The deepwater Gulf of Mexico remains a promising g exploration venue, according to Carl Scharpf, Gulf Coast Exploration & New Ventures manager for Apache Corp.

Paradigm and Petrosys have agreed to develop connectors to integrate Paradigm's Epos repository data with Petrosys' mapping solutions.

Seismic exploration offshore Alaska in the Chukchi Sea can proceed following a federal judge’s ruling that it does not fall under the offshore drilling ban.

The BGP Challenger seismic survey vessel is acquitting long-offset, 2D seismic data for multi-client US GoM Big Wave project, says Spectrum.

PGS says it recently completed the Crystal II Survey in western Gulf of Mexico waters and that the data quality is good.

Spectrum Geo Ltd. has another East Coast US seismic data reprocessing project under way.

The second-generation ocean-bottom cable acquisition tool VectorSeis Ocean II now is available commercially, says ION Geophysical Corp.

Saratoga Resources Inc. has signed a 20-year license with Seismic Exchange Inc. for 42.88 blocks of 3D seismic data over Louisiana state waters.

Schlumberger has released its Petrel 2010 software with added risk analysis for exploration.

The recent rig fire and ongoing spill in Mississippi Canyon block 252 in the Gulf of Mexico has impacted TGS’ Justice Wide Azimuth (WAZ) survey.

Ingrain has introduced a 3D, high-definition, whole-core imaging platform.

Following US President Barak Obama’s announcement yesterday regarding the prospective sale of oil and gas exploration leases offshore of the US Atlantic, IHS Cambridge Energy Research says that continental shelf could hold 3.8 Bbbl of oil and several trillion cubic feet of gas.

Hyperdynamics has extended the term of its letter of intent with Repsol until March 11, 2010.

The deployment of the Nautilus acoustic positioning and streamer steering system on the vessel Alizé has increased production levels on the first project of a mega 3D seismic program currently being acquired for PEMEX in the Gulf of Mexico, according to CGGVeritas.

CGGVeritas has begun the Three Corners extension 3D wide-azimuth multi-client survey in the western Gulf of Mexico.

TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. (TGS) has begun seismic acquisition for the Justice Wide Azimuth (WAZ) 3D project in the Gulf of Mexico.

Fugro GeoServices has completed the fieldwork portion of a shallow hazards survey in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea for Shell Exploration and Production.

WesternGeco began acquisition of the E-Octopus VII survey in November.

dGB Earth Sciences has unveiled the Open Seismic Repository, which offers free seismic survey data.

Rocksource has pre-committed to license newly acquired Clearplay Test EM data over prospects in the Gulf of Mexico to Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS).

Infoterra and W.L. Gore & Associates (Gore) are cooperating on an oil slick mapping and sampling service for offshore petroleum exploration.

Statoil USA E&P has contracted Fugro-Geoteam to acquire and process 2,400 sq km (927 sq mi) of 3D marine seismic data around its leases in the Chukchi Sea.

TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. is conducting its third Wide Azimuth (WAZ) 3D survey in the Constitution series of projects in the Gulf of Mexico.

The vessels Hugin Explorer and Kondor Explorer have completed an ocean bottom node (OBN) survey for BP Exploration & Production in the Gulf of Mexico.