The Norwegian marine seismic acquisition specialist PGS will start a multi-client survey program in Papua New Guinea (“PNG”) in early February.The program, named the Painimaut 3D MultiClient survey, is expected to last for approximately 60 days and has strong industry funding…
Norwegian seismic contractor Shearwater GeoServices has secured back-to-back 3D survey work offshore India.Under the contract, awarded by Reliance, Shearwater will carry a 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition project in the Bay of Bengal…
The national oil company of Senegal, Société des Pétroles du Sénégal (PETROSEN) officially launched the country’s First Offshore Licensing Round at the Mauritania-SeneGambia-Bissau-Conakry (MSGBC) Basin. The licensing round comprises 12 blocks on offer in the MSGBC basin…
Norwegian marine seismic acquisition company SeaBird Exploration has received a letter of award for the provision of source vessel services.The letter of award follows SeaBirds November 2019 announcement when the company said it had received…
Seismic data acquisition company Polarcus has lost a seismic acquisition contract for a project in the Asia Pacific region.The company in December said it had been awarded a four-month marine seismic survey project in the Asia Pacific region with an unnamed client…
Offshore supply vessel operator Eidesvik Offshore has signed a deal to provide two of its vessels to the seismic company Seabed Geosolutions.The Norwegian vessel owner said Wednesday it would, under the contracts, provide the seismic source…
Houston-based global seismic services company SAExploration Holdings announced two new projects in offshore West Africa. The projects are valued at approximately $42 million in the aggregate and are scheduled to occur primarily during the 2nd quarter of 2020 and last approximately 71 days…
ION Geophysical Corporation, a provider of geoscience technology, services, and solutions for the oil and gas industry, has entered into a multi-client agreement with Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH), granting rights to reprocess…
Shearwater GeoServices will carry out a 3D marine seismic survey offshore India under a new contract awarded by ONGC.The Norwegian seismic company will start the 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition campaign in Q1 2020.The 4-month survey for the Indian oil company covers 2…
Norway's seismic surveyor PGS plans to raise up to 850 million Norwegian crowns ($95 million) in new equity via a private placement to partly refinance its debts maturing in the next 18 months, the company said on Tuesday. The Oslo-listed company…
Norwegian marine data acquisition firm EMGS has been awarded more work with the Mexican oil company Pemex in Mexico.As previously reported, EMGS had in June 2019 signed a two-year acquisition contract with Pemex with a valued at around $73.3 million…
Norwegian seismic services provider Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) said that key areas for the 2020 Malaysia Licensing Round are covered by the PGS Sabah MC3D program.Data is available to evaluate the petroleum potential of the highly prospective offshore Sabah province…
Shares of London-listed Egdon Resources jumped on Tuesday following news that oil giant Shell farmed into Egdon's UK offshore licenses P1929 and P2304.Under the agreement, Shell will become the operator and will acquire a 70% interest in both blocks…
Polarcus has begun the latest phase of the Cygnus regional multi-client 3D survey in the Vulcan Sub-basin, offshore north-west Australia, the marine geophysical company announced on Monday.The 1,500-square-kilometer Phase 3 South survey, covering the Skua…
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) recently hosted the very first joint regulatory authority meeting for the seismic industry on coexistence between industries at sea.Representatives from the NPD, the Directorate of Fisheries and the Institute of Marine Research participated from the authorities…