TGS announces second expansion of 3D multiclient seismic data library in Sierra Leone The seismic data are being acquired by the M/V GeoCarribean and the survey is scheduled to complete during late 2011. Data processing will be performed by TGS and data will be available to clients early 2012.
CGGVeritas announces completion of broadSeis 3D wide-azimuth survey for Chevron Norge 27 September 2011—CGGVeritas has completed acquisition of a 3D survey with BroadSeis, its unique broadband marine solution, for Chevron Norge AS. The minimum commitment for the program comprised acquisition of a 3D survey over a 2190 km2 area west of Bodø in the Norwegian Sea. Due to good progress, the program was extended to 2805 km2. In addition, part of the survey was acquired in wide-azimuth (WAZ) mode, making it the first commercial BroadSeis WAZ project. The survey was acquired ahead of schedule by the recently upgraded CGGVeritas vessel, Oceanic Endeavour.
TGS announces expansion of 2D multiclient seismic data in eastern Indonesia The previously acquired seismic data in the area have revealed a series of undrilled fault blocks and horsts from the Permian up to the Base Tertiary levels. This project will provide a final detailed grid of data and assist with evaluating the Sahul Platform and Timor Trough area where data indicates an active petroleum system. TGS maintains the industry's largest multiclient data library in Indonesia. Upon completion of the MHI11 survey, the library will include 120,000 km of 2D seismic, 3500 km2 of 3D seismic, 400,000 km of multibeam bathymetric data and 1200 core samples covering over one million km2 of Indonesia's deepwater basins. The seismic data are being acquired by the M/V Aquila Explorer. Data processing will be performed by TGS and available to clients in late 2011.
TGS announces new multiclient 2D seismic survey in Namibia TGS considers this region to have significant exploration potential and is pleased to acquire new data that both complement and extend TGS' existing seismic coverage in the area. The survey grid covers open acreage and images the main prospective plays due for drilling in 2011/2012. TGS believes that offshore Namibia is significantly underexplored and has the potential to hold large oil and gas discoveries. The positive mix of play types in the TGS survey area include basin-floor turbidites, slope fans and channels, significant syn-rift structures, and plays similar to those offshore Angola. Recent studies have also shown additional strong hydrocarbon indicators in significant structures. The seismic data are being acquired by the M/V Northern Explorer. Data processing will be performed by TGS and data will be available to clients in early 2012.
Schlumberger releases petrel Play-to-Prospect Risk Assessment 20 September 2011—Schlumberger released the Play-to-Prospect Risk plug-in for the Petrel E&P software platform. This technology offers an integrated petroleum-system-based assessment to consistently evaluate key risk elements from play to prospect. The Play-to-Prospect Risk plug-in takes geological elements—trap, reservoir, charge, and seal—and converts them into chance maps through a suite of transform methods. Scenarios are compared to determine play limits and identify areas for high grading to support rapid ranking of opportunities. The process migrates from play-scale to prospect-level assessment, all within Petrel. Consistent workflows for play-to-prospect risk assessment across teams provide a standard method for evaluating study areas with a clear audit trail. The plug-in calculates the mean economic case for potential field development and the probabilistic economic resource case—based on the minimum economic reserve parameter for the geographic area. This enables effective portfolio management based on a clear understanding of risk and chance of success.
Paradigm and Volant Solutions announce adapters for Epos Infrastructure 20 September 2011—Paradigm announced its agreement with Volant Solutions regarding the development of a commercial EnerConnect adapter to the Paradigm Epos infrastructure for effective integration between multivendor software solutions. The link has been developed using the Epos OpenGeo programming toolkit to support versions 3 and 4 of the Epos infrastructure and will be licensed and maintained by Volant. The announcement was made at the 2011 SEG International Exposition and 81st Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX. This collaboration increases the multivendor software interconnection offerings available to Paradigm software customers, thus expanding the options available to connect different data sources to Epos. The OpenGeo programming toolkit makes it possible to extend workflows to include solutions from multiple vendors. As a result of this collaboration, Paradigm customers will have the option to access the EnerConnect platform as a "mechanism" for defining, managing and orchestrating client-specific business processes relevant to integrated geoscience databases and applications.
Paradigm launches its largest synchronized release 20 September 2011—Paradigm chief executive officer, Eldad Weiss, formally introduced the Paradigm 2011 release as part of a virtual online launch event on the company website and during the public launch event at the 2011 SEG International Exposition and 81st Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX. The Paradigm 2011 release is the culmination of years of research and development and is the largest synchronized release of exploration, development, and production technology in the company's history. In addition to the introduction of a set of geoscience and engineering applications, this release enhances multidisciplinary processes, enabled and strengthened by expanded data integration, an intuitive user interface, ergonomic design, and performance enhancements enabled by the increased use of multiple cores (CPU and GPU). The release also expands Windows 7 platform support to Paradigm's full interpretation suite.
