Geoscience News


Total moves in deepwater Sri Lanka

Feb 26, 2016

The government of Sri Lanka gas signed a joint study agreement (JSA) with French major Total covering two ultra-deep exploration blocks offshore its east coast.  The study's objective is to explore the two offshore blocks (JS5 and JS6) for hydrocarbons…

New Zealand data pack updated

Feb 23, 2016

New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals, the government's petroleum permitting agency, has released its 2016 Petroleum Exploration Data Pack. This year’s data pack adds a number of new projects to the comprehensive compilation of open-file seismic and well data…

PGS to conduct Nordland Ridge survey

Feb 22, 2016

PGS will conduct an 8200sq km survey of the Nordland Ridge area of the Norwegian Sea commencing early May, to be completed in 2016. A Base Cretaceous horizon from the Norwegian Sea showing the location of the new GeoStreamer survey…

Fugro wins Kaombo survey contract

Feb 22, 2016

Fugro has won a contract to provide offshore survey and positioning services at the Kaombo oil development offshore Angola. Under the contract awarded by Technip, Fugro will provide offshore deepwater survey and positioning services to…

CGG in Mexico airborne survey

Feb 22, 2016

Mexico’s Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) authorized CGG to commence a multi-client airborne gravity and magnetic survey offshore Mexico, which will include the acquisition of approximately 200,000km over six areas across the Mexican Gulf of Mexico…

Chariot completes Namibia 3D survey

Feb 19, 2016

Chariot Oil & Gas completed its 3D seismic survey in Blocks 2312 & 2412A offshore Namibia, in conjunction with its partners AziNam (20%), NAMCOR (10%) and Ignitus (5%). The survey comprised approximately 2600sq km of data and was conducted by PGS Exploration…

PGS to start Nordland Ridge survey

Feb 19, 2016

PGS is to start a 8200sq km survey of the Nordland Ridge area of the Norwegian Sea, starting May and to be completed during 2016. The survey is a prefunded GeoStreamer project and extends the existing PGS library coverage of the Halten Terrace to provide a regional dataset of over 29…

Statoil adds to New Zealand portfolio

Feb 17, 2016

Statoil has reached a deal with Austria's OMV to acquire a 30% interest in an exploration permit offshore New Zealand, increasing the Norwegian oil major's interests in the region. Petroleum Exploration Permit (PEP) 57073 covers 9800sq km in the East Coast Basin…

Red Sea to get ocean bottom seismic treatment

Feb 10, 2016

Norway-based seismic firm Magseis has, together with its partner BGP, has been awarded Saudi Aramco’s S78 project for large-scale ocean bottom seismic acquisition in the Red Sea. The project is expected to last nine months plus one year…

University takes on rock mechanics equipment

Feb 05, 2016

The University of Aberdeen has taken delivery of rock mechanics equipment that could play a major role in maximizing oil and gas recovery in the North Sea and West of Shetland area.  The high-pressure, high-temperature rock deformation apparatus…

CGG extends Colombia seismic acquisition

Feb 03, 2016

CGG has been awarded an extension to a major 3D seismic survey it successfully completed on the Caribbean coast offshore Colombia in late 2015. The new survey follows on from the original over 16,000sq km survey CGG conducted over portions of the Col-1 and Col-2 blocks…

TGS' Gigante at halfway mark

Jan 28, 2016

TGS has acquired 93,000km (50%) of the 186,000km 2D seismic project, Gigante, which covers the entire offshore sector of Mexico and ties into TGS' regional 2D seismic grid covering the entire US Gulf of Mexico.  Interpretation of preliminary…

AziNam completes Namibia survey

Jan 26, 2016

AziNam, the offshore Namibia focused exploration company, has announced that it has completed a 3D seismic survey on PEL 34, the Guy Block, offshore Namibia. The survey is located in the Walvis basin and was conducted by PGS Geophysical…

South Africa comes under seismic spotlight

Jan 22, 2016

CGG is to start a multi-client airborne gravity and magnetic survey offshore South Africa this month ahead of a new licensing round expected in the region later this year. The Petroleum Agency of South Africa (PASA) has authorized the program…

PGS completes Brazil Fortaleza 3D

Jan 21, 2016

PGS has completed the acquisition of the 7300sq km CearáBasin “Fortaleza” MultiClient 3D survey on the Equatorial Margin of Brazil. The survey has significant industry pre-funding and marks the first use of a Ramform Titan-class vessel, the Ramform Atlas…

Current News

TWMA Lands Long-Term Drilling Waste Management Job for TotalEnergies

Israeli Firm Gets Final Permit for US Wave Energy Demo

German Offshore Wind Farms Asked to Install Radars to Boost Security

Louis Dreyfus, MaDfly Launch ROV in Open Sea Operations

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News

Offshore Engineer Magazine