UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded contracts for the second UK Government funded £20 million ($26.6M) seismic campaign to promote underexplored areas of UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) PGS and WesternGeco have been awarded the contracts to acquire seismic data from the East Shetland Platform a
Searcher Seismic has informed that the Olympus 3D reprocessing project in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, has started processing at DownUnder GeoSolutions’ Perth facility. The project, in cooperation with Spectrum, comprises the reprocessing of 20 existing 3D datasets through a broadband pre
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is selling 3D seismic data from an area southeast of Troll field, block 31/5 as well as a small part of Block 31/4, located in the North Sea. The NPD, a government agency whose task is to manage the oil and gas resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, a
Searcher Seismic has informed the BGP Pioneer seismic vessel has started acquisition of the Buscador Near-Shore 2D Seismic Survey, offshore Mexico. The project comprises 11,200 km of high quality, long-offset 2D data and specifically targets the near shore areas covering rounds 2, 3 and 4. The data,
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) started the Bréanann 3D seismic program, located in the Frontier Exploration Licence 3/14 in the Porcupine Basin, Irish Atlantic, on June 27 for the Australian energy company Woodside. Woodside is the operator of licences FEL 3/14 and FEL 4/14 in the Irish Atlantic with
Norwegian provider of marine seismic technology for the oil and gas industry, inApril, signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Kazakhstan’s Geo Energy Group (GEG) for its first seabed seismic system. inApril said on Thursday that the LOI is for an agreement potentially worth $25-30 million for the supp
Rod Starr (photo) was named the CEO of Polarcus, a marine geophysical company, in February 2015, at the time when the oil price was slightly over $50 a barrel, down from over a $100 in mid-2014, after having spent years at TGS-NOPEC (TGS), another Oslo-listed seismic company. We caught him on the ph
TGS, a provider of multi-client geoscience data to oil and gas exploration and production companies, has announced the start of the Northwest Shelf Renaissance 2D seismic survey, offshore North West Australia. TGS said on Wednesday that the survey consists of approximately 8,000km of long offset, br
Searcher Seismic, an independent multi-client company, in cooperation with project partner BGP, has completed the acquisition of a new survey offshore Norway and another offshore Western Australia. Searcher Seismic said on Wednesday that Phase 2 of the Silver-Eye 3D Seismic Survey in the Barents Sea
Offshore geophysical company Polarcus has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from an undisclosed client for an additional broadband 3D marine seismic survey offshore South America. The company revealed on Wednesday that the project will start in early 4Q 2016 and run for approximately three months, b
Fifty five members of the U.S. Congress joined together in sending a letter to President Obama requesting a halt to the permitting process for potential seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean. These fifty five members include Representative Mark Sanford, who also opposed seismic testing and offshore
Norwegian seismic specialist has boasted with what it claims to be the world’s largest seismic spread.
China Oilfield Services Limited, a Chinese offshore services provider also known under the abbreviated name COSL, has won another seismic acquisition contract. In a statement on Monday, COSL said it will carry out a 3D seismic survey in the “Far East”, without providing the specific location. The co
French oilfield services provider CGG, responsible for a seismic survey supporting the Gabonese 11th deepwater licensing round, said its preliminary seismic data has received praise from potential clients. CGG has worked with the Direction Generale des Hydrocarbures of Gabon (DGH) to acquire and pro
