Geology & Geophysics

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July 03, 2023
CGG announced that Sercel has been awarded multiple major equipment contracts by BGP Inc., a global geophysical services provider. The contracts include the delivery of 54 Nomad 65 Neo vibrator trucks and 29,000 GPR300 seabed nodes.
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June 26, 2023
The reprocessing addendum enhances a multi-year contract awarded initially by Petronas in August 2020 to acquire and process up to 105,000 km² of multi-client 3D data over a 5-year period in the basin.
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June 22, 2023
This 3D is crucial to enhancing the geological understanding of the sparsely explored offshore Gulf of Papua and developing drill ready prospects like those recently identified by a supermajor in the permit immediately adjacent to the Nanamarope 3D.
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May 31, 2023
Equinor’s One Subsurface community will now have a standardized subsurface toolkit, which helps them to seamlessly introduce geoscientists into different projects.
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May 25, 2023
The completed seismic acquisition program exceeds the initially planned area by more than 1,500 square kilometers. Initial acquisition results indicate a high-quality dataset can be expected.
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April 26, 2023
The area, which includes blocks licensed by TotalEnergies SE and Africa Oil Corp, received the offshore exploration authorization from the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy on April 17, according to an email notice by Environmental Impact Management Services.
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April 21, 2023
PEL 87 includes the very large Saturn turbidite complex that has been mapped. This complex shares many geologic characteristics and is on-trend with the Venus oil discovery made by TotalEnergies in February 2022.
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April 20, 2023
Martin currently serves as the President of EnerGeo Alliance, where she is responsible for the development and execution of their global strategies and priorities advocating for the energy geoscience and exploration industries.
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April 13, 2023
Thirty-two 3D seismic surveys will be reprocessed in Stage 2, comprising a mix of vintages covering held acreage, MBR License Blocks, and open acreage in the Malay Basin.
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April 12, 2023
On its first deployment, the fully wireless nodal system is being used by the contractor to acquire a major seismic project across urban areas of southern Mexico, where intense oilfield activity and complex terrain make survey logistics particularly challenging.
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April 06, 2023
Two of the ten contracts include nodal equipment supply and seismic data processing for STRYDE’s largest geothermal project to date in the Middle East, as well as a European survey that was conducted alongside a geological research center in Belgium.
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March 2023
Dinosaurs, CO2 and Quantum
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March 23, 2023
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador released its budget and Energy NL welcomes a number of the initiatives, including reinstatement of the offshore seismic program, support for the renewable sector, continuation of the Offshore Exploration Initiative, and assessment of natural gas opportunities.
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March 23, 2023
Seismic surveys use sound waves to help oil and gas companies build an image of hydrocarbon deposits buried deep underground. They are considered a fast and efficient way to map out new reserves, which is essential given that the world’s oil and gas supplies are dwindling even as energy demand is soaring, and renewables aren’t ready to do the heavy lifting of keeping the lights on around the globe.
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March 21, 2023
Covering 1,800 km2, Phase IV completes the programmed 14,500 km2 survey of newly acquired 3D data in deep and shallow water in the promising Guyana-Suriname basin. The program also includes over 6,400 km2 of reprocessed data. These new multi-client data will support Suriname’s deep and shallow water bid rounds.
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March 08, 2023
The STRYDE Node™ is the smallest, lightest, and most affordable onshore wireless seismic sensor available on the market today. Explor and its end clients benefit from significant cost savings, operational efficiency gains, smaller crew sizes, reduced HSE exposure and a lower environmental footprint.
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March 03, 2023
Ramform Titan is mobilizing for the survey and acquisition is expected to complete in late May 2023.
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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.
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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.
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February 10, 2023
The seismic survey is planned to mobilize in Q2 2023 with a duration of approximately 100 days.
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