TGS purchases 3D seismic surveys of Alaska's North Slope region
The newly acquired seismic programmes provide modern high-resolution imaging which encompass 1606 km2 with an additional 632 km2 to be acquired in 2020.
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The newly acquired seismic programmes provide modern high-resolution imaging which encompass 1606 km2 with an additional 632 km2 to be acquired in 2020.
The company was drilling northwest of the Balder field in the central part of the North Sea when it made the discovery of several oil and gas-bearing intervals.
The world’s oil and gas explorers powered ahead and discovered 12.2 billion boe in 2019.
From 1 May, foreign firms registered in China with net assets of 300 million yuan (US$43 million) will be allowed to take part in oil and gas exploration and production.
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador made the announcement at a press conference this week.
The survey commences at the end of 1Q20 and is expected to be completed in 2Q20.
The one-month survey will cover parts of block A5 offshore Gambia in the rapidly emerging and prolific Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Conakry (MSGBC) Basin.
These petrophysical interpretations, derived from well log and core analysis relationships in approximately 1400 wells within key unconventional basins, will be added to the current TGS data library.
Wintershall Dea Norge AS, operator of production licence 894, is in the process of concluding the drilling of wildcat well 6604/6-1 in the Norwegian Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
The discovery was made at the Maka Central-1 well drilled offshore Suriname on Block 58.
Drilling in block 6507/8 is scheduled to begin in mid-January 2020, and is estimated to last for 67 days.
Vessel utilisation for 4Q19 was 80% compared with 32% for 4Q18. For the full year 2019, the vessel utilisation was 59%, whereas the utilisation for the full year 2018 was 33%.