The Duke, owned and operated by the Gardline CGG joint venture, has been selected by Geoscience Australia to acquire the Gippsland 2D Infill marine seismic survey offshore Victoria, Australia. Preparation for the project is underway and the expected start date is on 6 April 2015…
Spectrum awarded Gardline CGG the Rocket 2D Phase 1 multi-client marine broadband seismic survey under a master service agreement signed in October 2014 between the two companies. Image of the M/V Duke…
The Board of Directors of Royal Dutch Shell plc have designated Charles O. 'Chad' Holliday as the next Chairman of the Board. Holliday will succeed Jorma Ollila at the next annual general meeting, in May 2015, and will become the first American Chair of the company…
Rio Oil & Gas also highlighted the growth in development of nanotechnology within the oil industry. The debate concluded that nanotechnology could definitely be an important tool to increase the efficiency of oil recovery in any field and specifically in mature fields…
After two and a half years, Santos Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) fed natural gas into its 420km gas transmission pipeline for the first time using its primary compressor station in the Fairview field in southwest Queensland. Santos…
Elaine Maslin examines how better data trending and a focus on key hubs could help improve ailing production efficiency rates and extend asset life on the UK Continental Shelf and beyond. NI CompactRIO…
Ecuador formally joined the World Energy Council as a member country last Friday, 22 August. In a ceremony in Quito, hosted by Dr. Esteban Albornoz Vintimilla, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, the World Energy Council formally…
Oslo’s Dolphin Geophysical announced that two high-capacity 3D vessels will be dispatched to shoot a seismic contract in South America as the company “to build solid contract back-log in South America.” The name of the company awarding the contract was not disclosed…
The Danish Parliament's finance committee approved the final implementation of the investment agreement between the Danish State, DONG Energy, Goldman Sachs, Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension, PFA along with existing minority stakeholders. The…
The US Department of Energy will invest US$16 million in 17 projects to harness wave and tidal energy. As part of the Obama Administration’s strategy to deploy every available source of American energy, the projects were selected for…
Colloquy: Editor’s Column American oceanographer Dr. Sylvia A. Earle recently received the Hubbard Medal, the National Geographic Society’s highest honor, recognizing “leadership in exploration, science, environmental stewardship and education…
Dolphin Geophysical has set its sights on doubling its fleet and its market share. Meg Chesshyre hears from CEO Atle Jacobsen and his team. Dolphin Geophysical’s remarkable success, since it was established in late 2010, has been outlined by CEO Atle Jacobsen…
2012 was a big year for marine seismic in NW Europe. Andrew McBarnet asks whether we can expect a repeat in 2013. The summer season offshore NW Europe is often seen as the bellwether of the marine seismic industry’s state of health. This was definitely the case in 2012…
South Australia's Beach Energy Ltd. discussed the results of its 2012 inland offshore exploration program in western Tanzania in an investor presentation last month. Wholly owned subsidiary Beach Petroleum (Tanzania) Ltd. holds 100% interest…
An ROV surveys accident site in OctoberInvestigators unable to find source of sheenInvestigators have been unable to locate the source of a sheen spotted near the Deepwater Horizon accident site, the Federal On-Scene Coordinator announced on 18 December 2012…
