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Company Updates


CGG sells Physical Asset Storage and Services Business to OASIS Group and Access
CGG has closed the sale of the physical storage assets and associated services of its Smart Data Solutions business to OASIS Group (“OASIS”) and Access Information Management Corporation (“Access”).
The transaction includes seven dedicated storage and service facilities, each holding client collections of records and subsurface rock and fluid samples. Access has acquired the three North American sites and OASIS the four European sites. Access and OASIS have a history of collaboration and, for global clients, will work together to continue the global service delivery.

PGS Signs Data Management, Service Agreement for MultiClient Seismic
PGS has signed a multi-year Data Management as a Service agreement with a major customer.

Western Gas gets green light for Sasanof-1 exploration well on North West Shelf
Western Gas has secured regulatory approval from NOPSEMA to drill the Sasanof-1 exploration well on the North West Shelf.

PGS wins Contract in West Africa
PGS has been awarded a 3D exploration contract in West Africa. A Ramform Titan-class vessel is scheduled to commence early February 2022 and will complete mid-March.

Santos announces ex-Woodside Exec McKinnell as new CFO
Santos has named former Woodside senior executive Anthea McKinnell as its new chief financial officer (CFO) with its merger with Oil Search comes now a done deal.

Carpentaria-2 strikes a chord in the Top End
Empire Energy has wrapped up drilling of the vertical section of the Carpentaria-2H in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo basin.

PGS set for Samba survey offshore Brazil
PGS is scheduled to start a significant 4D acquisition survey for Petrobras over the Roncador and Albacora Leste fields offshore Brazil in Q2 2022.

Western Gas secures MS-1 semi-sub to drill Sasanof-1 exploration well
The Sasanof-1 exploration well is in permit WA-519-P in Commonwealth waters about 207 km northwest of Onslow, Western Australia. Drilling is scheduled to commence in March/April 2022 following the rig relocating from nearby activities on the North West Shelf.

CGG produces Screening Study for CO2 North Sea Storage
CGG has released a new GeoVerse™ Carbon Storage screening study to support CCUS operators in quickly identifying suitable CO2 storage sites.
This Northern North Sea study, available for license, provides an in-depth review of potential CO2 storage plays in a region extending over CGG’s North Viking Graben 3D seismic dataset, including areas in both UK and Norwegian waters.
Sophie Zurquiyah, CEO, CGG, said: “Our GeoVerse Carbon Storage screening study is part of a new suite of products that will support the energy transition through capitalizing on CGG’s wealth of geoscience know-how and data science expertise, which includes over 130 geothermal projects and support for the Sleipner, Troll, Weyburn, Pembina and Gorgon CCUS projects.
