SeaBird Exploration has said it is to acquire a long-offset survey in Belize, starting mid-October 2016. SeaBird will use the Northern Explorer to acquire the survey and the anticipated duration of the program is three to four weeks. Seismic activity offshore Belize…
French seismic firm CGG will use ultramodern images help to assess exploration blocks in Mexico’s upcoming licensing round, in the Perdido fold belt. The reprocessing project, Encontrado, is a merge of nine existing surveys, acquired with different orientations…
PGS has added another Cray XC supercomputer to its Houston Mega Center. The computer is named PGS Galois after the French mathematician Évariste Galois (1811-1832), and comes in addition to the Cray XC supercomputer PGS Abel delivered last year…
CGG GeoSoftware has released a series of software across its reservoir characterization product portfolio. The delivery of InsightEarth 3.1, Jason 9.6, PowerLog 9.6, EarthModel FT 9.6 and VelPro 9.6 offer more productive workflow solutions…
SeaBird Exploration, a provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, will acquire a 2D long-offset survey in Belize, starting mid-October 2016. SeaBird will use the Northern Explorer to acquire the survey and the anticipated duration of the program is three to four weeks.
Polarcus entered into a memorandum of understand (MoU) to collaborate with TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. to jointly develop selected 3D multi-client projects. New projects taken under the collaboration agreement will be announced separately as they occur…
PGS has added a further Cray XC supercomputer to its Houston Mega Center. The computer is named PGS Galois, after the French mathematician Évariste Galois (1811-1832), and comes in addition to the Cray XC supercomputer PGS Abel delivered last year…
Statoil is giving up on exploring the Reinga basin offshore New Zealand, following its three-year study of the area, which has shown low probability of a discovery. Map of New Zealand, from Statoil…
French geoscience firm CGG has been awarded an extensive multi-client program by the Instituto Nacional de Petroleo (INP) to acquire seismic data offshore Mozambique. The multi-survey program is designed to improve industry insight into…
Norwegian outfits GC Rieber Shipping and Rasmussengruppen have joined forces to set up a new 50/50 owned marine geophysical company, to be called Shearwater GeoServices. Shearwater will be an integrated provider of marine geophysical…
Searcher Seismic started the acquisition of the 11,000km Hahonua 2D Seismic Survey offshore Papua New Guinea. This new acquisition, in partnership with BGP, increases Searcher's total seismic data library in the region to over 70,000km…
Norwegian geoscience firm Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) says it is to reduce its 'employee expenses' by about 20%, through temporary and permanent layoffs on shore and offshore and other measures, due to a reduced level of activity. Q2 'employee expenses' were US$5…
Karoon Gas Australia has been awarded a three-year commitment to explore the Great Australian Bight (GAB), in which the company will focus on acquiring seismic surveys, offshore South Australia. Map of GAB…
Seabed Geosolutions, a joint venture between Fugro and CGG, secured a new extension to its ongoing shallow water operations in the UAE for Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.’s (ADNOC) Phase-II of the Ghasha Field project. This new survey is due to…
Oil India Ltd. (OIL) and the University of Houston (UH) have entered into an agreement to collaborate on technologies required to maximize recovery from aging oilfields in India. The duo will cooperate in the fields of improved oil recovery and enhanced oil recovery…