PGS has announced a collaboration that facilitates on-demand data interpretation provided by Onward, which leverages Onward's technical capabilities to enhance PGS' existing MultiClient and Data OnDemand services and accelerate interpretation workflows.
The collaboration between Onward and PGS gives subscribers of PGS' OnDemand services the option to access Onward's interpretation services and unlock the subsurface potential of extensive seismic data sets. PGS subscribers that engage...
At the Annual General Meeting on May 15, 2024, shareholders approved the resolution to change the company’s corporate name from CGG to Viridien.
Sophie Zurquiyah, CEO, Viridien, said: “Our new name, Viridien, connects our company’s history to our future, confidently positioning us for accelerated growth as an Advanced Technology, Digital and Earth Data Company.”
To further support its growth strategy, the company will launch the new Viridien brand on 10th June at the upcoming...
PGS has been awarded a 4D contract in West Africa for an international energy company.
Mobilization is scheduled for early September and the contract has a total duration of approximately 65 days, with an option to extend.
“We are very pleased with this contract award, securing visibility for another of our vessels well into the fourth quarter. After completion of scheduled acquisitions programs during the Northern Europe summer season we will steam a vessel to West Africa to...
PGS ended the full year 2023 benefitting from an improving data acquisition market with high pre-funding level on MultiClient projects and increasing profitability for contract work.
Nevertheless, revenues declined compared to 2022 due to unexpected scheduling and operational challenges, and lower than expected MultiClient late sales.
This was revealed in PGS’s recent 2023 Annual Report in which outgoing President and CEO Rune Olav Pedersen said of...
Tamboran Resources has announced that the Tamboran/Sheffield JV has entered into a 10-year Gas Sales Agreement for up to 36.5 PJ per annum (18.3 PJ per annum net to Tamboran) with energy retailer Origin.
This follows a MOU executed in June 2022 with gas pipeline operator, Jemena, to enable Tamboran to contract ~100 TJ per day of firm capacity through the Northern Gas Pipeline, subject to applying NGP Access Principles, under a long-term gas transportation agreement.Tamboran...
PGS has been awarded a 4D contract in Northern Europe for an independent energy company. The Ramform Tethys is scheduled to mobilize for the survey in late April and the project has a total duration of approximately 30 days.
“We are very pleased with this contract award, marking the start of the Northern Europe summer season for the Ramform Tethys. By combining the Ramform acquisition platform with our proprietary multi-sensor GeoStreamer technology we will quickly provide the client...
Shearwater Geoservices has completed the refinancing of its long-term secured debt portfolio.
Shearwater Geoservices had issued a five-year US$300 million senior secured first lien bond and then executed a new $US300 million five-year bank term loan with net proceeds used to repay previous secured debt facilities. The bonds rank pari passu with the term loan. Shearwater has also established a US$50 million revolving credit facility (RCF) and a US$50 million guarantee facility.
“Shearwater...
CGG has announced the first major sale - by Sercel - of the Sensing & Monitoring business line of its next-generation 528™ cable-based land acquisition system to the Turkish Petroleum International Corporation (TPIC).
CGG said the client would deploy the system, representing a total of 8,000 channels, on a 3D seismic survey in Turkey, across challenging, semi-arid terrain.
Delivery of the system commenced at the end of March, with the survey expected to start in Q3 2024.
The sale...
Iran's launch of over 300 drones and missiles on Israel in the first ever direct attack on the Israeli soil from Iranian territory has increased geopoliticsl risk in the oil market, according to Rystad Energy's oil market update in reaction to the accelerating conflict.
Rystad Energy Senior Vice President Jorge Leon said that although the vast majority of drones and missiles were intercepted, no Israeli fatalities were reported and only minor damage at an Israeli military base was...
The buzz around natural hydrogen – dubbed white or gold hydrogen – is gaining global momentum as a potential gamechanger in the hunt for cost-effective, low-carbon energy sources. Rystad Energy research shows that at the end of last year, 40 companies were searching for natural hydrogen deposits, up from just 10 in 2020. Currently, exploratory efforts are underway in Australia, the US, Spain, France, Albania, Colombia, South Korea and Canada.
One of the most promising elements of...