Australia & New Zealand Subsea News

The Veritas Viking II has completed acquisition of 2D seismic data in the Timor Sea for MEO Australia Ltd.

MEO Australia Ltd. has contracted CGGVeritas Services SA to conduct three marine seismic surveys offshore Australia.

Eni has notified MEO Australia that acquisition of the Bathurst 3D seismic survey covering the Blackwood East structure has been completed.

Leasing results and future plans are the areas of activity covered by the government of Australia as 2011 closes.

TGS has started to acquire a new 3D multi-client seismic survey over Mary Rose Northeast offshore northwest Australia.

Eni has notified MEO Australia that the Bathurst 3D seismic acquisition program has started off northern Australia.

Bass Strait Oil Co. Ltd. has received a five-year extension to its exploration permit Vic/P41 offshore Australia.

Eni Australia has committed to acquisition of the Blackwood 3D seismic survey offshore northern Australia, according to partner MEO.

In a trip that may be the first-ever transit to the Asia/Pacific arena via the Northern Sea Route, the Ulstein X-BOW designed Polarcus Alima has cut the travel time from Norway to New Zealand by at least eight days.

Bengal Energy Ltd. says it plans a 750 sq km (290 sq mi) 3D seismic program off northern Australia late this year or early in 2012.

New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) has secured a seismic vessel for a program on its Diodore permit offshore Tunisia, due to start in December.

TGS plans to begin acquiring new multi-client 3D seismic data in November offshore northwest Australia.

Brazil currently produces 100,000 b/d of oil from its deepwater pre-salt fields, but is targeting a tenfold increase to 1 MMb/d by 2017.

The Galoc Production Co. reports that the joint venture has approved going ahead with the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for Phase II and also the acquisition of new 3D seismic data.

Shell is planning a small 2D marine seismic survey off Australia’s North West Cape.

MEO Australia Ltd. has purchased 323 sq km (125 sq mi) of Fugro Multi Client Services Pty Ltd. seismic survey with processing to come from offshore Western Australia in permit WA-361-P.

ADX Energy Ltd. says Shell Tunisia Offshore GmbH has completed a 2D seismic acquisition program over the Kerkouane-1 discovery area in the Mediterranean.

Based on encouraging results from the Gindara-1 well plus results of reprocessing seismic data, Kairiki Energy Ltd says operator Nido Petroleum Ltd. is considering acquisition of more 2D seismic over the Pawikan lead.

ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway has contracted SeaBird Exploration for a 4C survey in Norwegian Sea license PL596.

UTEC Survey Australia Pty Ltd has mobilized its 24-m (79-ft) geophysical survey catamaran to support work offshore north and northwestern Australia.

WesternGeco has started part two of its multi-client seismic survey in the Gulf of Mexico applying Dual Coil Shooting to acquire full-azimuth, ultra-long offset seismic data using four vessels on a circular survey path.

New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZE:NZO) is looking to rename and drill the Kaupokonui prospect in the offshore Taranaki basin.

Commercial possibilities for the CRD discovery off southern Vietnam are under review, according to partner PPP.

Otto Energy Ltd. says it has completed a 3D seismic acquisition survey in SC 69 offshore Visayas, Philippines.