Searcher Seismic, in cooperation with BGP, is to carry out a multi-client campaign consisting of three separate surveys totalling 12,500km of 2D data and 566sq km of 3D data offshore Australia. The BGP Explorer has been contracted to…
ExxonMobil started drilling the Pelican South-1 well, its third and latest prospect in the Neptun Block off Romania in the Black Sea. Pelican South-1 is being drilled by Diamond Offshore's ultra-deepwater semisubmersible Ocean Endeavor about 155km offshore…
dGB Earth Sciences launched its OpendTect 5.0, the latest version of its open source seismic interpretation software, at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) 84th annual meeting in Denver. OpendTect 5.0 comes with significant…
Mexico seismic services company COMESA selected Paradigm as a strategic partner for its new seismic data processing center. Through the use of Paradigm software solutions for seismic processing and imaging, subsurface modeling and reservoir characterization…
CAMAC Energy Gambia awarded Polarcus a contract to acquire a 3D seismic survey offshore Gambia, West Africa. The Cajun Express. From FAR. The surveys will cover approximately 1504sq…
Polarcus Ltd. says the beginning of a major new RightBAND multi-client project over the Roebuck Basin, offshore North West Shelf, Australia, is underway. Image from Polarcus. The Capreolus 3D survey will comprise approximately 15…
Oil and gas exploration has turned many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa into economic hotspots, and operators are now looking at South Africa’s western coast. Planned infrastructure improvements may improve exploration logistics, but…
Masirah Oil commissioned a new 3D seismic survey of Block 50 offshore Oman to be conducted by Dolphin Geophysical. The Artemis Arctic. From Dolphin Geophysical. Block 50 is located on the southeast coast of the Sultanate of Oman…
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. AS has commenced a new seismic survey —Declaration— in the Central Gulf of Mexico, expanding its Constitution group of WAZ 3D projects. The Declaration survey will cover 6061sq km (260 OCS blocks) in the Mississippi Canyon and Viosca Knoll areas…
The role 4D seismic plays in extracting more oil out of mature fields was outlined at ONS 2014 in Stavanger, Norway. Meg Chesshyre reports. Fig. 1: 4D seismic gives a clearer reservoir image. All Images from PGS…
Faroe Petroleum has made its first move into the Irish offshore by picking up three new, two-year Licensing Options (14/1, 14/2 and 14/3) on the southern margin of the North Celtic Sea basin. A work program, agreed with Irish authorities…
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson (pictured) said on Thursday that the Ebola virus has disrupted plans to drill off Liberia, Reuters reported. Plans to drill the Mesurado-1 wildcat, located in block LB-13, were delayed in July, according to partner Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd…
Claudio Paschoa discusses visualization technology with representatives of TGS, Petroleum Geo-Services, and Schlumberger. Test image of Petrel structural modeling. Photo from Schlumberger. Visualization…
In May 2014, Schlumberger announced the introduction of its GeoSphere reservoir mapping-while-drilling service. Claudio Paschoa discussed the new technology with Jean Seydoux, well placement and reservoir positioning program manager for Drilling & Measurements…
SeaBird Exploration Plc received a letter of award (LOA) from TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. (TGS) to acquire up to 300,000km of 2D seismic data offshore Mexico and in the US Atlantic. The survey will cover a minimum of 150,000km and up to 300…