
ABL Group signs MoU with Egyptian safety specialist Petrosafe
ABL Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Petroleum Safety & Environmental Services Co. (PetroSafe) to collaborate on safety and environmental services for Egypt’s oil and gas sector. Petrosafe is owned by Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. ABL, an engineering and marine consultancy based in Oslo, will support the company with marine engineering and […]

Shearwater introduces Harmony, a new seismic source technology for enhanced subsurface characterisation
Shearwater GeoServices Holding (Shearwater) is proud to present a new and exciting seismic source technology for marine surveys. The technology, known as Harmony, provides seismic surveys with enhanced low frequencies enabling better decisions for exploration, development, and carbon storage monitoring applications. The novel technology has multiple applications. It provides deeper seismic imaging, more realistic models […]

Shearwater awarded major 3D seismic exploration project in South Africa
Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a major 3D seismic exploration project in South Africa. Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (“Shearwater”) announces the award of a 3D seismic survey contract for acquisition in South Africa. The survey will acquire over 6,000 sqkm of 3D seismic data and be acquired by the Amazon Warrior. The project is planned […]

Shearwater Geo starts Archer 3D seismic survey offshore Australia
Shearwater’s Geo Coral vessel has started the Archer 3D seismic survey that will cover the Dorado development and the exploration potential to the south west of the field located in the Bedout Sub-basin offshore Australia. Carnarvon Petroleum, Santos’ partner in the project, said the Archer 3D is being acquired, in conjunction with the contiguous WA-541-P […]

Shearwater awarded 4D survey by Equinor in new multi-year frame agreement
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (“Shearwater”) announced a new long-term frame agreement with Equinor for 4D seismic services on the Norwegian continental shelf. The agreement can also be applied for the UK continental shelf. Under the frame agreement, Shearwater has been awarded an initial survey over the Heidrun Field in the Norwegian North Sea. Shearwater will […]

Shearwater GeoServices awarded new 3D survey in Australia’s Otway Basin
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (“Shearwater”) is pleased to announce the award of a 3D multisensor marine seismic survey, in the Otway Basin, offshore Australia. “We see a solid, consistent level of activity in Australia where we have multiple projects booked in 2021”, said Irene Waage Basili, CEO of Shearwater. “We observe increasing regional demand for […]

Shearwater GeoServices awarded 3D seismic survey in SE Asia
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (“Shearwater”) announced the award of a marine seismic 3D survey in South East Asia. The two-month project, commencing in Q2, covers approximately 1,500 sqkm. About Shearwater GeoServices Holding ASShearwater GeoServices Holding AS is a global, customer-focused and technology-driven provider of marine geophysical services. The company has the world’s largest fleet of […]

Fugro opens new Remote Operations Center in Abu Dhabi
The center is delivering remote and autonomous solutions to clients in the Middle East and India region. Fugro has opened a new remote operations center (ROC) in Abu Dhabi. The company now has eight ROCs operating across all four regions. By combining the ROC’s capabilities with its new uncrewed surface vessel operations, Fugro’s teams can […]

Subsea 7 acquires Norway’s 4Subsea in push to expand digital capability
Norwegian technology and services provider 4Subsea has been acquired by UK’s subsea engineering and construction company Subsea 7 in a 100% stock buyout. The acquisition will enable further enhancement and scaling of 4Subsea’s know-how, technology, and services to a worldwide market, 4Subsea said in a statement on Thursday. 4Subsea will function autonomously within Subsea 7, […]

Marine seismic players optimistic as exploration budgets ‘likely to increase’
Oslo-listed marine seismic data providers TGS and Polarcus are hoping 2019 will be a year of a more significant recovery for seismic players, as they expect the oil and gas companies to boost their exploration budgets on the back of higher oil prices. The two companies on Thursday posted the results for the third quarter […]