North Sea & Europe Geology & Geophysics News

Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has agreed to an extended charter hire of North Sea Shipping’s vessel Atlantic Guardian.

OMV says a 3D seismic survey is nearing completion over the Neptun block in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea.

Petrel Resources has opened a data room in London for its two Licensing Options, 11/4 and 11/6, in the Porcupine basin, Irish Atlantic Margin.

Cairn Energy has agreed to farm in as operator to two licenses in the Porcupine basin offshore western Ireland .

Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has signed a data licensing agreement valued at $6.4 million.

Polarcus has started a 400-sq km (154-sq mi) Broadband 3D seismic survey over Fairfield Energy’s block 43/28 in the UK southern North Sea.

The past 10 years have seen the development of the marine controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) method for hydrocarbon exploration.

Apache Corp. (NYSE:APA) has started producing the Tonto oil field in the UK central North Sea.

TGS (OSLO:TGS) has issued an update on its latest offshore seismic acquisition and processing campaigns.

Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) has agreed to two farm-ins to frontier exploration acreage offshore western Ireland.

CGG (NYSE:CGG) and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Group have created a ship management joint venture, GeofieLD Ship Management Services.

Statoil (OSE:STL) has awarded CGG (NYSE:CGG) two contracts for long-term seismic imaging services in the Norwegian North Sea.

WesternGeco has begun acquisition of its Ice Bear 2 multi-client 3D survey in the western Barents Sea using its new IsoMetrix marine isometric seismic technology.

CGG has started acquiring Phase 1 of its Steppingstone BroadSeis 3D multi-client survey program offshore Norway.

A couple of pending lease sales are drawing a lot of attention these days.

Centrica plans to drill two additional exploration wells late this year on the Butch oil discovery in the Norwegian North Sea, according to partner Faroe Petroleum.

InfraStrata has updated its exploration planning for the P1918 license offshore Dorset on the southern English coast.

Enegi Oil has obtained 250 sq km (96 sq mi) of processed 3D data over its Phoenix block in the UK central North Sea. 

Fastnet (AIM:FAST) has contracted CGG’s SR/V Vantage to acquire 1,710 sq km (1,062 sq mi) of 3D seismic in the Celtic Sea offshore southern Ireland, starting in mid-April.

Northern Petroleum (AIM: NOP) says its Cygnus prospect offshore southern Italy could hold up to 790 MMbbl of recoverable oil within the F.R39.NP permit.

Cairn Energy remains confident that all the elements are in place for drilling successes offshore Greenland, despite its unproductive campaign in 2011.

Dolphin Geophysical (OSE:DOLP) and Searcher Seismic have started processing 3D seismic data taken over the Finnmark Platform in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.

EMGS has updated its current offshore geophysical data-gathering programs.

TGS will start the 2013 European acquisition season with two 3D multi-client surveys in the Norwegian Barents Sea.