Seismic player Shearwater GeoServices has signed a one-month contract with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine acquisition survey offshore North Africa. The contract will start promptly and will be performed by Polar Marquis seismic vessel while en-route from India to the North Sea, the company in
Oil exploration and production company Aker BP has awarded a framework contract to Schlumberger for acquisition of 4D seismic data. The framework contract has a duration of four years, with an option for 2+2 years. The contract includes WesternGeco marine acquisition of 4D seismic data over the Aker
Seismic services provider SeaBird Exploration has signed a letter of award for a 2D seismic survey offshore West Africa. According to Seabird’s statement on Tuesday, the project is due to begin in the second quarter of 2017 and will last for approximately one month. The company added that it would b
Polarcus, an Oslo-listed marine seismic acquisition company, has delivered its Polarcus Amani seismic vessel to Russia’s Sovcomflot, as per an agreement announced in February. Polarcus has signed the charter deal for the vessel with Sovcomflot, and the vessel was delivered to Sovcomflot on Friday in
Norwegian seismic data acquisition company TGS is undertaking a new multi-client acquisition project, Crean 3D on the Irish Atlantic Margin. Crean 3D (CRN 3D) is a multi-client survey of more than 5,400 square kilometers located in the South Porcupine Basin between the Porcupine High and the Irish M
Multi-client seismic data specialist Spectrum has started a 35,000 km Multi-Client 2D seismic survey covering 435,000 km2 offshore the deep waters of Argentina in cooperation with YPF S.A. and the authorization of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals. This survey is designed in close cooperation with
Geology Without Limits (GWL) will acquire 2D seismic data in the Iranian sector of the Caspian Sea. GWL announced that, in conjunction with the Geological Survey of Iran (GSI) and the Ministry of Industry, Mine & Trade, it will acquire about 4 800 km of 2D seismic, marine gravity and magnetic data i
Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a contract for re-processing of 2D seismic data in the Barents Sea from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), a government agency whose task is to manage the oil & gas resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The geophysical company said on Friday th
Marine seismic acquisition company Polarcus has received a contract award for a broadband 3D marine seismic project in the Asia Pacific region. Polarcus announced the deal on Friday without revealing details regarding the client or any financial terms of the contract. The company did say that the pr
SeaBird Exploration, a marine seismic acquisition provider, has signed a letter of intent to provide a seismic source vessel for an upcoming survey in the Asia Pacific region. According to the company’s Oslo Stock Exchange filing on Thursday, the project is due to start in the second half of June an
TGS, a provider of multi-client geoscience data to oil and gas companies, will further expand its NWAAM multi-client library with more than 11,000 kilometers of long-offset broadband 2D seismic data. The expansion regards the Northwest African Atlantic Margin (NWAAM) area, more precisely the Maurita
Seismic vessel Amazon Warrior has been intercepted offshore New Zealand by the Māori people demanding a stop of a seismic survey in the tribal waters off the coast of Ngāti Kahungunu. Te Matau a Māui, a traditional double-hulled ocean voyaging canoe belonging to the people of Ngāti Kahungunu (Hawkes
Italian oil major Eni and its partners have agreed to underwrite and license 1,800 square kilometers of new multi-client 3D seismic data over the Frontier Exploration License (FEL) 3/04 offshore Ireland. FEL 3/04 is situated in a water depth of 1,500 meters and is located some 200 kilometers off the
China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL), an offshore oilfield service provider, is nearing the completion of a seismic survey offshore Gabon. COSL said on Wednesday that the seismic vessel Hai Yang Shi You 720, or HYSY720 for short, would complete the Gabon survey in early April 2017 as scheduled. Th