INOVA announces five new land seismic products 19 September 2011—At the Society of Exploration of Geophysicists conference in San Antonio, INOVA Geophysical announced the introduction of five new products distinctly designed to infuse greater flexibility into land seismic operations. These technological advancements will provide geophysical contractors and E&P companies with more options while addressing key challenges around the industry's emerging trends. Together, all of these new or redesigned technologies address common industry concerns and offer opportunities for productivity gains. The announcement marks the beginning of the company's most significant product launch since its formation in 2010. INOVA Geophysical is a global independent land seismic equipment manufacturer formed as a joint venture of BGP and ION Geophysical. Of interest to the geophysical community is the launch of a new cableless platform of land acquisition systems. Equipment operators are increasingly turning to cableless seismic operations to overcome obstacles, reduce footprint and comply with environmental regulations. Following this trend, INOVA now offers two cableless systems: the redesigned FireFly DR31 and a new autonomous node Hawk SN11 recording system. The new generation of FireFly, the DR31, delivers all the previous benefits of the radio-based cableless system including reduced system weight, improved operational efficiency, reduced HSE (health, safety and environmental) risks, and operational visibility into the spread. The Hawk SN11 recording system is based on a wireless platform without radio infrastructure. It operates autonomously and offers visual status checks through LED indicators. FireFly and Hawk can be used independently or together, depending on the operator's project requirements. Both systems share many of the same operational software and hardware components and the flexibility to support analog geophones or INOVA's VectorSeis digital multicomponent sensor. Another addition to the INOVA equipment portfolio includes the new UniVib, a smaller, more agile vibrator truck with options for shaker and accelerated weight drop. Despite its reduced size, the vehicle also offers flexibility in the choice of maximum ground force, from 15,000 lbf up to 25,000 lbf. INOVA has also now enabled its ARIES II cable acquisition system with digital sensor capabilities. This means that with a Digital Sensor RAM (remote acquisition module) ARIES II now supports VectorSeis multicomponent digital sensors in addition to analog geophones. This added feature expands the functionality of the ARIES II recording system in complex reservoirs.
ION's Orca installed on 50th marine seismic vessel 19 September 2011—ION Geophysical Corporation announced that it has achieved a milestone 50th installation of its Orca Command and Control system, on BGP's 12-streamer Prospector. Since its introduction six years ago, Orca has been used to manage towed streamer seismic data acquisition operations on nearly half of all vessels in operation around the world. Orca recently surpassed its popular predecessor, ION's Spectra, in market share.
CGGVeritas delivers advanced imaging of the three corners extension 3D wide-azimuth survey 20 September 2011—CGGVeritas has completed the processing of its Three Corners Extension wide-azimuth (WAZ) survey. The deliverables for the multiclient survey, in the Western Gulf of Mexico, include prestack depth-migrated VTI RTM, Controlled Beam and Kirchhoff volumes. The survey extends the original Three Corners WAZ program to over 600 blocks of coverage in the East Breaks and Alaminos Canyon planning areas. These new highest-quality images are now available well in advance of BOEMRE OCS Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 218—the first lease sale in over a year.
EMGS awarded survey offshore Ghana
Seismic 3D contract extension for the Polar Duke 15 September 2012—Dolphin Geophysical and TGS have entered into an agreement for the M/V Polar Duke to acquire 1500 km2 of 3D seismic data in the Barents Sea. The award follows the Barents Sea operation for TGS. The extension will meet the increased demand for seismic data in the region.
CanGeoRef launches, bringing focus on Canada-related geoscience research 15 September 2011—The American Geological Institute (AGI) and the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences (CFES) announced the launch of CanGeoRef. CanGeoRef (www.cangeoref.org) is a bibliographic database covering the Canadian geoscience literature since the early 1800s. CanGeoRef is the result of a cooperative arrangement between CFES and AGI with the intent to expand GeoRef access for smaller companies and individuals focused on Canadian geoscience. With seed money from the Committee of Provincial and Territorial Geologists (CPTG), CFES, in cooperation with the Canadian provincial and territorial geological surveys obtained publication data to be added to the existing Canadian references drawn from GeoRef, AGI's global bibliographic database for the geosciences. Data have already been added for Alberta and Manitoba and Ontario is near completion. Newfoundland/Labrador and British Columbia will follow shortly.
New products for Sparton 13 September 2011—Sparton Corporation introduced new products during the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Annual Meeting in San Antonio 18–23 September. The company introduced next-generation navigation sensors and an advanced acoustic hydrophone, market areas where Sparton has extensive field experience and proven reliability.
Z-Terra brings on sales manager and vice president of sales for South America 14 September 2011—Z-Terra announced Gary E. Clark as its new sales manager and vice president of sales for South America. Clark, a seasoned sales executive with more than 30 years in management and international sales and marketing experience, will be responsible for developing the sales team for Z-Terra. In addition, he will work to grow the business—particularly in the Latin American market—by interacting with clients and prospects about their current and future needs. Clark will also be responsible for licensing Z-Terra technology to other service providers and processing groups.
dGB Earth Sciences announced new chief executive officer 14 September 2011—dGB Earth Sciences announced that Kristofer Tingdahl has become the company's new chief executive officer (CEO). Tingdahl will take on the CEO role from dGB founder, Paul de Groot, who will remain as president of the company and focus on business development.
Blueback Reservoir announce the release of the Blueback project tracker plug-in for petrel version 2.0 14 September 2011—Blueback Reservoir, a technology company specializing in providing Ocean plug-ins and 3D geomodeling services for oil and gas exploration and production, announced the release of the Blueback Project Tracker plug-in for Petrel version 2.0.
Emerson launches latest version of production management system to improve intelligent field operations 13 September 2011—Emerson Process Management has launched the latest version of its production management system, Roxar Fieldwatch 3.0. Fieldwatch 3.0 comes with a number of new intelligent reservoir management features in the areas of sand erosion control and will provide important operational data to production and reservoir engineers as they look to increase production performance.
TGS announces new multiclient 2D survey in Labrador Sea The new seismic data are being acquired by the M/V Sanco Spirit and utilizes the PGS GeoStreamer technology. Data acquisition will continue through late 2011 and the vessel will return in 2012 to complete the survey. The survey area is north of oil discoveries including Hibernia, Hebron, Terra Nova, and White Rose. The seismic survey covers some areas currently nominated in the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board's call for bids (NL-11-03). |
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