Geology & Geophysics

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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.
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August 24, 2016
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said Wednesday that Lease Sale 248 garnered $18,067,020 in high bids for 24 tracts covering 138,240 acres in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area.
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August 23, 2016
Statoil has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement with Jersey Oil and Gas and CIECO Exploration and Production (UK) Limited to acquire 70% ownership and operatorship of the P.2170 license on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
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August 15, 2016
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded more than £200,000 ($258,000) in the final stage of its exploration license competition, which was launched earlier this year to stimulate further interest in offshore oil and gas exploration activity in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf.
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August 09, 2016
WellDog announced today the launch of its Shale SweetSpotter service, the first commercial reservoir-evaluation analysis technology specific to unconventional oil and gas, following successful field trials with its industry partner in the Marcellus shale.
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August 08, 2016
Sound Energy has confirmed a significant gas discovery and a potential single gas column at the company's Tendrara license, onshore Morocco.
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