Eni and Total team up with Sonatrach to explore deep waters of Algerian offshore Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi; Source: Eni/Flickr Italian oil company Eni, French Total, and Algerian state-owned Sonatrach have signed two agreements which include an exclusive partnership for offshore exploration in Algeria in a virtually unexplored geological province. The Chairman and Director General of Algeria’s state oil company Sonatrach, Abdelmoumem Ould Kaddour, the Chief Executive Officer
Month: October 2018
ConocoPhillips earnings jump on higher prices and sales volumes | Offshore Energy Today
ConocoPhillips earnings jump on higher prices and sales volumes U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips has boosted its third quarter earnings on higher oil and gas prices and higher sales volumes. ConocoPhillips-operated Britannia field in the North Sea. ConocoPhillips-operated Britannia field in the North Sea. Source: ConocoPhillips ConocoPhillips on Thursday reported third-quarter 2018 earnings of $1.9 billion compared with third-quarter 2017 earnings of $0.4 billion. Excluding special items, third-quar
Source: ConocoPhillips earnings jump on higher prices and sales volumes | Offshore Energy Today
Russia, Norway ink Barents Sea seismic surveying pact | Offshore Energy Today
Russia, Norway ink Barents Sea seismic surveying pact Russia and Norway have signed an agreement on mutual rights to seismic acquisition in the Barents Sea. Russian Minister Dmitry Kobylkin (left) and Norwegian Minister Kjell-Børge Freiberg in Oslo. / Image source: Regjeringen The agreement was signed on Thursday by the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Kjell-Børge Freiberg and his Russian colleague, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dmitry Kobylkin. “The Agreement is a natur
Source: Russia, Norway ink Barents Sea seismic surveying pact | Offshore Energy Today
ADNOC keen to expand energy partnership with India | Offshore Energy Today
ADNOC keen to expand energy partnership with India UAE-owned oil company Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is looking to deepen energy partnership opportunities with India. Source: ADNOC Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Group CEO of ADNOC, met on Monday with Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, at an invitation-only energy leaders’ roundtable, as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) seeks to expand partnership and investment opportunities, especially in the energy sector. Th
Source: ADNOC keen to expand energy partnership with India | Offshore Energy Today
Spectrum teams up with TGS on expanded survey off Brazil | Offshore Energy Today
Spectrum teams up with TGS on expanded survey off Brazil Seismic survey companies Spectrum and TGS have announced a collaboration on the expanded Santos Basin multi-client 3D survey offshore Brazil. Source: Spectrum Spectrum said on Tuesday that the company joined forces with TGS and expanded the Santos 3D program to 15,000 square kilometers over the prospective southern Santos Basin. According to the company, TGS and Spectrum will be equal partners with data processing and imaging to be performed
Source: Spectrum teams up with TGS on expanded survey off Brazil | Offshore Energy Today
SeaBird to take ownership of CGG vessel in October | Offshore Energy Today
SeaBird to take ownership of CGG vessel in October An agreement for the acquisition of the Geowave Voyager vessel by seismic services provider SeaBird Exploration from France’s CGG has become effective and closing of the transaction is expected in October. Geowave Voyager seismic vessel. Photo by William Murphy/Flickr – under the CC BY-SA 2.0 license SeaBird Exploration began talks to buy the Geowave Voyager vessel and some seismic equipment from CGG back in mid-July. The Geowave Voyager was bu
Source: SeaBird to take ownership of CGG vessel in October | Offshore Energy Today
SeaBird pens LoI for OBN survey. Harrier Explorer, Osprey Explorer vessels selected for the job | Offshore Energy Today
SeaBird pens LoI for OBN survey. Harrier Explorer, Osprey Explorer vessels selected for the job Seismic player SeaBird Exploration has received a letter of intent for an ocean bottom node seismic survey. The company said it would provide two source vessels for the OBN seismic survey to be carried out in the Americas region. SeaBird did not reveal the identity of the client whom it just described as “a repeat client.” SeaBird said it would be using the Harrier Explorer and Osprey Explorer vessels fo
SeaBird, MCG increase NCS survey scope. Work to continue in 2019 | Offshore Energy Today
SeaBird, MCG increase NCS survey scope. Work to continue in 2019 Seismic players SeaBird Exploration has informed that its multi-client 2d survey project in partnership with MultiClient GeoPhysical in North West Europe has obtained further support from an oil major in the form of a pre-funding commitment. Also, the project scope has been increased, leading to a suspension for the 2018 season, slated for restart next year. The two-month survey project was first announced in July, when SeaBird said it
Source: SeaBird, MCG increase NCS survey scope. Work to continue in 2019 | Offshore Energy Today
CGG embarks on multi-client survey northwest of the Shetland Isles – Offshore
CGG embarks on multi-client survey northwest of the Shetland Isles09/17/2018Location map for CGG’s rich-azimuth survey northwest of the Shetland Isles(Map courtesy CGG)Offshore staffPARIS – CGG has started acquisition of a high-density, rich-azimuth, towed-streamer multi-client survey in the UK West Shetland basin.The 3,600-sq km (1,390-sq mi) survey has received industry support and has been designed in collaboration with major international oil companies. It focuses on delivering high-re
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