset. This will be the company’s eighth XA
Marine seismic acquisition company Polarcus has received a contract award for a broadband 3D marine seismic project in Australasia. This latest contract award comes after the last week’s letter of award received by Polarcus for a 3D marine seismic acquisition project offshore Australia for an undisc
Spectrum is starting an 1,800 km2 Multi Client 3D seismic survey offshore Norway in the Western Barents Sea. Spectrum said on Thursday that the new survey, designed based on interest from industry will tie and complement Spectrum’s existing 3D surveys in the area. When completed the combined coverag
Multi-Client seismic data specialist Spectrum has been awarded the Tender Area 2 Broadband 2D multi-client seismic survey covering the southern Rovuma and north-eastern Zambezi Basins, offshore Mozambique. Spectrum was awarded the survey based on an invitation to submit proposals for Tender Areas 1
Marine seismic acquisition company Polarcus has received a letter of award for a 3D marine seismic acquisition project offshore Australia. The company said on Wednesday that it will be utilizing its XArray acquisition technique to deliver the broadband dataset. The Polarcus XArray is an acquisition
Two seismic players, TGS and Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), have agreed on principal terms and conditions for jointly acquiring the majority of the multi-client library of Dolphin UK Ltd. According to a statement on Wednesday, the parties expect to enter into a definitive agreement for the acquisitio
Seismic explorer SeaBird Exploration will acquire a long offset 2D multi-client survey in the Barents Sea. According to the company’s statement on Friday, SeaBird and oil company Lundin Norway have jointly designed this survey of deep seismic profiles to be acquired in the Barents Sea during Septemb
Schlumberger’s WesternGeco and seismic firm ION Geophysical have announced a new 3D multiclient reimaging broadband program offshore Mexico, which uses Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) data library. The Campeche 3D reimaging program comprises three survey areas covering approximately
Seismic explorer SeaBird Exploration will buy the vessel Hawk Explorer and its seismic equipment. The Hawk Explorer has been a chartered vessel in the company’s fleet since 2006. Under the purchase agreement, SeaBird will pay $1.1 million for the vessel and its seismic equipment. Also, SeaBird will
UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded two contracts worth more than £2.5 million for 15,000 kilometers of reprocessed multi-client 2D seismic data in six areas around the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). OGA said on Wednesday that the contracts were awarded to Schlumberger WesternGeco and DownUnd
French seismic services provider CGG has teamed up with Ghana’s GNPC Operating Services Company Ltd (GOSCO), to form a joint-venture company dedicated to conducting high-end 2D, 3D and 4D marine seismic acquisition and related services in the territorial waters of the Republic of Ghana. The primary
Norway’s GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a charter agreement for seismic acquisition and seismic QC services, with Russia’s Sovcomflot subsidiary OOO SCF Geo. The job will utilize the 22-streamer ice-classed vessel Polar Empress. The job is estimated to take about two months and the mobilization
China’s marine seismic company COSL has completed what it says is China’s first geophysical exploration in Arctic waters. To make it a bit clearer, it is not that China has somehow managed to expand its territorial claims to the Arctic Circle, but rather, the news is that this is the first Chinese v
