U.S. oil and gas exploration company Kosmos, together with its Portuguese partner Galp, are reportedly preparing a seismic survey offshore Sao Tome and Principe. According to Macau Hub news website, the news was revealed by the island nation’s director of National Oil Agency, Orlando Sousa Pontes. H
Searcher Seismic, an independent multi-client company, has announced the South Campeche Ultracube 3D seismic reprocessing project offshore Mexico, merging three existing surveys. The seismic project, totalling approximately 17,700km2, is a merge of three existing surveys, the Holok Alvardo 3D (2003)
UK’s Oil and Gas Authority has released almost 40,000 line kilometers of new and legacy seismic data from the Rockall Trough and Mid-North Sea High areas acquired during last year’s £20 million Government-funded seismic survey. The data has been published under the Open Government Licence, and is av
Chariot Oil & Gas, the Atlantic margins focused oil and gas exploration company, informed on Thursday that offshore geophysical company Polarcus has completed the 3D survey over the oil company’s blocks located offshore Brazil. Polarcus completed the 3D seismic acquisition survey covering Chariot’s
Searcher Seismic’s Seisintel has published a video showing 12 months of marine seismic survey activity in Mexico. Seisintel, a provider of geospatial products derived from the Automatic Identification System, published a video representing seismic activity conducted offshore Mexico in a period from
Searcher Seismic, an independent multi-client company providing seismic datasets and associated products to the oil & gas industry, has through its Seisintel product range provided a snapshot of global seismic activity in March. Seisintel, launched in August 2015, uses S-Automatic Identification Sys
Norwegian seismic company PGS celebrated the launching of the latest Ramform Titan-class seismic vessel, the Ramform Tethys at a ceremony in Nagasaki, Japan on March 17. This newbuild enhances the Ramform Titan-class acquisition platform and sets the standard for seismic operations for the next 25 y
The Obama administration’s decision to keep the U.S. Atlantic coast off limits for offshore exploration has received mixed response, welcomed by the environmentalists, criticized by the oil and gas industry advocates. The seismic contractors are expectedly among the critics. Following the Department
International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC), a trade association representing the industry that provides geophysical services, has said that the US Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) has been excluded from the five-year planning process for several decades – based in large part o
Australia’s MEC Resources is preparing to carry out a seismic survey in the Sydney Basin, offshore Australia. The company did not say when the survey would begin, adding that the preparatory works include procurement of specialist seismic service providers to assist in the new data acquisition plann
Norwegian offshore shipowner GC Rieber Shipping has resolved a four years long dispute with Arrow Seismic Invest II over a seismic vessel claim stemming from June 2012. In June 2012, GC Rieber Shipping’s subsidiary Armada Seismic Invest II AS received a claim from Arrow Seismic Invest II Limited (no
Magseis, a Norwegian seismic survey company, has been awarded Saudi Aramco’s S78 project for large-scale ocean bottom seismic acquisition in the Red Sea. Magseis won the contract together with its partner BGP. The project has an expected duration of 9 months + 1 year and is expected to start during
Sterling Energy plc has decided to relinquish its stake in the Block C-3, offshore Mauritania, after seismic data shows no firm reason to press ahead with exploration. As part of the withdrawal, the company said it would assign its entire 40.5% participating interest in the production sharing contra
Irish explorer Providence Resources P.l.c. is looking to benefit from a new multi-client 3D seismic programe, planned to be acquired by Searcher Seismic Pty Ltd in summer 2016. The total seismic acquisition programme is planned to cover a large area in the southern Porcupine & Goban Spur Basins, off
