"Seismic" News

Despite setback, Noble returns to the Falklands

Oct 01, 2014

Noble Energy will resume exploratory drilling in the Falkland Islands next year after acquiring and reviewing extensive 3D seismic of its 10 million acre-position. In late February 2014, London-based joint venture partner Falkland Oil…

Eco completes Walvis seismic

Nov 18, 2014

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has started a 1000km 2D seismic survey on the Guy Block in the Walvis Basin, offshore Namibia. Eco Atlantic is using PGS Geophysical to perform the Survey, which is expected to be completed by the end of the month…

CGG to start Gabon 3D Broadseis survey

Sep 29, 2014

CGG has signed an exclusive multi-client data agreement with the Ministère du Pétrole et des Hydrocarbures of the Republic of Gabon. The agreement will see CGG launch a new multi-client survey program to acquire 35,000sq km of BroadSeisTM…

Eco Atlantic completes 3D seismic off Namibia

Nov 14, 2014

Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas Ltd. completed the 3D seismic survey on the Cooper block located in the Walvis Basin, offshore Namibia. The PGS vessel Ramform Vanguard, offshore Namibia. From Eco Atlantic. PGS Geophysical Ltd…

EMGS signs $3.5m Barents Sea agreements

Sep 24, 2014

Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has signed a data licensing agreement with a customer worth US$3.5 million for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS's multi-client data library in the Barents Sea. 'It satisfying to note that our multi…

Schlumberger Mozambique 2D seismic data available

Nov 10, 2014

Schlumberger’s multiclient seismic survey offshore Mozambique is now available. The Schlumberger multiclient seismic data offered in collaboration with the National Petroleum Institute of Mozambique (INP) includes reprocessed 2D lines and newly acquired seismic data…

Petroceltic increases Egypt foothold

Sep 19, 2014

Petroceltic International's joint venture with Edison International Spa has been awarded the North Port Fouad Block, in the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company 2013 International Bid Round. North Port Fouad (Block 7), is offshore the Nile Delta and lies to the north of…

Dolphin cleared for Kara Sea work

Sep 19, 2014

Dolphin Geophysical has received confirmation from the Export Control Division of the Norwegian Foreign Department that the recently announced contract in the Kara Sea is not subject to the current trade restrictive measures against Russia…

Rosneft completes East Siberian seismic

Nov 07, 2014

Rosneft has concluded seismic data acquisition on the East-Siberian-1 Block in the offshore area of the East Siberian Sea. The company carried out the seismic data survey independently with R/V Orient Explorer, with the amount of 2D work totaling 2000km…

Petrobras plans 4D seismic over Lula field

Nov 07, 2014

Brazilian national oil company Petrobras announced that they will install a permanent 4D seismic monitoring system at the 1500sq km Lula field, in the pre-salt Santos basin. Four-dimensional seismic encompasses time, in addition to the three dimensions of space…

Rockall under new 2D spotlight

Sep 17, 2014

GeoPartners, in partnership with Seabird Exploration Multi-Client and DownUnder GeoSolutions, has announced a new multiclient 2D (MC2D) seismic project in the Frontier UK Rockall Basin offshore the north west coast of Scotland. The Rockall…

RWE Dea awarded two blocks in Egypt

Sep 17, 2014

German company RWE Dea has been awarded two offshore blocks in the Gulf of Suez in Egypt’s international bid round. The new RWE Dea licences in the Gulf of Suez Map from Dea RWE will become…

Rio Oil and Gas: Brazil could become top 10 producer

Sep 16, 2014

Brazil could be poised to become one of the largest oil producers in the world, according to senior executives speaking at this year’s Rio Oil and Gas conference.  Monday’s Shell luncheon at the event offered an outlook on the changes…

CGG awarded BroadSeis contracts

Sep 10, 2014

CGG has been awarded contracts for the 3D seismic acquisition of four major surveys using its BroadSeisTM with BroadSourceTM, marine broadband technology. The four surveys represent a total contract value of over US$80 million. Three…

Improved reservoir monitoring using towed-streamer seismic

Oct 02, 2014

Schlumberger’s Patrick Smith reviews technological developments that are increasing the accuracy of 4D seismic reservoir monitoring. Schematic representation of the reconstruction of a multi-measurement shot record…

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