Norwegian seismic player TGS has acquired Prediktor, a compatriot provider of asset management and real-time data management solutions to renewable and energy asset owners. Based in Fredrikstad, with 40 employees, Prediktor currently supports 7 GW of renewable energy assets, mainly PV solar, with a
Norwegian seismic data company TGS has made an offer to buy compatriot Magseis Fairfield in a deal that values the seismic player at NOK 2.33 billion (approximately $237 million). The two companies entered into a transaction agreement whereby TGS, on and subject to certain terms and conditions, will
TGS has kicked off a new seismic reprocessing project in the Western Margins of the Central North Sea, said to be designed to secure exploration success. The project will see the reprocessing of 3,500 square kilometers of data in the Greater Catcher Area covering quads 21, 28, and 29 of the North Se
Norwegian seismic company PGS has received a conditional award for an acquisition contract over the Equinor-operated Smeaheia carbon storage site in the North Sea. On 5 April, Norway’s energy ministry awarded Equinor the operatorships for the two CO2 storage licenses referred to by the company as “S
Marine geophysical service provider PXGEO has secured a contract with Petrobras for a 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in Brazil. The survey, to be acquired in water depths up to 2,200 metres, is scheduled to commence in late 2022, with a duration of approximately four months. According to the comp
Orcadian Energy, a North Sea oil and gas operator, has entered into a seismic licensing deal with the energy data company TGS to access high-quality seismic data for evaluating the multitude of development opportunities and prospects within its North Sea portfolio. Under the agreement, Orcadian will
Sercel, CGG’s seismic equipment business, has entered a contract to sell a complete marine seismic acquisition system to South Korean shipbuilder HJ Shipbuilding & Construction, former Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction. The system, due to be delivered in the first half of 2023, will be used to
Cyprus-headquartered seismic firm SeaBird Exploration has won a contract to deliver ocean bottom node (OBN) source services in the Western hemisphere. The contract execution is planned to commence in the second half of August. The duration of the contract is expected to be around 14 months including
Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG), assisted by PGS, has completed the acquisition of NCS SubSea, a marine seismic firm that provides ultra-high-resolution 3D seismic data to the oil and gas and new energy markets via P-Cable system.
U.S.-based CSA Ocean Sciences has completed an Environmental Assessment Program (EAP) for a “major” offshore energy operator in Block 58 located some 115 kilometers offshore north Suriname. The EAP included an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for a 3D seismic survey proposed in the
A three-day legal challenge against Shell and Impact Africa’s seismic surveys off the South African Wild Coast has begun at the Port Elizabeth High Court. The challenge will include the review of the exploration right that the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) granted for the activit
Searcher Seismic will be working on two new multi-client 3D reprocessing projects to support the infrastructure-led exploration (ILX) strategy in the North Sea offshore UK.
CGG has secured a multi-year contract with Equinor for 4D seismic imaging of multiple towed-streamer and ocean bottom cable (OBC) datasets from the Gullfaks field area in the Norwegian North Sea.
TGS has signed an agreement with the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) to reprocess over 5,100 square kilometers of 3D seismic data over Blocks 8 & 9 in the Liberia Basin. The survey will be processed using a Pre-Stack Depth Migration (PSDM) workflow to enable optimal imaging of the main targe
