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Searcher South Africa

Searcher announces seismic project offshore South Africa

09/11/2020 by Dale Granger

Searcher has announced a new multi-client 2D and 3D seismic rectification project Offshore South Africa, in collaboration with the Petroleum Agency of South Africa.

The South Africa seismic data covers the Outeniqua Basin and its sub-Basins; the Bredasdorp, Infanta, Pletmos, Gamtoos, Algoa and Southern Outeniqua Basins.

Searcher said it has applied its proprietary post-stack reprocessing method to rectify navigation, metadata, amplitude, phase and time creating a contiguous database...

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Senex Cooper Basin

Senex announces sale of Cooper Basin business

09/11/2020 by Dale Granger

Senex has entered into a binding agreement with Beach Energy to sell its South Australian Cooper Basin assets for an $87.5 million cash consideration.

The sale will result in Senex’s exit from the Cooper Basin after more than 20 years, and will support plans to accelerate the development of its Surat Basin natural gas assets, increasing the supply of natural gas to the east coast to support manufacturing and jobs.

Senex said that together with strong and increasing cash flow...

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CGG Airborne

Searcher commences Perth Basin Airborne Survey

02/11/2020 by Dale Granger

Searcher has announced the acquisition of two proprietary airborne exploration surveys over the onshore Perth Basin, to be acquired on behalf of Mitsui E&P Australia (MEPAU).

The new airborne geophysical data includes two surveys over three of MEPAU’s onshore Perth Basin permits (EP455, L4 and L5) located in the Shire of Coorow and Shire of Carnamah.

Searcher have assisted MEPAU with the project planning and regulatory approvals, including obtaining feedback from local stakeholders...

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Shell Deepwater Selects Bentley’s iTwin Platform for Project Delivery

27/10/2020 by Dale Granger

Bentley Systems has announced that Shell’s Deepwater business has selected Bentley’s digital twin approach to streamline its capital projects process and accelerate time to first oil. 

Bentley said that with a plan to deliver several subsea tie-back projects over the next 10 years, Shell Deepwater Projects has recognized a significant opportunity to accelerate capital project delivery and cut project delivery time by implementing an integrated digital project and engineering...

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INPEX signs up for DUG McCloud

27/10/2020 by Dale Granger

DUG Technology has signed a deal with Japanese energy company INPEX to provide HPC cycles and software using DUG McCloud.

DUG Technology Managing Director Matt Lamont said the INPEX collaboration had the potential to lead to the DUG McCloud platform being used for other INPEX projects as part of a long-term relationship.

INPEX tested the platform at DUG’s headquarters in Houston before signing the contract.

“We know that once prospective clients try the software, test the...

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Data Analytics Katalyst

Katalyst Data Management Launches Katalyst 360 Data Analytics Platform

17/10/2020 by Dale Granger

Katalyst Data Management has announced the launch of their new Katalyst 360 data analytics platform for the oil and gas industry.

Katalyst said This self-service data analytics environment “provides a 360-degree view of how subsurface data assets are being utilized within an organization.  Katalyst 360 greatly expands the utility of Katalyst’s data management solutions, giving oil and gas companies the ability to gain greater insight into their valuable subsurface data assets.”

Senex has taken a Final Investment Decision to increase its gas production near Roma, in south-west Queensland, by 50 per cent.

About 50 construction jobs are set to be created and more than $30 million will be invested in expansion of the natural gas processing facility at the Roma North development, drilling of wells and construction of supporting infrastructure. The expansion is expected to be finished within the next year.

The announcement comes after Senex said last month it was...

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CGG’S Smart Data Solutions business wins data management contracts

15/10/2020 by Dale Granger

CGG Geoscience has announced that its Smart Data Solutions (SDS) business group has recently been awarded data management contracts representing a total backlog of about $10 million. Given the current industry context, these awards reflect the continued high priority that clients have on digitalizing and thus enhancing the value of their legacy data.

The most significant contract is for a global framework agreement signed with a major international energy company that provides for the...

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PGS Ramform Hyperion

PGS cautiously upbeat about post COVID-19 “trough”

10/10/2020 by Dale Granger

PGS expects to report Segment* revenues for Q3 2020 of approximately $115 million. Contract revenues ended at approximately $9 million. MultiClient pre-funding revenues were approximately $52 million, from a capitalized MultiClient cash investment of approximately $57 million. MultiClient late sales were approximately $26 million.

Q3 2020 revenues include approximately $23 million of government grants related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government grants are recorded as Other...

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CGG GeoSoftware WellPath

CGG Geosoftware launches interactive well path planning technology

02/10/2020 by Dale Granger

CGG GeoSoftware has launched WellPath, a new interactive 3D well path planning solution for optimal well planning in unconventional and fractured reservoirs and offshore development platforms, as part of its InsightEarth® 3D visualization and interpretation software suite.

CGG said that WellPath shows the complexity of the subsurface drilling environment in 3D so that drillers can quickly plan and QC horizontal wells on high-density, multi-lateral pads or large offshore platforms....

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