Russia Geology & Geophysics News

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.

WesternGeco has completed two seismic surveys for Adira Energy offshore Israel.

CGGVeritas reports signing two joint-venture agreements.

TGS NOPEC has signed a three year 2D seismic co-operation agreement with Dalmornefte Geophysica Yuzhno- Sakhalinsk (DMNG) in the Arctic region, east and west of the Bering Strait.

Rosneft has sent a letter of intent to the Polarcus/USC Dalmorneftegeophysica partnership to expand a 3D seismic survey in the Russian sector of the Black Sea.

Polarcus has taken delivery of its third purpose-built 3D seismic vessel, the Polarcus Asima .

The WGP Group has won a third extension to its Chirag Azeri Reservoir Seismic Project (CARSP) Life of Field Seismic (LoFS) survey in the Azeri sector of the Caspian Sea.

ARIS Geophysical has awarded Veripos a contract to provide positioning services, associated equipment, and software aboard two vessels conducting transitional zone seismic surveys in Sakhalin, Russia.

In this exclusive interview for Offshore magazine, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva exudes optimism when talking about the significance of the new rules proposed for the development of potentially vast oilfields buried beneath a thick layer of salt off the coast of Brazil.

Brazil had another reason to celebrate its May 1 national Labor Day bash. The new reason was the start-up of first oil at the mega Tupi field in the Santos basin. This first extended well test (EWT) of the subsalt formations began producing at a rate of 14,000 b/d of oil and should peak around 30,000 b/d, operator Petrobras says.</