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In August, Petrobras obtained an environmental license from Ibama to begin seismic research activities in the Búzios Field, in the Santos Basin. This is the second OBN (Ocean Bottom Nodes) acquisition for the field, and the first for 4D monitoring The goal is to generate high-quality data, with cutting-edge technology, to improve the identification of... Continue Reading →
(PN) Earlier this month, the Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) issued a license authorizing Petrobras to begin a 4D seismic survey with nodes in the Buzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The survey may be conducted using one of the seismic source vessels: Artemis Arctic or Artemis Odyssey. In addition,... Continue Reading →
(Oilprice.com)U.S. shale producer Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:OXY) and Colombia's integrated energy company Ecopetrol S.A. (NYSE:EC) are planning to drill an offshore oil well off Colombia's waters in seas roughly 3,900 meters (close to 13,000 feet) deep before the year is out, Bloomberg has reported. Dubbed Komodo-1, the ultra-deepwater well will qualify as the deepest offshore oil well in the world, beating... Continue Reading →
(Oil Now) Suriname’s shallow water bid round has closed and according to its state oil company, Staatsolie, “several bids” were received. “We would like to thank the companies which have shown their interest,” the Staatsolie said in a recent announcement. The state oil firm is yet to release the companies that submitted bids and for... Continue Reading →
(OE) Fugro has been awarded a site characterization contract for a 684 MW offshore wind farm development off the coast of the Japanese cities of Murakami and Tainai, Niigate Prefecture, Japan. The offshore wind farm off the country’s west coast will be developed and realized by a consortium of RWE, Mitsui and Osaka Gas. Fugro’s... Continue Reading →
(OE) TotalEnergies has signed an agreement to acquire a 60% interest and operatorship in Block STP02, offshore Sao Tome and Principe, from the Agência Nacional do Petroléo de S. Tomé e Principé (ANP-STP). The remaining interest will be held by the existing license holders, Sonangol (30%) and ANP-STP (10%). Located within an emerging basin, 60... Continue Reading →
(OE) Norwegian seismic firm TGS has announced a new campaign for offshore wind and metocean measurement located in Morro Bay, off the U.S. West Coast. This initiative further expands the company's pioneering multi-client wind and metocean measurement initiatives in key global offshore wind regions. The campaign seeks to greatly enhance the industry's understanding of offshore... Continue Reading →
Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer There is a flurry of development underway to cut seafloor seismic and geotechnical survey technologies free from on-site control. (OE) The deeper you go, the quieter the ocean becomes. It’s something that Kyrre Tjøm is exploiting in his back-to-basics approach to ocean bottom nodes (OBNs). Like his competitors, the CEO and Founder of iDROP, is... Continue Reading →
(OE) The next phase of the On Demand Ocean Bottom Node (OD OBN) project, involving Sonardyne, Shell, Petrobras and SENAI CIMATEC, has started offshore Brazil, which could result in the development of next generation of geophysical monitoring systems in the offshore oil and gas industry. The project, which began in 2018, involves a collaboration between... Continue Reading →
Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras and seismic acquisition company Shearwater Geoservices have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for joint development and execution of scientific research and technology innovation within seismic processing and acquisition focused on data quality, value and efficiency. The five-year agreement comes in addition to previously announced cooperations between the two companies... Continue Reading →
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