Geology & Geophysics
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May 26, 2017
TGS and Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) announce the fourth 3D seismic project offshore Eastern Canada for 2017. Long Range 3D will comprise approximately 9,100 km2 of 3D GeoStreamer data in the Eastern Newfoundland region.
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May 25, 2017
CGG’s Multi-Physics business line has launched its Multi-Physics Imaging group, consolidating its recognized expertise in multi-physics data processing and interpretation, trusted technical consulting services and specialized commercial software development into a single global team.
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May 25, 2017
Emerson has announced the completion of its Total Uncertainty Management program in cooperation with Statoil.
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May 25, 2017
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway, the UK and Atlantic Margin, is pleased to announce the commencement of the Faroe-operated Brasse appraisal well 31/7-2S in the Norwegian North Sea (Faroe 50%).
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May 23, 2017
For the first time in almost 80 years, a private company has sunk a new offshore oil well in Mexican waters -- the latest step in the country’s drive to allow foreign competitors back into its energy markets.
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May 22, 2017
Cooper Energy has announced that Callawonga-14, an appraisal and development well drilled by the PEL 92 Joint Venture in PPL 220, has been cased and suspended as a future oil producer.
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May 22, 2017
Sound Energy, the African and European focused upstream gas company, is pleased to announce that the SAIPEM rig has now arrived at the Company's Sidi Moktar asset, onshore Morocco, ahead of the re-entry and testing of the Lower and Middle Jurassic in two existing wells on the Kechoula discovery.
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May 22, 2017
Premier is pleased to announce that the Zama-1 exploration well in Block 7 (Premier equity 25%) in the shallow water Sureste basin, offshore Mexico, was spudded on May 21, 2017.
Article
May 2017
Latin America schleps forward on its quest for recovery
Article
May 2017
Colloidal nanoparticles could prevent clay-related flow impairment in the reservoir.
Article
March 2017
Recovering from a six-year drilling low that was reported last May, African E&P is slowly picking up the pieces. The region has seen numerous setbacks, despite having the potential to become one of the leading oil and gas producers and exporters in the world. Much of East Africa is riddled with severe debt and economic unrest, impeding investment and the development of infrastructure.
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January 2017
Soldiers to scientists
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December 29, 2016
Ophir and its JV partners, BG Tanzania (Shell) and Pavilion Energy, have concluded the drilling of two exploration wells offshore Tanzania, safely and on time.
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December 29, 2016
Exxon Mobil has reported a new natural gas discovery in the Papua New Guinea North Highlands, 13 miles (21 kilometers) northwest of Hides gas field.
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December 27, 2016
Gazprom Neft has opened up a new field in Serbia with recoverable reserves in the order of 432,000 tonnes.
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December 27, 2016
Eni has been awarded two exploration blocks offshore Cyprus, following a competitive international bid round.
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December 27, 2016
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer more than 48 million acres offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama for exploration and development, in a lease sale that will include all available unleased areas in the Central Planning Area (CPA).
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December 23, 2016
Energy firms including Imperial Oil and BP will get a year of consultations to hash out the fate of their rights in Canada’s Arctic after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s drilling freeze set the stage for a dispute over license extensions.
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December 22, 2016
Premier Oilfield Laboratories, LLC (POL) has acquired COREX UK Ltd. Established over 40 years ago, COREX is an international provider of analytical services for the oil and gas industry, helping to improve hydrocarbon recovery while mitigating risk for E&P operators.
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December 21, 2016
The Newfoundland and Labrador Oil & Gas Industries Association (Noia) has responded to the moratorium on new oil & gas leasing in Arctic waters announced late yesterday.
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December 20, 2016
President Barack Obama banned new offshore oil and gas development in more than 100 million acres of the U.S. Arctic and undersea canyons in the Atlantic Ocean, an announcement certain to provoke a fight with the Republican-led Congress and his successor in the White House.
