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Cairn provides Tethys update
28 Mar 20182 min read

Cairn provides Tethys update

Minor oil discovery north-west of the Gjøa Field in the North Sea – 35/9-13, 35/9-14 and 35/9-14 A

CGG GeoSoftware donates seismic reservoir characterisation software to Delft University of Technology
28 Mar 20182 min read

CGG GeoSoftware donates seismic reservoir characterisation software to Delft University of Technology

CGG GeoSoftware has donated its Jason and HampsonRussell seismic reservoir characterization software suites to Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands.

Satatoil becomes operator of the Martin Linge field and Garantiana discovery
20 Mar 20181 min read

Satatoil becomes operator of the Martin Linge field and Garantiana discovery

Statoil and Total have completed their previously announced transaction whereby Statoil has acquired Total’s equity stakes in, and taken over the operatorships of, the Martin Linge field and the Garantiana discovery on the Norwegian continental shelf.

INPEX awarded exploration Block WA-533-P offshore Western Australia
20 Mar 20181 min read

INPEX awarded exploration Block WA-533-P offshore Western Australia

INPEX CORPORATION announced that through INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd (INPEX Browse), a subsidiary, it was individually awarded an exploration permit for Release Area WA-533-P (the Block) as Operator in Australia’s 2017 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release.

Westwood Insight: Jubilee to Liza – lessons from a decade of exploration in the Central Atlantic
20 Mar 20183 min read

Westwood Insight: Jubilee to Liza – lessons from a decade of exploration in the Central Atlantic

The play opening billion-barrel Jubilee oil discovery in Ghana in 2007 triggered a decade of exploration drilling chasing analogues in the deep water Central Atlantic margins.

ION announces new 3D multi-client reimaging programme offshore Australia
15 Mar 20182 min read

ION announces new 3D multi-client reimaging programme offshore Australia

The North Vulcan 3D multi-client reimaging programme covers the northern part of the Vulcan sub-basin offshore northwest Australia in an area known for complex imaging challenges.

Total Closes the Maersk Oil Acquisition
12 Mar 20182 min read

Total Closes the Maersk Oil Acquisition

The acquisition of Maersk Oil allows the Group to reinforce its existing leading positions in the U.K. and in Norway, as well as to enter Denmark, making Total the second-largest operator in the North Sea.

CGG announces its 2017 fourth quarter and full-year results
12 Mar 20182 min read

CGG announces its 2017 fourth quarter and full-year results

In a still challenging market overall, the Group achieved a robust 22% growth in fourth quarter revenue year-on-year.

ExxonMobil pursues Ghana’s deepwater exploration acreage, says GlobalData
1 Mar 20181 min read

ExxonMobil pursues Ghana’s deepwater exploration acreage, says GlobalData

Tullow Oil Plc, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Kosmos Energy Ltd, and CEF (SOC) Ltd represent the companies with the largest licensing presence in Ghana, each participating in four blocks.

TAG Oil updates Pukatea-1 exploration well
28 Feb 20182 min read

TAG Oil updates Pukatea-1 exploration well

TAG Oil Ltd. has provided the following update with respect to TAG Oil’s operated Pukatea-1 exploration well located in the Puka permit (PEP 51135, 70% TAG Oil) in the Taranaki Basin of New Zealand.

Sercel sells a Sentinel HR high-resolution streamer system to German AWI Research Institute
27 Feb 20182 min read

Sercel sells a Sentinel HR high-resolution streamer system to German AWI Research Institute

AWI will use the Sentinel HR on research projects it is conducting to record critical data about the relationship between geological activity and ecosystems in order to gain a better understanding of the Earth’s system.

Fugro returns to China for gas hydrate research project in further GMGS contract
23 Feb 20181 min read

Fugro returns to China for gas hydrate research project in further GMGS contract

Fugro has been awarded a contract by Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey (GMGS) for gas hydrate investigation on the Northern Continental Slope of the South China Sea. The contract is valued at approximately US$40 million and the project is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2018.

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