Exploration

The deal relates to four exploration blocks: Putumayo-9, Terecay, Tacacho and Mecaya in the Putumayo region, southern Colombia.

CGG geoscientists have been sifting through the evidence to re-evaluate opportunities offshore East Africa and in the West Indian Ocean.

The 578-square-mile wide-azimuth survey, known as Bayou Boeuf, is designed to image the Austin Chalk play and provide a better understanding of the formations in this area which have recently regained industry interest.

The agreement between Güralp and Sonardyne was announced at the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers conference in London, UK, yesterday.

The licences are situated in the Moray Firth and East Shetland Platform.

Gene Sweeney returns to Cudd after leading BP’s global well control team for the past seven years.

The two companies are to form a strategic partnership for marine seismic acquisition services and the creation of a new streamer technology company.

TopSeis, a marine source-over-spread acquisition and imaging solution, is the outcome of five years of close technical collaboration between CGG and Lundin Norway AS.

Through a farm-in agreement, signed with ExxonMobil Moçambique Exploration & Production Limitada (ExxonMobil) and authorised by Mozambican institutions, Eni has acquired a 10% stake in the three blocks. The blocks are located in the deep waters of Angoche and Zambezi Basins.

Chris Sugahara is to succeed Charles (Chuck) Davison as CEO of the company.

The software will be used to teach quantitative seismic interpretation within the Exploration Geophysics module of the Department’s Master of Petroleum Geoscience programme.

According to Westwood's 'State of Exploration' report, exploration drilling increased by nearly 30% in 2018 compared to 2017 but performance was down, with fewer big discoveries and a lower commercial success rate.

India's national oil company will use Sercel's X-Tech solution to conduct various 3D surveys for a total of 40 000 channels across the country.

Visions will be implemented at four of Seplat Petroleum's facilities in Nigeria.

Calima will receive US$2.0 million on completion of the transaction.