London-listed oil and gas company Empyrean Energy has begun a 3D seismic survey on its 100 percent owned Block 29/11, offshore China. Block 29/11 is approximately 1,800 square kilometers and is situated approximately 200 kilometers off Hong Kong in water depths ranging from 340-600 meters. Empyrean
French geophysical services company CGG has delivered the final products from its Encontrado multi-client reprocessing project across the Gulf of Mexico’s prolific Perdido fold belt. CGG said on Thursday that the reprocessed data was delivered on schedule to the Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos (C
Global Petroleum has contracted Seabird Exploration of Norway for the acquisitions of 834 km of full fold 2D seismic data over its offshore block in Namibia. The survey has been designed as an infill programme with the aim of providing better delineation of an extremely large, multi-level, dip close
PGS, a Norwegian marine seismic player, is seeking funding to test a concept it has developed for “efficient, large-scale collection of plastic in the oceans.” The company also sees this as an opportunity to reactivate its cold-stacked seismic vessels. According to the company, the solution uses the
Engie E&P Norge has awarded Schlumberger’s WesternGeco two contracts for acquisition and processing of towed 4D seismic data in the production license 153, the Gjøa license, in the northern part of the Norwegian North Sea. The acquisition will be performed with the vessel “WesternGeco Magellan”, and
Seismic Apparition, a seismic data acquisition, processing, and imaging services company, has named Robin Walker as its new commercial director. Seismic Apparition said last week that Walker has more than 30 years’ experience in the seismic sector, most of it with WesternGeco and its predecessor com
Seismic data provider SeaBird Exploration has signed a letter of award for 2D work in Northwestern Europe for an undisclosed client, subject to contract. SeaBird said on Monday that the project is due to start in the third quarter of this year and will have a duration of approximately two to three w
Norway’s seismic data specialists Petroleum Geo-Services and TGS have started the fourth 3D seismic project offshore Eastern Canada for 2017. Long Range 3D will comprise approximately 9,100 square kilometers of 3D GeoStreamer® data in the Eastern Newfoundland region. The survey covers open acreage w
Following last week’s move by the Department of Interior to rescind the previous administration’s ban on seismic survey applications in the Atlantic, seismic surveyors have reportedly notched another win. To remind, the Obama administration had ordered the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to
Geophysical company Polarcus has received a letter of award for a broadband 3D marine seismic project in the Asia Pacific region from an unnamed client. The project is due to start in the third quarter of this year and will run for approximately one month, Polarcus said on Wednesday. According to th
Norwegian seismic player duo, TGS and Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), have decided to expand their jointly owned multiclient library offshore Eastern Canada through a Cape Broyle 3D survey. TGS said on Wednesday that the data for the Cape Broyle 3D survey would be acquired during the summer of 2017. T
SeaBird Exploration, a provider of seismic survey vessels, has signed a letter of intent with an unnamed client for an upcoming 2D seismic survey in South America. According to Seabird, the project is estimated to begin in the first half of the third quarter. Without revealing any specifics about th
Geophysical company Magseis has completed the initial part of Saudi Aramco’s Red Sea seismic survey together with its partner BGP Arabia and started working on the previously agreed extension of the work. Magseis said on Tuesday that, following a short yard stay and mobilization, the crew began acqu
British oil giant BP has developed a new seismic imaging technique that has identified more than 200 million barrels of additional resources at its Atlantis field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. As a result of this early success, BP now is deploying this technique to fields elsewhere in the Gulf of
