PGS Release West Egypt MC3D Depth Merge and Interpretation
PGS, in collaboration with EGAS, has completed an extensive 3D GeoStreamer data acquisition and imaging campaign in Egypt’s west Mediterranean Sea. These data have now been merged into a single full stack depth seismic volume (KPSDM), including two pre-existing reprocessed overlapping MC3D surveys (legacy 3D data). The wider area was mapped using 2D seismic data in 2016 […]
Wintershall Dea announces North West Abu Qir exploration block award offshore Egypt
Wintershall Dea and operator bp have been awarded a new offshore exploration block in Egypt. The North West Abu Qir Offshore block (Wintershall Dea, 17.25%, bp, operator, 82.75%) is located north of the Raven field, where Wintershall Dea is a long-standing partner to bp. Dawn Summers, Chief Operating Officer and Board member responsible for the […]
bp awarded new exploration blocks in Egypt’s Offshore Nile Delta
bp has been awarded two exploration blocks in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Egypt by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company. The Northwest Abu Qir Offshore Area – in which bp, the operator, holds 82.75% and Wintershall-Dea holds 17.25% – is located west of the recently awarded North King Mariout block (bp 100%) and north of […]
Valaris drillship awarded four-well contract with BP offshore Egypt
Valaris announces contract award for drillship VALARIS DS-12Valaris has announced that drillship VALARIS DS-12 has been awarded a four-well contract with BP offshore Egypt. The contract is expected to commence late in the third quarter or early in the fourth quarter 2023 and has an estimated duration of 320 days. The estimated total contract value, inclusive of a mobilization […]
Shearwater, WesternGeco sign Global Agreement for Seismic Acquisition Services
Shearwater GeoServices and WesternGeco sign Global Agreement for Seismic Acquisition Services and announce Australia survey award. Shearwater Provides Order Intake Update. Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (“Shearwater”) is pleased to announce a multi-year Global Agreement for the purchase of geophysical data acquisition services by WesternGeco, and the award of a survey in Australia under the new […]
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 […]
CGG Awarded Industry-First 3D OBN Nile Delta Imaging Contract by bp
CGG has been awarded a project by bp and JV Partner Pharaonic Petroleum Co for the 3D seismic imaging of the first OBN survey ever conducted in the Nile delta covering the Atoll and Atoll North fields. CGG will apply its unique high-end OBS & FWI imaging technologies, expertise and specialised HPC from its UK […]
Sembcorp Marine delivers world’s first eighth-generation drillship
Deepwater Atlas – the world’s first eighth-generation drillship – is the first of two drillships built for Transocean based on a proprietary design developed by Sembcorp Marine. Deepwater Atlas is now world’s highest specification drillship, shipyard says. Sembcorp Marine Ltd. said it has successfully completed delivery of the world’s first eighth-generation drillship, the Deepwater Atlas, for […]
Chevron signs agreement to drill first its exploration well in Egypt’s Mediterranean
US energy company Chevron is planning to drill the first exploration well in its concession area in the eastern Mediterranean next September, the firm’s president Mike Wirth said. The move comes as the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co., or EGAS, signed an initial agreement with the US company to cooperate in the activities of transporting, […]
Shearwater GeoServices changes the rules for ocean bottom seismic with introduction of Pearl
Shearwater GeoServices (Shearwater) is pleased to announce the launch of Pearl, a significant advance in ocean bottom nodal technology with several industry-first innovations. The Pearl node offers a new standard for time and cost efficiency which expands the potential ocean bottom seismic market, enabling solutions to geoscience challenges that were previously not possible. Pearl is […]
