Tullow Oil expects to complete a new 3D seismic survey in its E quadrant acreage offshore the Netherlands next month.

Fugro has taken delivery on the seismic survey vessel M/V Geo Coral from Bergen Yards.

Emerson Process Management has added seismic visualization to the Roxar RMS program to improve decision-making and quality control.

San Leon Energy and partner Lundin Petroleum have completed a 300-sq km (116-sq mi) 3D seismic acquisition program over Slyne basin exploration license F4/06, offshore western Ireland.

Gazprom Group Co. has signed a multi-year software license agreement with Paradigm.

CGGVeritas has launched what it says is the largest, most powerful X-Bow design seismic vessel.

PetroMarker has contracted to acquire electromagnetic data for exploration company Concedo on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Polarcus says the second 3D seismic acquisition project for Gassnova has received budgetary approval.

TGS has started a new multi-client 3D survey in partnership with PGS over the East Shetland basin, west of the UK’s maritime border with Norway.

Providence Resources has completed processing of 3D seismic acquired last summer over the Spanish Point gas/condensate discovery in Ireland’s offshore Porcupine basin.

Spectraseis has released RioGrande, a data management and visualization program for low-frequency seismic data.

CGGVeritas has taken delivery of the new seismic vessel Oceanic Vega.

TGS says a five-year charter for its 2D vessel M/V Northern Genesis has been terminated early.

TGS and PGS have started a new multi-client 3D survey in the Norwegian North Sea.

San Leon has contracted PGS Ventures for a 300-sq km (116 sq mi) seismic survey over its acreage in the Slyne basin, offshore western Ireland.

Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has won a $1-million contract to provide marine EM services for EnQuest.

Ireland has unveiled a new corroboration exercise involving research institutes in Ireland and Newfoundland-Labrador and private enterprise that aims to further interest in frontier offshore exploration.

TGS has started work on a 1,650-sq km (637-sq mi) high density multi-client 3D seismic survey in the outer Moray Firth off northeast Scotland.

Polarcus has received a letter of intent from OMV (Norge) for a 3D seismic acquisition project in the Norwegian Barents Sea.

Electromagnetic Geoservices has won a $150-million, multi-year contract to supply one of its purpose-built 3D electromagnetic survey vessels on a continuing basis to an operating company.