The job of placing ocean bottom nodes for seismic acquisition could be set for a revolution. Elaine Maslin looks at Autonomous Robotics Limited’s concept. A single node, nose on. Images from Autonomous Robotics Ltd…
ION Geophysical has been awarded an extension to its existing multi-year contract with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the national oil company of Mexico. Under this contract, ION is providing a broad range of seismic data processing for multiple offshore and onshore surveys…
TGS has acquired 93,000km (50%) of the 186,000km 2D seismic project, Gigante, which covers the entire offshore sector of Mexico and ties into TGS' regional 2D seismic grid covering the entire US Gulf of Mexico. Interpretation of preliminary…
Irish oil explorer Providence Resources has agreed to a license deal with seismic firm Searcher Seismic covering its Newgrange prospect in the southern Porcupine basin. Searcher had already announced a major new multi-client 3D seismic program…
CGG is to start a multi-client airborne gravity and magnetic survey offshore South Africa this month ahead of a new licensing round expected in the region later this year. The Petroleum Agency of South Africa (PASA) has authorized the program…
It's what just a few years ago was seen as possibly one of the most unlikely places for a battle over who could tow the largest seismic spread. However, just that is underway offshore Myanmar, or Burma, which has come under exploration…
Norway's latest awards in predefined areas (APA) license round has been hailed a success with some 56 exploration licenses being offered on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The APA rounds offer acreage in known areas on the shelf, rather than frontier acreage…
Searcher Seismic has started Phase 2 of the Silver-Eye Broadband 3D survey in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. Following the successful acquisition of Phase 1; comprising 2663 sq km, Searcher is now acquiring additional broadband 3D data in the area…
Atlantic margin focused explorer Chariot Oil & Gas has started a 3D seismic acquisition survey of approximately 2600sq km in Blocks 2312 & 2412A (the “Central Blocks”) offshore Namibia. The survey is being conducted by PGS Exploration…
Ophir Energy, as operator, has dropped its stake in exploration licenses covering three blocks offshore the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean east of South Africa. The UK-based explorer had farmed in to the blocks – 5B/1, 5B2 and 5B3 – with Australia’s WHL Energy…
Sterling Energy is to withdraw from the Block C-3 joint venture, offshore Mauritania. The move will see Tullow Oil take over Sterling's 40.5% share in the production sharing contract (PSC) for Block C-3. Upon completion, the holders of the PSC will be: Tullow (Operator) 90%…
Abdelghani Henni reports on how French major Total is keeping the ABK field offshore Abu Dhabi up and running past its initial life span, and beyond, serving as a pilot project for other major fields in the country. ABK…
Innovate, collaborate, standardize; lead with lean. One could argue that the future of the global offshore E&P business, particularly deepwater development, is ours to create. Confronted…
Independent Oil & Gas (IOG) has received extensions from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) for its Cronx and P2085 licenses located in the North Sea. Cronx OGA has extended the Cronx license by one year to 9 January 2017. In addition…
Schlumberger and Statoil Gulf of Mexico signed an agreement to license a large part of the WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) deepwater multiclient seismic survey in the southern Gulf of Mexico. The license also includes collaboration with WesternGeco in the seismic processing phase…
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