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Shearwater Hires DOF Subsea's Vessel, ROV for OBN Survey in Brazil

May 25, 2021

Marine seismic contractor Shearwater Geoservices has awarded subsea support vessel operator DOF Subsea a vessel and an ROV contract for seismic support work in Brazil.DOF Subsea's Skandi Neptune vessel will support Shearwater's Ocean Bottom Node seismic campaigns on Petrobras' Jubarte…

Magseis Fairfield Wins 4D Survey Gig in North Sea

May 18, 2021

Magseis Fairfield has won a contract to conduct a 4D  Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) monitor survey in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea with an unnamed client.The survey is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2021 and last for just under a month…

CGG Bags OBN Imaging Work with Equinor in Brazil

May 10, 2021

Equinor has awarded CGG a major contract for the seismic imaging of its Bacalhau 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey covering 409 sq km currently being acquired in Brazil’s deepwater Santos Basin.The project is already underway at CGG’s Rio de…

Magseis Fairfield Nets 'Meaningful' Gulf of Mexico OBN Survey Contract

Apr 08, 2021

Oslo-listed offshore oil and gas seismic data acquisition company Magseis Fairfield has won a new contract in the Gulf of Mexico.The company has been awarded an Ocean Bottom Node for 'a multi-client company,' which it did not name.'The duration…

SeaBird Nets 90-Day Source Vessel Deal

Mar 29, 2021

Norwegian seismic survey contractor SeaBird Exploration said Monday it had secured a contract for source vessel services.In a brief update, SeaBird said the contract was for the provision of source vessel services for an OBN survey in the Eastern hemisphere…

Solstad Offshore CSVs Net Offshore Wind, Seismic Survey Contracts

Mar 04, 2021

Norwegian offshore vessel provider Solstad Offshore said Thursday it had won new contracts for two of its subsea construction vessels (CSV), the Normand Fortress and the Normand Mermaid, in offshore wind and seismic sectors, respectively.The…

More GoM Work for Magseis Fairfield

Feb 12, 2021

Oslo-listed Magseis Fairfield on Friday said it had won a deep-water 4D Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) monitor survey contract in the US Gulf of Mexico with a repeat customer.The survey will be conducted with Magseis Fairfield’s ZXPLR technology, currently in use for ongoing projects in the same region…

Magseis Fairfield in Deepwater Survey Gig, Offshore Angola

Feb 10, 2021

Oslo-listed seismic services company Magseis Fairfield has said it has won a seismic survey contract offshore Angola.The contract, with an unnamed 'major international energy company' is for a deep-water Ocean Bottom Node baseline survey (3D)…

E&P Major Hires Magseis Fairfield for 4D Survey Off Norway

Feb 01, 2021

Marine seismic player Magseis Fairfield has been awarded a 4D Ocean Bottom Node monitor survey in the Norwegian North Sea.The Oslo-listed contractor did not say who the client was, apart from saying it was a 'a major E&P company.'The survey…

CGG, Magseis Fairfield Complete 'Largest Ever' North Sea OBN Survey

Nov 26, 2020

Marine seismic data companies CGG and Magseis Fairfield have completed the 2020 acquisition of what they say is the largest OBN (Ocean Bottom Node) survey ever acquired in the North Sea. The OBN Cornerstone 2020 multi-client survey in the UK Central North Sea began in March 2020…

Brazil: Petrobras Taps Shearwater Geo for Deepwater OBN Survey

Nov 26, 2020

Seismic contractor Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a large Ocean Bottom Node 4D Baseline survey in Brazil with the Brazilian national oil company Petrobras.The deepwater OBN survey will be carried out at the Jubarte Field in the Campos Basin…

Petrobras Taps Seabed Geosolutions for 4D OBN Survey in Brazil

Nov 10, 2020

Ocean bottom seismic company Seabed Geosolutions said Monday it had secured a contract for a baseline 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey as well as a future 4D monitor OBN survey in Brazil for Petrobras, both covering the Sapinhoa Shared Reservoir in the Santos Basin…

SeaBird Exploration Wins Seismic Work in Gulf of Mexico

Sep 22, 2020

Oslo-listed seismic surveyor SeaBird Exploration has said it has secured a new contract in the Gulf of Mexico.SeaBird said Monday it had received a letter of award for an Ocean Bottom Node source contract in the Gulf of Mexico. The company did…

TGS Begins 'Pioneering' OBN Survey Offshore Norway

Aug 24, 2020

Norwegian oil and gas exploration and production seismic data company TGS has announced the deployment of 'a pioneering sparse ocean bottom node (OBN) survey' in the Atlantic Margin off the coast of mid-Norway. TGS said Monday the initial study…

CGG, Magseis Fairfield Secure Pre-funding for North Sea Survey

Jul 29, 2020

Oslo-listed seismic survey company Magseis Fairfield has together with its partner CGG secured pre-funding from another oil major for the extension of the OBN Cornerstone multi-client survey in the North Sea.Magseis Fairfield did not say who the oil major was…

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