seismic

Tethys Petroleum Limited announced the issue of a tender for the final stage seismic program in Tajikistan which when complete will identify the location for the first deep pre‐salt well to be drilled by Tethys. Tethys also updated on its deep exploration strategy in Tajikistan. The initial analysis of the data from the …

Public hearings were held in the city of Archangelsk to discuss seismic research programmes in the Kara Sea on two blocks licensed to Rosneft – East Prinovozemelsky-1 and East Prinovozemelsky-2 – which the Company is developing jointly with US oil and gas major ExxonMobil. Residents of Archangelsk and public organisations …

TGS has commenced a new 1,000 km multi-client 2D survey in Northeast Greenland in partnership with Fugro. This survey will enable customers to prepare for the announced Greenland Licensing Round in 2012/2013 and will significantly add to a data set that TGS has been growing since 2008 in this promising …

David Bamford – david@windwardexploration.com Western oil & gas technical journals as well as ordinary newspapers wax lyrical over the hydrocarbon resources of the Arctic, typically referring to it as the next global frontier. Huge resource estimates are bandied about – the USGS has suggested as much as 400 billion barrels …

Polarcus Limited is pleased to announce that the Company has received a Letter of Intent from Wintershall Norge ASA for a 500 square kilometer 3D seismic acquisition project over PL577 in the Norwegian North Sea, offshore Norway. The project, subject to the execution of a service contract, will be acquired …

Gazprom Neft has completed 3-D seismic survey work on the Equatorial Guinea shelf (block T) in the Niger Delta river basin. The seismic studies covered around 300 square kilometres of the block’s area, which meets the company’s commitments regarding the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) under whose conditions the project is …