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(OE) TGS announced a collaboration agreement with Apparition Geoservices to jointly provide integrated, encoded simultaneous source acquisition solutions to drive the next level of efficiency in seismic surveys. During the agreement term of four years, TGS and Apparition will collaborate through joint research, development and testing to fully commercialize Apparition technology in ocean bottom node,... Continue Reading →
With corporate headquarters in Norway and operational headquarters in the U.S., TGS is actively working on scaling up the efficiency of seismic surveys. To this end, the energy data and intelligence provider is pooling resources with Apparition Geoservices GmbH, thanks to a new long-term collaboration agreement. The exclusive four-year collaboration agreement enables TGS and Apparition... Continue Reading →
(OET) Oslo-headquartered marine geophysical company PGS has secured a new assignment for one of its seismic acquisition vessels offshore Africa with an undisclosed firm. In addition, the start of operations in Brazil for another one of its ships has been delayed. While revealing a contract award for a 3D exploration acquisition contract offshore Africa, PGS... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oil and gas company Global Petroleum said Monday that the Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy had given approval for the company and its partners to proceed to the First Renewal Period ("FRP") of Walvis Basin license PEL 94, with a duration of two years from September 2023 to September 2025. The work commitment... Continue Reading →
(OM) A vast majority of operators and developers are investing in autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) as they seek to optimize production, decrease emissions and enhance safety during operations. In a recent interview with Offshore, Oceaneering’s senior vice president of business development and chief commercial officer, Earl Childress, said, “Remote operations are continuously evolving... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras announced this week that it will start a 4D Nodes seismic survey in the Sapinhoá field, about 266 km from the municipality of Ilhabela (SP) and at a minimum depth of 2,000 meters. The monitoring phase of data acquisition in the field will be carried out by the company PXGEO. The seismic survey... Continue Reading →
(OET) Challenger Energy Group (CEG), the Isle of Man-headquartered oil and gas company focused on the Caribbean and Americas, has been awarded the last remaining available shallow water exploration block located off Uruguay. Other offshore exploration licenses are held by energy majors, including Shell, Apache and YPF, the Argentinian national oil company. After Challenger Energy submitted a bid... Continue Reading →
Marine geophysical company PXGEO on Friday announced it has secured a contract with Petrobras for a 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Campos Basin, Brazil. The survey is to be acquired in water depths of 2,300 meters with a duration of approximately 10 months, the company said.
(OE) Norwegian seismic data firm TGS on Tuesday announced an expansion of its multi-client 3D coverage in the Malvinas Basin offshore Argentina, called Malvinas 3D Phase III. TGS plans to acquire a ~7,500 square kilometer 3D seismic survey, and upon completion, TGS will have built a 3D library of 25,000 square kilometers in the Malvinas... Continue Reading →
(TN) Petrobras invested BRL 600 million in the largest seismic campaign in ultra-deep waters in the world, concluded at the end of April in the Tupi field and in the Iracema area, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, on the southeastern coast of Brazil. Lasting one year, the operations covered an area of 3,164 km², equivalent... Continue Reading →
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