Middle East Geology & Geophysics News

Adira Energy has received two independent resource reports on its shallow water Gabriella and Yitzhak licenses offshore Israel.

GeoGlobal Resources expects to receive the drilling rig Noble Homer Ferrington by late March or mid-April.

GeoGlobal Resources has issued a brief review of its exploration activities offshore Israel.

North Caspian Operating Co. (NCOC) has contracted Paradigm for technical services to support teams based at NCOC’s Technical Data Center in Kazakhstan.

Malta Oil, as subsidiary of Mediterranean Oil & Gas (MOG), has contracted Fugro-Geoteam to acquire 3D seismic data over part of the Area 4 license offshore Malta.

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.

Djibouti’s government has awarded Oyster Oil & Gas four blocks covering an area of 14,100 sq km (3.5 million acres).

ITGI (Interconnector Turkey Greece Italy) has completed an eight-month detailed marine survey for the offshore section of IGI Poseidon.

Adira Energy has received two independent reports covering potential resources in its shallow water Gabriella and Yitzhak licenses offshore Israel.

Circle Oil says a 5,026 line km (3,123 mi) 2D seismic survey was completed early this year on block 52 offshore Oman.

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

ARIS Nefterazvedska LLC has completed an ocean bottom cable-deployed 3D survey over the shallow water Samuel license offshore Israel.

BGP has completed a 3D seismic survey off/onshore eastern Saudi Arabia for Saudi Aramco.

National Iranian Offshore Oil Co. (NIOC) has started work on a new 3D seismic survey in the Persian Gulf.

Dominion Petroleum has agreed to take a 75% operating interest from Phoenicia Energy in a production-sharing contract (PSC) offshore Malta.

Mediterranean Oil & Gas (MOG) has secured an 18-month extension to the first exploration phase of a production sharing contract offshore Malta.

Adira Energy has contracted Gustavson Associates in Boulder, Colorado, for resource interpretation and evaluation of Adira’s licenses offshore Israel.

TGS-NOPEC has tallied its first-quarter seismic acquisition activity worldwide.

WesternGeco has completed two seismic surveys for Adira Energy offshore Israel.

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 has teamed with specialists on eastern Mediterranean geology to develop new products designed to enhance exploration knowledge in the region.

Melrose Resources has lined up a series of seismic acquisition surveys in the Mediterranean and Black seas.

WesternGeco has started work on a 3D seismic survey offshore central Israel for Adira Energy.

Bontan Corp. says the partners in the Offshore Israel Project covering the Sarah and Myra licenses have submitted 3D seismic data for these permits to Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructure (MNI).