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Shearwater in Its First OBS ROV Survey in Gulf of Mexico

Mar 09, 2020

Shearwater GeoServices has won a major Ocean Bottom Seismic deepwater ROV project by TGS and partner in the Gulf of Mexico, USA. This will be Shearwater's first OBS ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) survey. Irene Waage Basili, the CEO of Shearwater…

TGS, Schlumberger Team Up in GoM Survey

Mar 09, 2020

Seismic firm TGS, in partnership with oilfield services giant Schlumberger, has announced the second phase of its ultra-long offset node project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The phase will extend the footprint of ultra-long offset data to the…

TGS Plans 3D Seismic Survey in Carnarvon Basin off Australia

Mar 06, 2020

Norwegian offshore seismic data acquisition and processing company TGS is planning to carry out a seismic survey in the Carnarvon Basin, off Australia, and the Australian offshore safety regulator NOPSEMA has opened the TGS for public comment…

CGG Eyes Lower 2020 Revenue Growth

Mar 06, 2020

French oil services group CGG expects its segment revenue growth to slow down in 2020, it said on Friday, assuming a limited effect from the coronavirus.'We continue to monitor the situation and potential impact on our business as our clients…

Fugro Hired for Abadi Field Survey

Mar 05, 2020

Dutch offshore survey firm Fugro has won what it says is 'a large marine survey contract' with Inpex offshore Indonesia.Fugro has been contracted to carry out geophysical and geotechnical surveys and the associated studies needed to support…

TGS Delivers Utsira OBN Data

Mar 05, 2020

Norwegian offshore seismic data company TGS has said that processing of the northern half of its landmark ocean-bottom node (OBN) multi-client Utsira survey in the Norwegian North Sea is complete and has been delivered to pre-funding customers…

Ocean Infinity Wraps 'First in Industry' Survey Offshore Angola

Mar 04, 2020

Marine robotics and offshore survey specialist Ocean Infinity, has completed a survey contract with the French oil major Total, in Angola, achieving what it describes as a first such survey in the industry.'The project was the first time that geophysical…

Brazil: PGS Begins Campos Basin Seismic Shoot

Mar 03, 2020

Norwegian marine seismic acquisition company PGS has begun a multiclient 3D seismic survey in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil.The company started the survey on February 25, using its Ramform Titan vessel. According to PGS, Te Campos Deepwater GeoStreamer X project will deliver high-quality…

Oil Stocks Rise on Stimulus, Orders, Oil price

Mar 03, 2020

Offshore energy stocks, about 34 of them, soared in value on Monday, as investors ignored corona-virus fears and heeded instead a number of U.S. and Norwegian market reports.Shares in Northern Drilling soared 31.48 percent by mid-morning in Oslo (before settling 12 percent up)…

JFLCO buys Global Marine Group

Mar 03, 2020

A J.F. Lehman & Company affiliate has completed the acquisition of Global Marine Group, a provider of subsea cable installation and maintenance services to the telecommunications, offshore renewables, utility and oil & gas industries.Global…

25 More Years for Ocean Surveyor

Mar 02, 2020

Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet in Sweden has won the public tender for a contract to undertake a major life extension program on the survey and research vessel S/V Ocean Surveyor, owned by SGU, Sweden’s national geological survey agency.“We are happy…

EMGS in Namibia Survey LoI

Feb 28, 2020

Norwegian offshore survey company Electromagnetic Geoservices has signed a letter of intent with a minimum value of $3.6 million from an undisclosed client for a survey offshore Namibia.Under the terms of the pending data licensing agreement…

Exxon Taps Ocean Infinity to Survey the Stabroek Block

Feb 28, 2020

Subsea marine robotics company Ocean Infinity said it has been awarded a contract with ExxonMobil, for high-resolution autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) geophysical and geotechnical data acquisition within the promising Stabroek block offshore Guyana…

Energean Buys Total's Share in Greek Offshore Block

Feb 28, 2020

Greek oil company Energean Oil and Gas has signed a deal to buy Total’s stake in Block 2, offshore Western Greece.Energean said the acquisition would provide material exploration opportunities in its core area of the Eastern Mediterranean with limited financialexposure…

Fugro Wraps Hollandse Kust Zuid Wind Farm UXO Survey

Feb 25, 2020

Dutch geotechnical survey company Fugro has completed unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk mitigation project for TenneT, on a cable route survey as part of the construction of the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm.Over the course of the 13-month project…

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