WGP Exploration Ltd. has signed a turn-key contract with State Servmorgeo Co. to study the Mendeleyev Ridge offshore Russian arctic.

Public hearings have concluded in northern Russia on Rosneft’s 2012 Arctic seismic study program.

Public hearings have been staged in Archangelsk to discuss planned seismic research programs in the Kara Sea off northern Russia.

Rosneft president Eduard Khudainatov has issued an update of the company’s programs offshore Russia.

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

Officials from Rosneft and Sevmorneftegeofizika have signed an agreement to conduct seismic exploration in the Russian sector of the Black Sea.

Polarcus Ltd. has signed a five-year bareboat charter for the Polarcus Selma with OAO Sovcomflot.

TGS expects to start acquisition early next month of a new 7,700-km (4,784-mi) 2D seismic survey in the Russian Arctic Ocean.

TGS soon will start to acquire 42,000 km (26,097 mi) of magnetic, gravity, and oil seep data offshore southeast Greenland.