WesternGeco, Schlumberger’s subsidiary specializing in seismic acquisition, is getting ready for a marine seismic project in Canada. Schlumberger on Friday said WesternGeco had received underwriting for a deepwater 3D multiclient survey covering more than 9,000 km2 in the Flemish Pass offshore Newfo
Norwegian marine seismic acquisition specialist PGS has appealed a court decision made in a case it had launched against GC Rieber Shipping’s subsidiary over a seismic vessel. To remind, the Bergen district court in March dismissed a 9 million euros claim by PGS Geophysical (UK) Limited against GC R
The UK Oil and Gas Authority has released the Invitation To Tender (ITT) for the 2016-2017 UK Government funded seismic acquisition and processing program. According to OGA, the successful recipient of the contract will be required to survey areas over South West Britain including the Celtic Sea, We
Australian MEC Resources has informed that a contract for the seismic activities within PEP11 in the Sydney Basin, offshore Australia, has been finalized. MEC Resources reported in March it was carrying out preparatory works for the seismic survey in the basin, including procurement of specialist se
Two Norwegian geophysical companies, Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) and Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS), have entered into a settlement agreement thus resolving their patent disputes. On December 16, 2013 EMGS filed a complaint in the United Kingdom against PGS in the High Court of Justice, Chancer
U.S. oil and gas exploration company Kosmos, together with its Portuguese partner Galp, are reportedly preparing a seismic survey offshore Sao Tome and Principe. According to Macau Hub news website, the news was revealed by the island nation’s director of National Oil Agency, Orlando Sousa Pontes. H
Searcher Seismic, an independent multi-client company, has announced the South Campeche Ultracube 3D seismic reprocessing project offshore Mexico, merging three existing surveys. The seismic project, totalling approximately 17,700km2, is a merge of three existing surveys, the Holok Alvardo 3D (2003)
UK’s Oil and Gas Authority has released almost 40,000 line kilometers of new and legacy seismic data from the Rockall Trough and Mid-North Sea High areas acquired during last year’s £20 million Government-funded seismic survey. The data has been published under the Open Government Licence, and is av
Chariot Oil & Gas, the Atlantic margins focused oil and gas exploration company, informed on Thursday that offshore geophysical company Polarcus has completed the 3D survey over the oil company’s blocks located offshore Brazil. Polarcus completed the 3D seismic acquisition survey covering Chariot’s
Searcher Seismic’s Seisintel has published a video showing 12 months of marine seismic survey activity in Mexico. Seisintel, a provider of geospatial products derived from the Automatic Identification System, published a video representing seismic activity conducted offshore Mexico in a period from
Searcher Seismic, an independent multi-client company providing seismic datasets and associated products to the oil & gas industry, has through its Seisintel product range provided a snapshot of global seismic activity in March. Seisintel, launched in August 2015, uses S-Automatic Identification Sys
Norwegian seismic company PGS celebrated the launching of the latest Ramform Titan-class seismic vessel, the Ramform Tethys at a ceremony in Nagasaki, Japan on March 17. This newbuild enhances the Ramform Titan-class acquisition platform and sets the standard for seismic operations for the next 25 y
The Obama administration’s decision to keep the U.S. Atlantic coast off limits for offshore exploration has received mixed response, welcomed by the environmentalists, criticized by the oil and gas industry advocates. The seismic contractors are expectedly among the critics. Following the Department
International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC), a trade association representing the industry that provides geophysical services, has said that the US Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) has been excluded from the five-year planning process for several decades – based in large part o
