Geology & Geophysics
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December 08, 2016
Polarcus has received two Letters of Intent from two undisclosed clients for two additional marine seismic projects offshore South America.
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December 08, 2016
Emerson Automation Solutions has launched the latest version of its reservoir characterization and modeling software. Through a host of new features and greater workflow integration to support the Big Loop solution, Roxar RMS 10 provides improvements to the seismic to simulation workflow; new decision-support tools for improved reservoir management; and increased user performance and productivity.
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December 06, 2016
PARIS, France -- CGG announced the delivery of near real-time imaging results for a 4,200 sq km BroadSeis 3D marine seismic survey acquired offshore Morocco. CGG delivered the very-fast-track (VFT) RTM PSDM volume to the client only four days after the last shot.
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December 01, 2016
Premier Oilfield Laboratories (POL) has acquired MUD Geochemical, a geochemical laboratory and consulting company that provides X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analysis, and other geophysical services.
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December 01, 2016
CGG announced that the final processed depth volumes (Kirchhoff and RTM PreSDM) from the company's recent 3D BroadSeis multi-client survey in the highly prospective Gabon South Basin are now available for license.
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November 29, 2016
Emerson Automation Solutions has supplied its Roxar RMS reservoir modeling software to Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). The new licenses will be used to build more accurate and detailed reservoir models.
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November 28, 2016
BP has acquired interests in two exploration prospects, Jock Scott and Craster, in the North Sea.
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November 24, 2016
When OPEC exempted Nigeria from its plan to cut oil output for the first time in eight years, it highlighted how far Africa’s biggest producer has fallen.
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November 23, 2016
Petroleum Geo-Services won conditional agreement from banks for a longer credit line and new investment from the billionaire Andresen family, as the Norwegian oil-services provider contends with the crude slump.
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November 21, 2016
Total and SOCAR, the national oil company of Azerbaijan, have signed an agreement establishing the contractual and commercial terms for the first phase of production from Absheron gas and condensate field.
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November 18, 2016
Over 50 years of North Sea exploration data has been mined as part of a Data Challenge set by Common Data Access (CDA), a subsidiary of Oil & Gas UK established to facilitate the sharing of well and seismic data by the oil and gas industry.
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November 18, 2016
Drillers burned by a two-year slump in crude prices are slowing exploration of deepwater prospects off the coast of Africa, undermining a key driver of growth on the continent.
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November 14, 2016
Paradigm has announced that Task Fronterra, a leading global geoscience consultancy, has standardized its advanced borehole data analysis service offering on the Paradigm Geolog petrophysical analysis and formation evaluation solution.
Article
November 2016
Coring operations require careful planning to prevent operational risks and unbudgeted costs. The latest technology combats these issues and leads to quality coring operations.
Article
November 2016
Companies in the news
News
November 03, 2016
Shell and its joint venture (JV) partners, Pavilion Energy and Ophir Energy, have started their drilling program offshore Tanzania.
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November 01, 2016
Statoil has submitted a Plan for Development and Operation for the Trestakk discovery on the Halten Bank to Norway’s Minister for Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien. Capital expenditures are estimated at approximately 5.5 billion NOK ($670 million).
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October 31, 2016
The UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) received 29 applications covering 113 blocks in the latest offshore licensing round which targeted under-explored areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
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October 28, 2016
TGS is to expand its NWAAM multi-client library in the MSGBC basin. The company is to acquire more than 11,500 km of long-offset broadband 2D seismic data as well as magnetic and gravity data in the Republic of Guinea, Guinea Bissau and the AGC joint exploration zone between Guinea Bissau and Senegal.
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October 27, 2016
Statoil, the first of the major oil producers to report third-quarter earnings, posted an unexpected loss for a second quarter in a row as maintenance and exploration expenses compounded the impact of lower crude and gas prices.
