Marine seismic acquisition company Polarcus has received a letter of intent for a broadband 3D marine seismic acquisition project offshore West Africa. Polarcus announced the deal on Monday, however, the company did not reveal the identity of the client nor financial terms of the deal. The company d
Spectrum has started the first of a series of 3D multi-client seismic acquisition programs offshore Gabon. Spectrum said on Monday that the programs are located in under-explored areas over shallow water open blocks. These blocks will be made available through future shallow water license rounds. Sp
Norwegian shipping company GC Rieber Shipping and Rasmussengruppen have completed the transaction regarding the forming of jointly owned marine geophysical company Shearwater GeoServices. GC Rieber said on Friday that the final conditions for transaction completion had been fulfilled. The two compan
Marine seismic services provider WGP Group, a subsidiary of Thalassa Holdings, has been awarded a contract from ConocoPhillips in the North Sea. The company will acquire seismic data sets on the Eldfisk field in the North Sea in 2017. The duration of the 2017 shoot is estimated at approximately two
SeaBird Exploration will be providing one of its vessels for a 2D seismic project in South America. According to the marine seismic surveyor, the project is expected to start in late December 2016. Without revealing details on the client or the exact project location, SeaBird said it will be using t
Magseis, a Norwegian geophysical company, has been awarded a contract for a seismic acquisition survey in the North Sea by ConocoPhillips. Magseis said on Thursday that the contract was for a full azimuth 4D seabed seismic acquisition survey using the company’s proprietary Marine Autonomous Seismic
Marine seismic company Polarcus has received two letters of intent from undisclosed clients for two additional marine seismic projects offshore South America. Polarcus said the projects, one 3D using Polarcus’ RightBand technique for broadband data acquisition and one 4D monitoring survey, will star
UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded four new contracts to supply more than 10,000 kilometers of reprocessed proprietary 2D seismic data of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) as part of the UK Government-funded seismic acquisition program. OGA said on Tuesday that the four contracts worth appro
After months in lay-up mode, the time has come for two of Eidesvik’s vessels to hit the open water again. The Norwegian shipowner has said that it has secured work for the seismic vessels Vantage and Veritas Viking. The vessels will be employed as source vessels and will work for the French seismic
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 the identity of the client or any financial terms of the contract. The company did say that the proj
Norwegian marine seismic data provider MultiClient Geophysical (MCG) narrowed its net loss and boosted revenues during the third quarter of 2016. When it comes to multi-client seismic market, the company claims the worst is behind. The seismic data provider on Friday posted a net loss $1 million, co
China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL), an offshore oilfield service provider, has completed a 3D seismic data acquisition project in the Barents Sea. The company won a contract for a 3D seismic acquisition, covering a total area of over 4,000 square kilometers in the Arctic region, in May this year
Seismic survey company SeaBird Exploration has reached an agreement for sale and decommissioning of the seismic vessel Hawk Explorer. SeaBird said on Monday that the decommissioning of the vessel was a part of the company’s efforts to reduce cost and adjust fleet capacity to better reflect current m
TGS, a provider of multi-client geoscience data to oil and gas companies, has decided to expand its multi-client library offshore Africa by an additional 11,500 kilometers of long offset broadband 2D seismic data in cooperation with PGS and GeoPartners. Namely, the expansion regards the Northwest Af
