Canada Geology & Geophysics News

Cairn Energy says its main exploration focus offshore Greenland this year will be on its Pitu license in the Baffin Bay area, which Statoil agreed to farm into in January.

TGS Nopec has started a 22,000-km (13,670-mi) multi-client (MC) survey offshore Labrador-Newfoundland in partnership with PGS.

The Society of Exploration Geophysicists annual meeting allows attendees to learn about specific technical advances and gain insight into the broad indications of how the business is doing, and what the general trends are.

Geomodeling Technology Corp. has released AttributeStudio 7.1 seismic attribute interpretation software.

Timed to come during the Society of Exploration Geophysicists annual meeting, Statoil has signed to fund $1 million per year for five years in an energy partnership agreement with the University of Texas.

TGS and PGS have started a new 22,000-km (13,670-mi) multi-client 2D survey offshore Newfoundland in the Labrador Sea.

TGS has started a 1,000 km (621 mi) multi-client 2D survey in northeast Greenland in partnership with Fugro.

TGS soon will start to acquire 42,000 km (26,097 mi) of magnetic, gravity, and oil seep data offshore southeast Greenland.

Cairn Energy is preparing for its second exploration drilling campaign offshore Greenland following last year’s three wells.

Sagres Energy has won a nine-month extension from the Petroleum Corp. of Jamaica (PCJ) for the initial exploration period of three offshore blocks.

The reprocessing of 7,357 km (4,571 mi) of 2D marine seismic data acquired in the 1980s off southeast Greenland is done, according to Spectrum and Petroleum Geo-Services.

Spectrum and Petroleum Geo Services (PGS) have completed reprocessing 7,357 km 2D seismic data collected in the 1980s offshore the southeast coast of Greenland.

Geomodeling Technology Corp. has released SBED 4.1 and SBED 4.1 for Schlumberger’s Petrel near-wellbore modeling applications.

UNX Energy has contracted Polarcus for a 3D seismic survey over its 2713 area blocks offshore Namibia.

UNX Energy Corp. reports it has contracted Petroleum Geo-Services for a 3D seismic survey offshore Namibia.

Niko Resources Ltd. has agreed to farm out to Repsol Exploration SA an interest in East Bula and Seram production sharing contracts offshore Indonesia.

TGS-NOPEC has updated its offshore seismic acquisition programs from this summer in various parts of the world.

WesternGeco has started acquiring the Revolution multi-client survey in the Gulf of Mexcio. This is the first time that Dual Coil Shooting multi-vessel full-azimuth acquisition has been done commercially, says WesternGeco.

The Geological Survey of Denmark has contracted Spectrum Geo Ltd. to reprocess for license on a multi-client basis more than 7,800 km (4,847 mi) of 2D seismic data from offshore eastern Greenland using pre-stack time migration.

Bengal Energy says it is progressing exploration and drilling of its prospects offshore India.

PA Resources (PAR) has completed its first 2D seismic campaign in western Greenland’s offshore block 8, 10 days ahead of schedule.

Dana Petroleum expects to participate in a record 20 exploration and appraisal wells this year.

India’s government has awarded Bengal Energy International a production-sharing contract for block CY-OSN-2009/1, 7-16 km (4.3-9.9 mi) offshore southeast India.

Sander Geophysics has acquired a de Havilland DHC-6 300 Twin Otter survey aircraft from the Geological Survey of Finland, and the British Geological Survey.