Shearwater GeoServices has secured a large ocean bottom node (OBN) project in the US Gulf of Mexico, representing the second award under the recently set up global agreement with WesternGeco. The contract is said to secure WesternGeco access for follow-on projects, providing certainty for continued
TGS has completed its 2022 NOAKA ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic survey two weeks ahead of schedule, marking the second successive season of dense OBN data acquisition in the region on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The project also signifies TGS’ fourth season of multi-client OBN projects i
Seismic vessel PXGEO 2 has begun a 3D project in the North Sea following the completion of an eight-month assignment offshore Egypt. PXGEO 2 is operating on a high-resolution 3D project in the North Sea, which came after the completion of a towed streamer project for TGS in the Egyptian Red Sea. On
Shearwater GeoServices has signed a multi-year global agreement with WesternGeco for geophysical data acquisition services, as well as secured a new contract offshore Australia. The agreement is said to enable access to Shearwater’s full range of acquisition technologies and global fleet of seismic
Norwegian seismic player TGS is planning to commence the Capreolus Phase 2 3D seismic survey in the Carnarvon Basin on the Australian North West Shelf by the end of the year. Capreolus Phase 2 will comprise 4,500 square kilometers of multi-client seismic data located in the Beagle Sub-Basin. This ar
Sercel, the Sensing & Monitoring division of CGG, has completed the acquisition of ION Geophysical’s software business. The acquisition is said to enable Sercel to supplement its range of software and services and open further diversification opportunities in simultaneous marine operations. The soft
Inpex’s proposal to undertake a 3D marine seismic survey within the greenhouse gas (GHG) storage assessment permit area G-7-AP, located in the Bonaparte Basin off northern Australia is now open for comments. Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSE
Magseis Renewables, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Magseis Fairfield, has completed a high-resolution 3D seismic data acquisition offshore Norway over a carbon storage (CCS) area. For this project, the company utilised its extended high-resolution (XHR) acquisition technology combined with ocean botto
Sercel, a designer and manufacturer of seismic equipment, has made another ‘major’ sale of its GPR300 seabed nodal solution to geophysical services provider BGP. The sale of the second batch of 12,000 GPR300 nodes to BGP follows the earlier major order of 18,000 nodes in 2021. According to Sercel, t
The High Court in Makhanda has ruled that Shell’s exploration right to conduct seismic surveys on the Wild Coast of South Africa was granted unlawfully, setting it aside and putting an end to the months-long battle between climate activists and the oil major. The case sought to review the exploratio
TGS has completed the transaction to acquire the multi-client and processing business of ION Geophysical Corporation, referred to as the E&P Technology and Services (EPTS) business. The acquisition includes all of ION’s global offshore multi-client data library, data processing and imaging capabilit
Green Energy Group (SeaBird Exploration) has completed the sale of its seismic research vessel Petrel Explorer. The transaction was completed on 29 August and Green Energy Group has handed over the vessel to the new owner. The sale, to an undisclosed buyer, will see the vessel leave the offshore ind
Schlumberger has joined Versal, a unified multi-client seismic data ecosystem that seismic players PGS, TGS and CGG launched last year. Versal is said to be an independent, secure, cloud-based, multi-client seismic data ecosystem where energy companies can easily access all their data and entitlemen
Shearwater GeoServices has secured a contract with North Sea Natural Resources (NSNR) to conduct a 3D survey of the Devil’s Hole Horst prospect in the Central North Sea. The towed streamer survey covers approximately 1,586 square kilometres. It is expected to commence imminently and will continue fo
