Searcher has launched a mining edition of GeoClerk.
The company described GeoClerk as “an advanced geo-imagery search engine that intelligently extracts imagery and surrounding data from all types of unstructured documents, and then utilizes machine learning to classify them into geologically relevant categories.”
“The intuitive, web-based interface enables simple and complex querying to provide images in categories such as maps, core photos, imagery, cross-sections and tables,...
Blue Energy and Origin sign new long term gas supply deal
Blue Energy Limited has announced that it has executed a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Origin Energy Limited for the supply of up 300 PJ of gas at Wallumbilla over 10 years from Blue Energy’s Northern Bowen Basin ATP814 coal seam gas tenure.
This is the second such HOA executed by Blue Energy which facilitates North Bowen Basin gas to be delivered into the main East Coast domestic market to the south from...
Shearwater GeoServices has announced a new long-term frame agreement with Equinor for 4D seismic services on the Norwegian continental shelf.
The company said the agreement can also be applied for the UK continental shelf. Under the frame agreement, Shearwater has been awarded an initial survey over the Heidrun Field in the Norwegian North Sea.
Shearwater said it will allocate one of its high-end Isometrix vessels for the one-month Heidrun survey, which starts in Q2 2021. The award...
Australia’s oil and gas industry has congratulated Premier Mark McGowan and WA Labor on its reelection in Western Australia on Saturday.
Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) WA State Director Claire Wilkinson said the industry has worked collaboratively with the McGowan Government since 2017 and intends to continue that positive relationship.
“The Premier’s LNG Jobs Taskforce and the Jobs and Skills website are clear examples of what can be...
CGG was recently informed of a cybersecurity incident on a server hosting Accellion software.
The company said the vulnerability that had exploited Accellion’s secure file transfer application (FTA), before they could find a corrective patch, was originally discovered in another Accellion customer environment.
At CGG, Accellion’s FTA was used on a separate server, isolated from production IT infrastructure.
“This standalone server had limited use within CGG and was not used...
Infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems has entered into an agreement with investors, led by Accel-KKR, to acquire software for geological and modelling company Seequent for US$900 million in cash, plus 3,141,361 BSY Class B shares.
The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, including New Zealand Overseas Investment Act consent as well as clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.
Upon closing,...
Sercel has announced that its “high-performance” equipment is being deployed on another 3D megacrew survey by a major North African geophysical company.
Sercel said the crew is operating with an 80,000-channel 508XT land acquisition system, complete with QuietSeis® digital sensors, and ten Nomad 90 Neo broadband vibrators in challenging desert terrain, but did not say which country activities were occurring in.
Sercel described its equipment as seamlessly integrated into the...
CGG has released a solid operational performance in its fourth quarter results and positive net cash flow sustained by gradual recovery from COVID-19.
Commenting on the company’s full year and fourth quarter results, CGG CEO Sophie Zurquiyah said:
“In the particularly challenging year of 2020, which saw the collapse of the oil & gas market across the second and third quarters, we finished the year with solid fourth quarter operational performance. During 2020, we...
APPEA has welcomed the launch of the Resources Technology & Critical Minerals Processing National Manufacturing roadmap as a key priority under the Federal Government’s $1.5 billion Modern Manufacturing Strategy.
APPEA’s Chief Executive, Andrew McConville, a member of the industry-led taskforce that guided the development of the Resources Technology & Critical Minerals Processing roadmap, commended the Government’s consultation with industry and action to build Australia’s...
Shearwater Geoservices has announced the award of a 3D seismic survey in the Otway Basin and a 4D survey in Angola by Total.
“We see a solid, consistent level of activity in Australia where we have multiple projects booked in 2021”, said Irene Waage Basili, CEO of Shearwater. “We observe increasing regional demand for our vessels equipped with high-end technology, which is reflected in backlog and utilization.”
The approximately two-month survey is expected to commence in Q3...