
TGS signs Madagascar, northwest Europe cooperationsTGS has signed a three-year agreement with China’s BGP to jointly acquire, process, and market 2D and 3D multi-client seismic data offshore Madagascar and East Africa. |
EMGS lengthens hire of seismic survey vesselElectromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has agreed to an extended charter hire of North Sea Shipping’s vessel Atlantic Guardian. |
OMV expects late-year resumption of Black Sea drillingOMV says a 3D seismic survey is nearing completion over the Neptun block in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea. |
Petrel Resources opens Porcupine basin data roomPetrel 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 set to lead Spanish Point appraisal drilling offshore IrelandCairn Energy has agreed to farm in as operator to two licenses in the Porcupine basin offshore western Ireland . |
EMGS builds sales of northwest Europe frontier dataElectromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has signed a data licensing agreement valued at $6.4 million. |
Broadband 3D survey to improve imaging of North Sea gas blockPolarcus 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. |
Towed streamer CSEM coming of ageThe past 10 years have seen the development of the marine controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) method for hydrocarbon exploration. |
Seismic inversion studies uncover North Sea Forties satelliteApache Corp. (NYSE:APA) has started producing the Tonto oil field in the UK central North Sea. |
TGS broadens Arctic seismic data bankTGS (OSLO:TGS) has issued an update on its latest offshore seismic acquisition and processing campaigns. |
Kosmos makes dual play for licenses offshore western IrelandKosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) has agreed to two farm-ins to frontier exploration acreage offshore western Ireland. |
CGG forms joint venture for 3D seismic vessel managementCGG (NYSE:CGG) and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Group have created a ship management joint venture, GeofieLD Ship Management Services. |
CGG to assess reservoir performance of two fields offshore NorwayStatoil (OSE:STL) has awarded CGG (NYSE:CGG) two contracts for long-term seismic imaging services in the Norwegian North Sea. |
Ice Bear 2 seismic survey begins in Barents SeaWesternGeco 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 starts multi-client 3D seismic survey offshore NorwayCGG has started acquiring Phase 1 of its Steppingstone BroadSeis 3D multi-client survey program offshore Norway. |
Barents Sea seismic work prepares for 23rd Norwegian leasing roundA couple of pending lease sales are drawing a lot of attention these days. |
Centrica pressing ahead with Butch oil studies offshore NorwayCentrica 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. |
Drilling from shore planned for southern England Purbeck prospectInfraStrata has updated its exploration planning for the P1918 license offshore Dorset on the southern English coast. |
Enegi starts review of North Sea Phoenix geophysics dataEnegi Oil has obtained 250 sq km (96 sq mi) of processed 3D data over its Phoenix block in the UK central North Sea. |
CGG to press ahead with southern Ireland offshore geophysics surveyFastnet (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 hoping to drill for oil offshore ItalyNorthern 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 optimistic about offshore Greenland drilling prospectsCairn Energy remains confident that all the elements are in place for drilling successes offshore Greenland, despite its unproductive campaign in 2011. |
Dolphin begins Barents Sea Finnmark Platform 3D data processingDolphin Geophysical (OSE:DOLP) and Searcher Seismic have started processing 3D seismic data taken over the Finnmark Platform in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. |
EMGS vessels prepare for tours in Asia, North SeaEMGS has updated its current offshore geophysical data-gathering programs. |
TGS schedules two Barents offshore geophysics surveysTGS will start the 2013 European acquisition season with two 3D multi-client surveys in the Norwegian Barents Sea. |