Exploration
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September 06, 2019
The project will comprise reimaging data from three overlapping seismic surveys totaling 3,600 km2 that were acquired between 1999 and 2008—the only available 3D data in this part of the Red Sea.
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September 05, 2019
In line with its continued investments in high-end imaging technology, supercomputing capacity and digitalization, CGG will employ its FWI and least-squares migration algorithms over the entire survey area of more than 10,000 km².
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September 02, 2019
Seadrill has secured a one year contract with LLOG Exploration Offshore for the West Neptune operating in the US Gulf of Mexico.
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September 02, 2019
CGG announced that its third quarter 2019 segment revenue is expected to be above $350 million, based on strong multi-client sales in the range of $160 million (including transfer fees) and steady demand for Geoscience technology and equipment.
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August 30, 2019
Fugro has successfully completed the second of three Malaysian seep hunting and geochemical campaigns for Petronas.
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August 30, 2019
China Big Oil wrapped up a first half that rewarded exploration & production and punished refining.
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August 28, 2019
Searcher Seismic has reached agreement with Perupetro to produce four new multi-disciplinary projects as part of its Offshore Peru multi-client campaign.
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August 27, 2019
Total and Qatar Petroleum have signed agreements under which Qatar Petroleum will farm into Total-held exploration acreage in Namibia, Guyana and Kenya.
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August 27, 2019
Halliburton released ten new DecisionSpace 365 E&P cloud-native applications that leverage advances in digital technology to help operators reduce exploration risk, improve reservoir characterization and boost drilling efficiency.
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August 27, 2019
Tracey Henderson is returning to the corner of Africa where two decades ago she started to make her name in the oil world.
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August 27, 2019
With an initial focus on Brazil’s 15th License Round blocks, the data is being acquired by the Geo Caribbean, and a portion of the survey will provide 3D data coverage where no other 3D data currently exists.
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August 26, 2019
Ecopetrol will employ unmanned underwater gliders to navigate an extensive area of the Colombian Caribbean to acquire information related to physical-chemical variables of the ocean.
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August 22, 2019
An industry task group has created the Reserves Progression self-verification check list tool, to help operators improve overall recovery rates and extend the productive life of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
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August 21, 2019
The preliminary agreement sets the core terms and conditions for YPF’s transfer of 50% of its share in the CAN 100 offshore block, and will enable both companies to expand their alliance and move forward with the exploration process in the Argentinian offshore.
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August 20, 2019
Equinor and partners OMV and Petoro have made an oil discovery in the Sputnik exploration well in the Barents Sea. Recoverable resources are preliminarily estimated at 20-65 MMboe.
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August 15, 2019
ANPG, the national concessionaire for Angola, holds mineral rights for the exploration, development and production of liquid and gas hydrocarbons. The blocks, which are all considered frontier, currently have no hydrocarbon production.
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August 13, 2019
API TR 21TR1 seeks to address industry and regulatory concerns regarding connector bolts in all equipment deployed in offshore and other oil and natural gas exploration and production.
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August 12, 2019
Tullow Oil has made its first discovery in its Orinduik license offshore Guyana, exceeding pre-drill forecasts and paving the way for more exploration wells in the near future.
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August 06, 2019
Energy logistics company Peterson has been awarded a major contract with Repsol Exploracion Guyana, S.A., selected as the main logistics contractor for the Carapa 1 exploration and drilling project, providing Repsol with integrated supply base operations management, logistics and pipe yard operations.
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August 04, 2019
Malaysia’s state-owned oil company has signed an agreement with Gabon for two exploration permits after the African country enacted a new oil law last month, the government said in a statement citing Noel Mboumba, Gabon’s petroleum minister.
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August 01, 2019
Recent resumption of exploration programs puts Brazil on track to be one of the world's leading oil producers over the next 10 years, said Felipe Kury, director of Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency.
