North Sea & Europe Geology & Geophysics News

Electromagnetic Geoservices has secured pre-funding for a multi-client 3D EM campaign in the Barents Sea, ahead of Norway's 22nd exploration licensing round awards.

Shell Kanumas has contracted Polarcus Ltd. to conduct an 8,500 sq km (3,282 sq mi) 3D seismic acquisition project offshore Greenland.

North Sea Energy (NSE) has contracted Senergy GB for technical studies on four exploration prospects in the UK North Sea.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has contracted PGS and Dolphin Geophysical to acquire seismic data in Norway’s northern offshore outposts.

San Leon Energy has received the first final processed volumes from last year’s 840-sq km (324-mi) 3D seismic survey on the company’s Durresi license offshore Albania.

Seven companies have purchased the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s seismic data package from the unexplored northern Norwegian offshore areas around Lofoten and Vesterålen.

EMGS and Schlumberger have announced the intention to enter a cooperative agreement effective Jan. 3, 2012, to offer marine electromagnetic related processing, advanced modeling, and earth model building.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate is selling in one package 2D and 3D seismic data collected off Lofoten, Vesterålen, and Senja (Nordland VII and Troms II).

CGGVeritas has completed a six-day, 600-km (373-mi) 2D seismic survey for Northern Petroleum in the southern Adriatic Sea, covering the F.R39.NP and F.R40.NP license offshore Italy.

Blueback Reservoir continues to expand its collection of Petrel plug-ins for exploration and production with the release of Blueback Toolbox v11.

TGS has signed a letter of intent with Polarcus to charter the newbuild <I>M/V Polarcus Amani</I>.

TGS has signed a letter of award with Dolphin Geophysical to charter the newbuild M/V Polar Duchess seismic vessel.

Blueback Reservoir has released a new version of Bridge Electromagnetics 5.0, its CSEM plug-in for Petrel.

Petrobras estimates that Brazil's presalt reserves contain about 50 Bboe – enough to turn the country into one of the world's top oil producers in this coming decade.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the University of Bergen have acquired samples from steep parts of the seabed on the Jan Mayen ridge between Norway and Iceland.

Lansdowne Oil & Gas has taken delivery of the processed 3D data taken in seismic surveys earlier this year over Amergin, Rosscarbery, and Midleton prospects in the North Celtic Sea basin offshore Ireland.

Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) is preparing to start a multi-client 3D magnetotelluric (MT) survey covering 3,000 sq km (1,158 sq mi) in the Møre basin of the Norwegian Sea.

The Research Council of Norway has approved Badger Explorer’s application for support of a field demonstration project.

Melrose Resources has started acquisition of a 3D seismic survey on the Galata exploration block in the Bulgarian sector of the Black Sea.

Dolphin Group ASA says it has exercised an option to charter the M/V Polar Duchess from Armada Seismic for a firm period of three years.

CGGVeritas has landed the first contract for its newbuild Oceanic Sirius seismic survey vessel.

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

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.

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.