Geoscience company ION Geophysical has provided imaging services which supported the discovery of Zama-1 offshore Mexico by Talos Energy and its partners. Zama-1 is the first offshore exploration well drilled by the private sector in Mexico’s history and is estimated to hold 1.4 to 2.0 billion barre
London-based independent oil player Tullow Oil has started a 2,550 km2 seismic survey on the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana. Tullow is the operator of the block with a 60 percent stake and Eco Atlantic is its partner with the remaining 40 percent interest. The survey was approved by the partners las
Autonomous vessel technology developer ASV Global has initiated phase two of an unmanned seismic vessel development project with Shell. ASV said last week the aim of the project was to develop an unmanned seismic energy source vessel as part of its Rapid Autonomous Marine 4D (RAM4D) source concept.
Global Petroleum, an oil and gas exploration company, has informed that the 2D seismic acquisition program of the company’s PEL 0029 operated block off Namibia has been completed. Global said on Wednesday that the survey, comprising of 834 km of full fold 2D seismic data, was carried out by SeaBird
Multi-client seismic data specialist Spectrum has started the acquisition of a new seismic survey of areas available in the ongoing Norwegian 24th licensing round. Spectrum said on Wednesday that the new Norsel High 3D acquisition comprises of at least 1,600 square kilometers, covering four blocks t
Miclyn Express Offshore (MEO), an offshore support vessel provider, has mobilized the Voyager Explorer vessel for a 5-7 month project in Indonesia. The company said it would provide seismic source services to an oil major in the region. The vessel has been reflagged to Indonesian flag and chartered
French geophysical company CGG has completed a multi-client 3D seismic survey of the Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 3/04 located in the southern Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. FEL 3/04 is situated in a water depth of 1,500 meters and is located some 200 kilometers off the southwest coast of
Five offshore workers have reportedly been injured after a seismic vessel crashed into an offshore platform in the Caspian Sea. ABC.AZ, citing Socar, Azerbaijan’s national oil company, said the incident happened on Wednesday afternoon with a vessel named Arya 141 involved. According to the company,
Searcher Seismic, an independent seismic data acquisition company, has completed the Solomon Sea broadband 2D seismic survey off Papua New Guinea. The survey, done in cooperation with BGP and comprising of around 3,600 kilometers, spans the underexplored Cape Vogel and Bougainville Basins as well as
Irish oil & gas explorer Petrel Resources is in arbitration with the Australian energy company Woodside Energy due to alleged breach of contract related to a seismic program over a license offshore Ireland. Petrel and Woodside were partners in two Irish Atlantic licenses, FEL 3/14 and FEL 4/14, afte
SeaBird Exploration, a provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, has signed an agreement to provide a source vessel for an upcoming survey in South America. According to SeaBird’s Oslo Stock Exchange filing on Tuesday, the project is anticipated to start during the third quarter
Thalassa Holdings, a London-listed company, has received what is says is an indication of interest from a party looking to buy its subsidiary WGP Holdings. In a statement on Monday, Thalassa said the interested party, aiming to take a 100 percent of WGP, had started preliminary due diligence and the
ION Geophysical has announced a new 2D multi-client program offshore Gabon in cooperation with the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons and the Direction Général des Hydrocarbures. ION Geophysical said on Wednesday that the multi-client program, named EquatorSPAN II, included over 1,900
Seismic player Shearwater GeoServices has signed a contract to join the Full Wave research consortium as a late participant. Shearwater GeoServices said on Wednesday that the 3D anisotropic FWI code would be incorporated into the company’s OpenCPS seismic processing software for use in advanced mode
