Geology & Geophysics
News
March 02, 2023
Sintana Energy and Woodside Energy have entered into an agreement for Woodside to acquire a 56% participating interest in Petroleum Exploration License 87 if the company pays the full cost for a 3D-seismic survey covering an area of at least 5,000 square km within the license area for roughly $35 million.
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February 20, 2023
Pontiac 3D sits on the western edge of the Midland basin, part of the greater Permian basin. It encompasses historical production from Sprayberry and Wolfcamp intervals, along with significant accumulations in deep seated structures in the Devonian and Ellenburger formations.
News
February 15, 2023
The data acquired with the Permanent Seismic Monitoring System will make it possible to deepen the knowledge about the distribution of fluids in the reservoir and provide greater efficiency in the production of oil from the Mero field.
News
February 10, 2023
The seismic survey is planned to mobilize in Q2 2023 with a duration of approximately 100 days.
News
February 09, 2023
The Heimdal Terrace OBN survey will span an additional 500 square kilometer area under receivers (AUR) to increase the contiguous multi-client OBN coverage in the region to 3,778 square kilometers AUR.
News
February 07, 2023
The equipment includes a 508XT acquisition system with 25,000 channels as well as vibrator Auto-Guidance and Smart LF software.
Article
January 2023
While reflection seismic will continue to be useful in the oil and gas industry, it can be also be used to optimize alternative energies and in carbon sequestration and subsequent monitoring.
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January 24, 2023
PGS will acquire 4D surveys over the Gullfaks and Gudrun fields over the summer of 2023.
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January 23, 2023
The “Ramform Hyperion” vessel is mobilizing for the survey and expects to complete in late April 2023.
News
January 09, 2023
The reimaging project will merge over 7700 km2 of existing public 3D seismic data in the Foz do Amazonas basin.
News
January 04, 2023
This survey, covering 11,425 km2 , will broaden the region's 3D coverage and deliver additional high-quality data essential for the exploration efforts in the Foz do Amazonas basin.
News
January 03, 2023
The program's initial phase will comprise approximately 11,000 line km of newly acquired high-resolution broadband 2D seismic data on a regional scale to enhance the geological understanding of the prospective Bengal Fan.
News
December 27, 2022
The combination of multisensor broadband fidelity and dual azimuth illumination provides clients with higher-quality data for their renewed exploration interest on the Norwegian continental shelf.
News
December 19, 2022
The Railroad Commission activated personnel in response to a 5.4 magnitude earthquake about a dozen miles north of Midland in Martin County. They will take any necessary actions to protect public safety and the environment.
News
December 18, 2022
The quake struck 13.6 miles northwest of Midland at 5:35 p.m. local time on Dec. 16, according to the US Geological Survey. No injuries have been reported.
News
December 14, 2022
The reprocessing will apply CGG’s latest advances in OBN processing and imaging technology, including time-lag full-waveform inversion. This will significantly improve the velocity model, overall image resolution and frequency content for fault interpretation and reservoir characterization workflows
News
June 07, 2022
Sercel has announced the sale of a 15,000 channel WiNG system to Smart Seismic Solutions (S3), a French seismic and geophysical survey contractor, on Tuesday.
News
June 06, 2022
TDI-Brooks has completed six geotechnical coring programs in the Gulf of Mexico for numerous operators from its research vessel the RV Gyre, the company announced on Monday.
News
January 13, 2022
Just weeks after Royal Dutch Shell Plc was forced by a court to suspend a seismic survey seeking hydrocarbons in South African waters, activists are looking to block another such program.
News
January 11, 2022
CGG announced phase three of its dual-azimuth multi-client 3D survey in the Northern North Sea. Initial data from the phase three acquisition are expected to be available in early 2023, and final processed data in early 2024.
News
January 06, 2022
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is not allocating funding for the 2022 offshore seismic program and as such, the program will cease for this year. The Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industries Association is disappointed with this decision and encourages the Provincial Government to reconsider for this year and to plan an offshore seismic program for 2023.
