Seismic acquisition firms Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) and TGS have announced new contracts and an expanded co-operation agreement in the Barents Sea. The two firms said they will increase the number of blocks covered in the Barents Sea cooperation agreement from 11 to 17…
TGS announced the acquisition of a 3D multi-client seismic survey, The Nerites 3D, which covers 8,300sq mi in the Great Australian Bight, offshore South Australia. The survey is scheduled to commence in early January 2014, and will cover…
TGS has started acquisition of a 3D multi-client seismic survey covering 2022sq km offshore Benin. The BR-13 survey will be TGS' second 3D survey in Benin. The 3D data will build upon current subsurface knowledge and provide improved imaging of deep Cretaceous and Tertiary strata…
TGS, in partnership with BGP, has started acquisition of 2D seismic, gravity and magnetic multi-client surveys offshore Madagascar using the M/V Challenger. The surveys, MAJ-13 and MS-14, will add 7025 km of new 2D seismic data to extend and infill the existing 33…
Husky Energy reported today in its Q3 results that it has commenced work offshore Taiwan. The company has started acquiring 2D seismic data, surveying a deepwater exploration block off the island's southwest coast, at the northern margin of the South China Sea…
Under a contract recently awarded by Repsol Sinopec Brasil, Fugro is to provide geophysical, geotechnical,and metocean services to support the development of Block BM-C-33 off Brazil and its associated export route(s). The multidisciplinary project includes a marine survey campaign…
Petrobras President Maria das Graças Silva Foster announced at public hearing in the Brazilian Senate that the company plans to invest R$4 billion in 2013 and R$21.2 billion between 2013-2017 in information technology and telecommunications…
TGS has commenced acquisition of a 2D multi-client survey in the Chukchi Sea off the northwest coast of Alaska. The Chukchi Sea 2D 2013 survey covers about 8,000km and builds on the existing Chukchi Sea (CSR-06) survey acquired in 2006 in…
ION Geophysical established a GX Technology (GXT) seismic data processing center in Perth, to serve the needs of oil & gas companies in Australia and throughout the Asia- Pacific region. The new center is staffed with geoscience professionals…
TGS has started expansion of a 2D multi-client survey off northeast Greenland.The survey, NEG13, will enable customers to prepare for the announced Greenland Licensing Round in 2013/2014. Due to favorable ice conditions, TGS expects to acquire 4…
TGS announces three new multi-client surveys; a 3D survey in UK West of Shetlands and two 2D surveys offshore Newfoundland-Labrador. Rona Ridge 2013 (RR13) is a 2,420 km sq 3D survey that will provide the industry's first 3D data in the highly prospective UK West Shetland Basin…
Fugro was awarded a three-year contract by Chevron’s subsidiary, Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Ltd., to support its development program at Block 0, off the coast of Cabinda province, Angola. The contract includes the provision of offshore…
TGS announced it will charter the 12-streamer Polarcus Asima for a six-month period. TGS will utilize the ship during an acquisition of a 3D multi-client survey covering 7800km 2 of the Sunfish acre age in Harper Basin, off Liberia. TGS will…
TGS commences 3D data acquisition off LiberiaPolarcus Asima vesselTGS has commenced acquisition of a 3D multi-client survey, Sunfish, which covers up to 7,800 km2 of highly prospective acreage in the Harper Basin, offshore Liberia.…
Schlumberger has acquired Gedco, a Calgary-based provider of integrated geophysical survey design software and services. Gedco, which becomes part of the WesternGeco business unit, developed the OMNI 3D seismic survey design and modeling system and the VISTA 2D/3D seismic data processing package.
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