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Big data gets even bigger

Aug 01, 2015

Big data is not just for the seismic segment. Elaine Maslin takes a look at other areas, such as condition monitoring, where the industry could make significant gains. A view of the server room at BP’s Center for High-Performance Computing…

Shell’s 4D optimizes Brazil waterflood project

Aug 01, 2015

Shell’s second waterflood monitor survey offshore Brazil shows technical success. Jeannie Stell reports. SBM Offshore’s Espirito Santo FPSO can produce up to 100,000 bo/d and inject up to 75,000 b/d of water…

Dolphin's Norwegian North Sea survey underway

Jul 31, 2015

Dolphin Geophysical is acquiring 4192sq km of new Multi-Client 3D SHarp Broadband seismic in the northernmost region of the Norwegian North Sea. The survey targets both open and newly awarded APA acreage. Current acquisition progress stands at 40%…

Dolphin begins East Campeche multi-client survey

Jul 28, 2015

Dolphin Geophysical has commenced the East Campeche 2D long offset multi-client survey in Mexico, utilizing the M/V Artemis Arctic. The licensed approved 19,597 line-km survey is well positioned towards the recent Mexican announced five-year…

Harkand in Mexico inertial metrology survey

Jul 27, 2015

Image: diver working/Harkand Harkand has carried out the first-ever free inertial metrology in Mexico's waters and at a new depth for this approach in the region. The global inspection…

Seabed Geosolutions to start ADNOC work

Jul 27, 2015

Seabed Geosolutions is due to mobilize for a variation order signed by Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) with CGG to conduct a shallow water seabed survey offshore Abu Dhabi. The survey is over the Ghasha-Butini field, will take around 12 months and has a value of around US$125 million…

Dolphin starts 3D SHarp off Australia

Jul 23, 2015

Dolphin Geophysical continues its seismic operations in Australia on the Northwest shelf by initiating a large 3D SHarp broadband multi-client (MC) survey covering approximately 15,000sq km.  In cooperation with TGS and supported by major oil companies…

NUTECH integrates reservoir intelligence technology

Jul 23, 2015

NUTECH, a petrophysical analysis and reservoir intelligence company, offers an integrated set of proprietary technologies that takes reservoir intelligence to the next level by providing a comprehensive and evolving picture of a reservoir…

Searcher completes Irish seismic

Jul 21, 2015

Searcher Seismic in cooperation with MAGE completed the acquisition of the Echidna Regional Broadband 2D seismic survey covering the Porcupine and Slyne basins, and the Goban Spur offshore Ireland. Map from Searcher…

LR Senergy unveils IC software solution

Jul 20, 2015

LR Senergy, an energy services company, unveiled its geological software solutions, IC, while exhibiting at the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) Annual Symposium in California. IC is a fully modularized package…

Polarcus starts Gambia 3D survey

Jul 20, 2015

Seismic acquisition firm Polarcus has started a new 3D broadband multi-client project across the Mauritania-Senegal-Guinea-Bissau basin, offshore Northwest Africa. The project, supported by industry funding, will cover 1500sq km offshore The Gambia and is expected to run for 50 days…

Repsol, RSI announce joint technology project

Jul 16, 2015

Repsol and RSI have signed a three-year, US$11.5 million agreement under which they will co-develop a state-of-the-art platform for the integrated interpretation and joint inversion of seismic and CSEM data within a rock physics modeling framework…

Energean completes 3D survey

Jul 16, 2015

Image: seismic vessel/ Energean Mediterranean and North Africa-focused Energean Oil & Gas completed a new 3D seismic survey over the Prinos oil field and its surrounding licenses, in the Gulf of Kavala…

EMGS in Mexico multi-client survey

Jul 16, 2015

Mexico's Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) authorized permits for Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) to acquire about 88,000sq km of 3D electromagnetic (EM) multi-client data over a five-year period off Southern Mexico. SENER’s…

ARKeX gets east coast survey permit

Jul 15, 2015

ARKeX announced it has been awarded the first geological and geophysical oil and gas exploration permit by the Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM).  The ARKeX survey will acquire an airborne broadband gravity and magnetic survey over Outer…

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