Geology & Geophysics
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September 16, 2016
Three new proposed oil sands developments have cleared an important early step in the regulatory process.
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September 16, 2016
Tullow Oil announced Friday that the drilling and testing of the Cara prospect, in license 636 in the Norwegian North Sea, has been completed.
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September 15, 2016
Mubadala Petroleum, Operator of the Manora Oil Development joint venture, has advised that drilling of the MNA-17 well, in the Northern Gulf of Thailand, has now been completed.
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September 15, 2016
Europe’s largest natural gas field may only produce less than half of what it did four years earlier as the Netherlands seeks to reduce the risk of earthquakes linked to output.
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September 15, 2016
Eni has signed a Concession Contract with the government of Montenegro related to the exploration of four blocks in the country’s offshore.
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September 15, 2016
Wintershall Norge, operator of production license 248 F, is in the process of completing the drilling of four wells in the North Sea.
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September 14, 2016
PGS and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company have jointly agreed principal terms and conditions for the purchase of a majority of the Multi-Client library of Dolphin UK Ltd. PGS and TGS will make this purchase on a 50/50 basis.
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September 09, 2016
Total Norge, operator of production license 618, is in the process of completing the drilling of exploration well 1/5-5. The well, on the HPHT Solaris prospect in the North Sea, is dry.
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September 07, 2016
The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of the Republic of Uruguay has been authorized by the President of the Republic to allow the Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcoholes y Portland (ANCAP) to contract directly with TGS for the purpose of standardization and commercialization of a multi-client well data program for exploration wells in Uruguay.
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September 07, 2016
Schlumberger WesternGeco and ION Geophysical have announced a new 3D multiclient reimaging broadband program offshore Mexico, which uses Mexico's National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) data library.
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September 06, 2016
Devon Energy has successfully tested its third Meramec spacing pilot and commenced production on two high-rate, extended-reach lateral oil wells in the core of the over-pressured oil window of the STACK.
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September 06, 2016
Statoil and Tullow Norge have agreed on a transaction whereby Statoil will increase its equity in four licenses on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The transaction includes the Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea.
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September 06, 2016
ION Geophysical announced Friday that North Sea operators selected ION in-field Acquisition Optimization Services for all time-lapse, or 4D, towed streamer projects for the 2016 North Sea season.
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September 02, 2016
Rosneft, BP and Schlumberger have announced agreements for collaboration on seismic research and development.
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September 01, 2016
Eni has drilled a fifth well on the Zohr structure, offshore Egypt, and confirmed the field’s resource estimate of 30 Tcf.
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August 31, 2016
Bell Geospace and Onyx Engineering have been awarded a contract by multinational E&P company Petronas.
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August 31, 2016
Det norske oljeselskap, operator of PL 442, has completed exploration well 25/2-18 S on the Langfjellet prospect in the North Sea. The well encountered a gross oil column of 109 m in the Vestland Group.
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August 30, 2016
CGG has signed an agreement with GNPC Operating Services Company (GOSCO), an independent Ghanaian E&P services company, to form a joint-venture company dedicated to conducting high-end 2D, 3D and 4D marine seismic acquisition and related services in the territorial waters of the Republic of Ghana.
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August 30, 2016
Explorers in 2015 discovered only about a tenth as much oil as they have annually on average since 1960. This year, they’ll probably find even less, spurring new fears about their ability to meet future demand.
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August 26, 2016
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with a repeat customer for 3D EM data to be acquired over the Hoop area in the Barents Sea.
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August 24, 2016
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nalcor Energy and Beicip-Franlab announced Wednesday that the in place oil and gas resource potential is 25.5 Bbbl of oil and 20.6 Tcfg in the West Orphan basin located within the area of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) 2016 Eastern Newfoundland Call for Bids.
