Exploration news
Trendsetter Engineering awarded contract for TC2 connection systems
Shell plan to use Trendsetter’s 15 000 psi 2 in. connectors to deliver gas lift service in the Princess Field located in the Gulf of Mexico.
African Energy Chamber to host roadshow for Equatorial Guinea oil and gas licensing rounds in China
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea launched the 2019 oil and gas licensing round in the country.
Amerisur Resources receives approval for Occidental farm-out agreement
The deal relates to four exploration blocks: Putumayo-9, Terecay, Tacacho and Mecaya in the Putumayo region, southern Colombia.
New 2D regional multi-client survey to assess hydrocarbon potential of East Africa and West Indian Ocean
CGG geoscientists have been sifting through the evidence to re-evaluate opportunities offshore East Africa and in the West Indian Ocean.
Santos appraisal well confirms major oil and gas resource in Bedout Basin
The Dorado-2 appraisal well is in Commonwealth waters approximately 160 km north of Port Hedland, Australia, and 2 km away from the Dorado-1 discovery, made in July last year.
Equinor awarded five new licences on UKCS
The licences are situated in the Moray Firth and East Shetland Platform.
CGG and Lundin Norway win NCS Exploration Innovation Prize 2019 for TopSeis
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.
'9 in 10 US shale oil companies burning cash' - Rystad Energy
Tremendous overspend by US shale firms continues to persist, says the energy research and consultancy.
Eni acquires rights in three new exploration licenses in Mozambique
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.
CGG GeoSoftware donates software suite to University of Malaya
The software will be used to teach quantitative seismic interpretation within the Exploration Geophysics module of the Department’s Master of Petroleum Geoscience programme.