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Dolphin nets Black Sea seismic

May 18, 2016

GC Rieber Shipping firm Dolphin Geophysical has entered into an agreement for seismic acquisition and processing services offshore the Romanian coast of the Black Sea. The agreement includes the delivery of a fast track 3D volume, for Black Sea Oil & Gas and its co-venture partners…

Mexico's CNH approves CGG

May 17, 2016

CGG become one of the few firms to be registered by Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) as an independent third party qualified to audit and certify Mexico’s reserves, either for oil and gas operators or directly for the CNH.  CGG…

MEC gains Auz geochemical support

May 12, 2016

MEC Resources has received geochemical support for a potential exploration well within PEP11 in the offshore Sydney Basin. The new geochemical report reviewed the hydrocarbon analysis performed on sediment samples obtained within PEP11 during 2010…

TGS 75% complete on Gigante, Mexico

May 12, 2016

TGS has acquired approximately 141,000km, or 75%, of the planned 186,000km 2D seismic project, Gigante.   Gigante covers the entire offshore sector of Mexico and ties into TGS' regional 2D seismic grid covering the entire US Gulf of Mexico…

Polarcus lined up for Morocco shoot for Repsol

May 11, 2016

Norwegian seismic firm Polarcus has received a letter of intent from Spanish oil major Repsol for a broadband 3D survey offshore Morocco, to start Q3 this year. Repsol has exploration rights over two exploration blocks in Morocco, one offshore in the Gharb basin…

OGA invites tenders for seismic work

May 09, 2016

The UK's Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), a newly formed independent regulator, has released a second invitation to tender (ITT) for the 2016-2017 UK Government funded seismic program. This tender is for reprocessing legacy seismic data in…

Spectrum completes Somalia, Indian Ocean, 2D shoot

May 05, 2016

Spectrum has completed a 2D seismic program offshore south Somalia following the acquisition of 20,582.75 line km of data. The new acquisition complements 20,000km of existing seismic that was acquired in 2014 and the two datasets will…

Funding awarded for Rockall exploration

May 03, 2016

The University of Aberdeen is to get a £250,000 grant from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) to investigate the potential for hydrocarbon exploration in the Rockall area of the North Atlantic. The funding is part of a package of measures…

Let’s get deep

May 01, 2016

Ultra-deepwater exploration on the Atlantic margin could be the opportunity the offshore industry is looking for, according to geoscience firm Spectrum. Elaine Maslin reports. Maersk Venturer drillship…

Fugro to cut 600 jobs, stack and retire vessels

Apr 29, 2016

Fugro will further reduce its workforce by an additional 600 jobs this year, as the company reported a 23% decline in revenue in Q1, and announced plans to stack and retire vessels. Image from Fugro…

Bell Geospace expands Houston team

Apr 26, 2016

Bell Geospace’s Houston team is being expanded in response to increased activity in their specialist services.  As well as a number of in-house support staff, Richard Alan Morgan has joined the company as senior geoscientist. Morgan has…

Fugro awarded CHS supply arrangement

Apr 25, 2016

Fugro has been awarded a supply arrangement by the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) to provide vessel based hydrographic survey services. Under the contract CHS will procure hydrographic surveys as needed, anywhere in Canada, to enhance…

CGG releases VelPro

Apr 25, 2016

CGG GeoSoftware has released VelPro, a velocity modeling and depth conversion software used to integrate seismic and well velocity information, horizons, faults and well tops into data-driven velocity models. VelPro models complement…

CGG GeoSoftware updates VelPro

Apr 22, 2016

CGG GeoSoftware has released VelPro 9.5, a velocity modeling and depth conversion commercial software technology used by interpreters and velocity modeling experts to integrate seismic and well velocity information, horizons, faults, and well tops into velocity models…

Porcupine results "change game" offshore Ireland

Apr 22, 2016

Significant hydrocarbon potential has been outlined in the south Porcupine offshore Ireland, according to initial results of a collaboration project between operator Providence Resources and oilfield services firm Schlumberger. Two firms…

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