Geology & Geophysics

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November 20, 2024
TGS announced today they have won a significant seismic survey/3D streamer contract for ONGC in the Mahanadi basin, offshore India. The Ramform Sovereign is scheduled to mobilize for the survey in January 2025 and the contract has a duration of approximately six months.
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November 18, 2024
Following this week's sixth-annual South Asian Geoscience Conference and Exhibition 2024, also known as GEO India, the Association of Petroleum Geologists (APG) India has shared its key highlights from the industry event.
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November 07, 2024
ADNOC has awarded a contract to BGP worth up to $490 million to expand the scope of the world’s largest combined 3D onshore and offshore seismic survey underway in Abu Dhabi. The contract will focus on identifying additional oil and gas resources in ADNOC’s producing onshore fields.
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October 31, 2024
ROGII has announced the acquisition of TLog Mudlog Editor software from TerraSLS. This strategic acquisition will significantly enhance ROGII's product offerings by providing operators and clients with unprecedented real-time connectivity to mudlogging data.
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October 21, 2024
TDI-Brooks has successfully completed its fifth geotechnical investigation for DenAr Ocean Engineering S.A. The RV Nautilus was dispatched to the Black Sea from the U.S. East Coast to facilitate this operation.
Article
September 2024
The General Bond Log Interpreter (GBLI) is capable of interfacing with all cement bond logging tools and performing automated interpretation at >90% accuracy.
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September 23, 2024
On Sept. 19, the Board of Directors of ANCAP, the Uruguayan state-owned oil company with regulatory responsibility for offshore licenses, approved Challenger Energy’s farmout agreement for the AREA OFF-1 license with Chevron. The original deal was announced on March 6.
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September 19, 2024
Rice University, the University of Exeter, and Uppsala University are some of the academic institutions leveraging STRYDE’s cutting-edge technology to advance a variety of subsurface research initiatives in 2024.
News
September 15, 2024
This collaboration enhances geocentric data interpretation, improves cross-discipline communication, and sharpens subsurface insights, driving faster, more precise decision-making. The result is increased drilling efficiency, innovation, and collaboration for superior well performance.
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September 03, 2024
The two-month survey will be conducted early 2025, utilizing capacity from Shearwater’s high-end fleet, supported by the company’s state-of-the-art technology offering and extensive operational experience.
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September 03, 2024
STRYDE, the company behind the world’s smallest, fully autonomous seismic node, has announced the signing of two significant contracts with Servicios Sísmicos de Exploración (SSE) and SeisGlobe Geoservices.
News
August 21, 2024
This four-month extension to an existing contract will build on existing operations. The project is expected to enhance the client’s seismic data acquisition capabilities, facilitating more informed decision making.
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August 15, 2024
TDI-Brooks has successfully completed a geotechnical coring project for Geohidra in the Southern Gulf of Mexico. The operation, conducted aboard the MV Laguna Azule, involved thirty-two cone penetration tests using the Neptune 3000 system.
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July 17, 2024
Shell will migrate from their current in-house software to Imaging AnyWare, a modern, fully integrated enterprise-class imaging system renowned for its efficiency, flexibility and usability. The choice of TGS’ Imaging AnyWare represents a significant validation of the software's excellence. 
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July 09, 2024
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA has entered into an agreement for a fully pre-funded offshore Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic survey in the Barents Sea. This survey, which will be undertaken in collaboration with Velocitas Geo Solutions, marks EMGS' first venture into seismic node projects.
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July 07, 2024
Georgetown aims to acquire, process, and interpret high-quality 3D seismic data to aid in the exploration and development of oil and gas resources in the Guyana-Suriname basin. This data will also be used for future bidding and licensing rounds.
Article
June 2024
This article discusses the significance of nodal technology for geophysical data acquisition in the oil and gas industry, and STRYDE’s participation in the world’s largest nodal survey in the Middle East.
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July 01, 2024
The merger of TGS and PGS forms a powerhouse in the energy sector, enhancing its capabilities to support energy exploration and production on a global scale. This integration will enable the company to leverage a wider pool of technological resources and expertise, significantly boosting its operational efficiency, innovation and customer engagement strategies. 
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July 01, 2024
NC JSC QazaqGaz (QazaqGaz) and Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiary Chevron Munaigas Inc., have signed a cooperation agreement which will entail potential geological exploration at the Zhalibek site in the Aktobe region, near the Zhanazhol and Urikhtau fields.
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June 20, 2024
Under this agreement, TGS holds the exclusive rights to license all of Tanzania’s offshore mainland data on behalf of the government. The agreement also grants TGS the authority to conduct future acquisition of new seismic data and to reprocess existing data. Additionally, it includes support for upcoming licensing rounds, which are anticipated to commence in 2025.
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June 18, 2024
Using Sonardyne’s proprietary optical and acoustic communications technologies, and drawing on its extensive experience of seabed monitoring, OD OBN expects to provide a versatile, lower cost, more resilient solution for time-lapse seismic and subsidence monitoring of producing reservoirs with better data and the capacity to be placed on the ocean floor for up to five years without human intervention.
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