ORCHESTRATING OFFSHORE VESSEL CONNECTIVITY WITH FLEET REACH
In an industry that is increasingly focused on optimising efficiency, sustainability and crew welfare, digitalisation is transforming the way offshore service providers operate. The smart solutions that support better decision-making and enhancements in crew connectivity are driving soaring data consumption by offshore support vessels (OSVs).However…
UK Gov't Advised to Harness Pandemic to Speed Zero-carbon Aims
From creating jobs in home insulation to hiking dirty fuel taxes and expanding electric-vehicle charging, Britain's government should harness the COVID-19 pandemic to accelerate cuts in planet-heating emissions, an advisory panel said on Thursday.With public support for low-carbon shifts growing and the state spending billions to boost its flagging economy…
Alphabet Winds Down Makani
Alphabet, Google's parent company, announced that it is calling it quits on its efforts to build and monetize its Makani wind energy kites.Google acquired Makani, which developed airborne wind turbines and aimed to make wind energy more accessible and affordable, in 2013. Last year, the company spun it out of…
Searcher Seismic Acquires Triok
Searcher Seismic, in cooperation with BGP, has completed the acquisition of the Triok broadband non-exclusive 2D seismic survey in the Northern Basins of Papua New Guinea.Following the acquisition of the Solomon Sea non-exclusive 2D in the northern basins of Papua New Guinea, the Triok broadband non-exclusive 2D seismic survey consists of 3…
CGG Survey Favours Gabon's Offshore Expansion
Geoscience company CGG is extending its Gabon multiclient data footprint with a 9,800-km offset 2D seismic survey in an unexplored deepwater area of the South basin.The integrated Geoscience company said it is building on the recent success of its 25,000-sq-km 3D BroadSeis survey, which led to the Boudji-1 and Ivela-1 oil discoveries.
High-End Seismic Imaging Solves Shallow Gas Challenges
The latest Q modeling, and Q-compensating imaging techniques bring greater clarity to Northern Viking GrabenCGG has recently completed seismic depth imaging of its entire Northern Viking Graben multi-client survey, in the Norwegian North Sea. The latest visco-acoustic (“Q”) velocity modeling and seismic imaging…
Archer Launches New Acoustic Listening Platform
Archer, a global oil services company and well integrity specialist, has launched the VIVIDTM acoustic listening platform — a patented, highly sensitive, acoustic technology that detects, investigates and locates leaks in real-time, verifies cement barrier seals and characterizes downhole events with unparalleled precision.
CGG Begins Deepwater Survey Offshore Brazil
CGG said it has commenced acquisition of a large broadband 3D multi-client survey in the pre-salt area of the deepwater Santos Basin. Santos VIII is the most recent survey in CGG’s vast ongoing pre-salt program that delivers ultramodern seismic data, enabling exploration companies to better evaluate pre-salt opportunities in advance of Brazil’s pre-salt licensing rounds.
Ardiseis, CGG Complete Highest-Density Seismic Survey
Ardiseis, subsidiary of the Arabian Geophysical and Surveying Company (ARGAS), the Middle East’s seismic acquisition specialist, and its technology partner, CGG, have announced the successful completion of the world’s highest-density broadband seismic survey ever acquired onshore or offshore. The ultra-high…
US Could Unwind Wind, Solar Restrictions on Federal Lands
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is considering changes to a plan that set aside areas for renewable energy development in the California desert, a move it says would promote more wind and solar projects on federal lands. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, in a statement on Thursday, said it…
Shell Buys UK Energy Provider First Utility
Royal Dutch Shell will buy British household energy and broadband provider First Utility, seeking to expand its energy supply business in the residential market, the Anglo-Dutch company said on Thursday. Shell did not disclose any financial details of the deal, which it expects to complete early next year.
Building a National Resource Offshore Brazil
CGG has been present in Brazil for over 55 years, since the company began working with Petrobras in 1961. Its long-established Rio de Janeiro Subsurface Imaging Center, with its strong reservoir characterization group, has the largest computer capacity and greatest expertise in the region. In 2010, CGG also opened a technology center in Rio with a world-class R&D team…
IKM Reports Progress at Snorre B and Visund
IKM Subsea was awarded a ROV services contract for the fields Visund and Snorre B in the North Sea last August. The contract provides for the testing and installation of an electrical, permanently seabed installed RROV (Residential - ROV). The system will interface with IKMS’s Onshore Control Center via Tampnet, a dedicated fiber-based network system for the platforms in question.
SolarEdge Enhances PV Monitoring
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. said it has launched advanced communications and management accessories to enhance module-level monitoring and improve O&M operations. In an effort to speed up installation times and to simplify the setup of solar monitoring connections, SolarEdge introduced its GSM Cellular Kit for wireless communication.
CGG Starts Santos Basin Survey for Next Pre-salt Licensing
CGG said it has begun a large broadband 3D multi-client survey in the pre-salt area of the deepwater Santos Basin. Santos VII (Saturno) is the third phase in CGG’s pre-salt project collectively known as the Santos Basin Trilogy, designed to make ultramodern seismic datasets available as quickly as possible to…
Polarcus Wins Broadband 3D Project in Australasia
Polarcus Limited (OSE: PLCS) received a contract award for a broadband 3D marine seismic project in Australasia. The project is due to commence in Q4 2016 and will run for approximately one month.
CGG Launches Shallow Reservoir Imaging Solution
CGG announced at ONS 2016 the launch of TopSeis, the latest evolution in offshore broadband seismic, specifically designed to overcome the intrinsic lack of near offsets inherent in 3D towed-streamer seismic. Exacerbated by the use of progressively wider spreads to meet the industry’s quest for greater efficiency…
MOL Makes Fleet-wide Migration to Fleet Xpress
26 July 2016: Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has announced that its partner JSAT MOBILE Communications has signed an agreement with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), one of the world’s largest shipping companies, to introduce the newly-launched Fleet Xpress service across the majority of its car carrier fleet.
Spectrum Kicks off 2D Survey in Brazil's Santos, Campos Basins
Spectrum is pleased to announce the commencement of a 15,000 km Multi-Client 2D survey offshore Brazil in the Santos and Campos Basins. The new acquisition program is an outboard extension of Spectrum’s 2012 Santos Campos Phase 1 survey, and will tie other programs in the Santos, Campos and Espirito Santo Basins…
Updated Software Solves E&P Reservoir Challenges
CGG GeoSoftware has launched Jason 9.5, the latest version of its advanced reservoir characterization software that adds many new capabilities including depth inversion, broadband reservoir characterization and anisotropic inversion. These additions build on and improve Jason’s technology that reveals essential…
