Offshore Geology News - page 13


Real-time seismic hazard monitoring with PRM

Dec 01, 2015

The recent integration of automated real-time seismic hazard detection is the latest development furthering the argument for permanent reservoir monitoring. Aaron Smith, of PGS, sheds light. Fig…

Painting a moving picture

Dec 01, 2015

Heather Saucier investigates how microseismic monitoring is being used for monitoring field conditions in real time and helping to build better models. Landmark’s 3D models can use reservoir monitoring to improve performance prediction…

Benthic wins Browse job

Nov 23, 2015

Geosciences company Benthic has been awarded two contracts by Woodside to undertake offshore geotechnical site investigations for the proposed Browse floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) development and the Greater Enfield development located off the coast of Western Australia…

Paradigm releases Geolog 7.4, app

Nov 20, 2015

Paradigm released Paradigm Geolog 7.4, the latest version of its Geolog formation evaluation software suite.   Geolog 7.4 offers engineering functionalities that expand the product's reach into additional phases of the production cycle…

Polarcus wins Egypt work

Nov 20, 2015

Polarcus has announced it has signed a contract with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic project offshore Egypt utilizing Polarcus' RightBAND technique for broadband data acquisition. The project will commence in Q4 2015 and run for approximately two and a half months.

Polarcus completes Capreolus 3D

Nov 13, 2015

The Capreolus 3D multi-client project, the largest single 3D seismic survey ever acquired offshore Australia was recently completed by Polarcus ahead of schedule after a successful 11 month acquisition campaign.  This basin-wide broadband…

TGS, PGS complete Newfoundland Labrador seismic

Nov 12, 2015

TGS completed the fifth consecutive acquisition season offshore Newfoundland Labrador in partnership with PGS.  The successful 2015 season was the biggest yet with the acquisition of over 27,000km of 2D multi-client seismic data and two multi-client 3D surveys…

UK/Ireland cross border seismic completed

Nov 10, 2015

GeoPartners, in partnership with MAGE, Seabird Exploration and DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG), has announced the completion of the acquisition of a new Ireland/UK multi-­client 2D seismic survey. This is the first broadband long offset cross border survey of its kind…

Schlumberger, Ikon Science in software agreement

Nov 09, 2015

Schlumberger and Ikon Science has announced an agreement to further develop the existing quantitative seismic interpretation capability in the Petrel exploration and production software platform. The collaboration will make high-value seismic…

EMGS announces India work

Nov 05, 2015

A letter of award has been announced and signed by Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS), worth approximately US$15.3 million, with a repeat customer in India. The survey, which is located off the eastern coast of India, is expected to start in early January 2016 by the vessel BOA Thalassa…

Searcher starts 2D off PNG

Nov 03, 2015

Image: PNG seismic/ Searcher Seismic Searcher Seismic has announced the Haere 2D Seismic Survey offshore Papua New Guinea (PNG). The survey, in cooperation with the Department of Petroleum and Energy (DPE) and project partner BGP…

CGG to promote Gabon’s 11th license round

Oct 28, 2015

CGG announced that it has been appointed as technical consultant by the Gabonese Republic’s Ministry of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons to help with the promotion of its 11th Licensing Round focusing on five highly prospective deepwater blocks…

CGG starts Brazil BroadSeis

Oct 22, 2015

CGG received all necessary permits to start acquiring the industry’s first regional broadband seismic survey of the Barreirinhas basin in the Equatorial Margin of northern Brazil in early November. Oceanic Vega…

SEG15: CGG releases software updates

Oct 19, 2015

CGG GeoSoftware has announced new releases to its application suites: Jason 9.0, Hampson-Russell 10.0 and Insight Earth 3.0. Jason 9.0 has a new anisotropic inversion tool for analyzing anisotropy for effective well design and optimum production…

CGG manager receives SEG award

Oct 19, 2015

Image: Geoff Dorn/CGG Geoff Dorn, senior advisor, seismic interpretation technology, and product development manager, Insight Earth, CGG GeoSoftware, has been distinguished with the Society…

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