Middle East Geology & Geophysics News

CGG says two of its ocean bottom seismic crews (OBC) operating offshore Saudi Arabia for Saudi Aramco have had trouble-free operations.

Exploration and production offshore Saudi Arabia in the little explored Red Sea is promising, Khalid Al-Falih, president and CEO of Saudi Aramco told a plenary session at IHS CERA Week.

Lebanon’s Petroleum Administration is holding a seminar in London on March 7 to discuss pre-qualification for the first offshore licensing round.

Circle Oil has provided an update on its exploration plans for block 52 offshore Oman.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Energy and Water says pre-qualification is now open for the country’s first licensing round.

Polarcus has agreed to an offshore crewing contract with V. Ships Turkey for the eight-streamer 3D seismic acquisition vessel Polarcus SAMUR.

DNO says this spring it plans to start re-development of the Saleh field, 45 km (28 mi) offshore Ras al Khaimah, UAE.

Iranian Offshore Oil Co. (IOOC) and Petro Iran have signed an agreement on drilling 12 wells in the Persian Gulf.

Evaluation is under way of newly acquired 3D seismic data collected on the Hammamet license offshore Tunisia.

Netherland, Sewell & Associates has updated its estimate on potential resources in Adira Energy’s Samuel license offshore Israel.

National Iranian Offshore Oil Co. (NIOOC) is working on a series of modeling and seismic acquisition programs in the Oman Sea and Persian Gulf.

The M/V Polar Duke is about to complete a 3D seismic survey offshore Lebanon.

Spectrum ASA (OSLO:SPU) is acquiring a new multi-client 3D seismic survey offshore Lebanon in the Mediterranean’s Levantine basin.

RWE Dea has completed what it claims was the first 3D seismic survey off the coast of Turkmenistan.

Dolphin and Spectrum will cooperate on a multi-client 3D seismic survey offshore Lebanon in the Mediterranean using the M/V Polar Duke.

A project is under way to analyze hydrocarbon formation systems in the Oman Sea and Persian Gulf.

Polarcus Ltd. (OSE:PLCS) has taken delivery of the Polarcus Adira seismic service vessel.

GeoGlobal Resources has completed processing and interpretation of 1,360 sq km (525 sq mi) of 3D seismic over the Myra and Sara licenses offshore Israel.

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.