Norwegian geoscientist data company TGS has announced that it will commence a new 3D multi-client in West Africa in the early fourth quarter of this year. TGS said that Jaan, a fully harmonized 3D multi-client project, will cover the southern portion of the MSGBC Basin from northern Senegal, through Gambia and the AGC zone into Guinea-Bissau and down to the Guinea transform fault. The project will consist of 11,135 square kilometres of new acquisition complemented by the reprocessing and full stack merging of existing multi-client 3D. The new data will be acquired using triple source broadband acquisition.
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CGG’s MotionMap UK Data ‘Enhances Ground Risk Reports of Terrafirma Search’
High-precision ground stability measurements from CGG’s recently released MotionMap UK database will now be used to enhance the specialist ground risk reports of Terrafirma Search, the UK’s leading independent advisor on ground hazards. After signing a multi-year agreement with CGG, Terrafirma becomes one of the first UK companies to include the latest-generation MotionMap UK data, which reveals millimeter-scale changes in ground and building heights, in their suite of geological, geotechnical and environmental services.
PESA WA Branch Evening Lecture Series
In addition to the successful PESA WA Branch Technical Luncheon Series held this year, the Evening Lecture Series has been going very well too. Our Evening Lecture Series is a great platform for networking over canapes and drinks accompanied by a technical talk in a very relaxed environment. The event usually starts around 5.30pm at The Georges Hotel. The first evening lecture that PESA WA hosted this year was on 17 April with Chris Cubitt as the guest lecturer. His topic was on the “Drill cuttings, core, wireline and seismic – a match made in heaven!
PESA WA August Luncheon – Evolution of “Tres Hombres”
PESA WA Branch hosted Chris Hurren from BHB Billiton, with special gratitude to our four technical series sponsors, to talk our members through the evolution of the large mid-crustal “Tres Hombres” structure within the northern Beagle Sub-basin, offshore WA. Three enigmatic circular structures in the outer part of the Beagle sub-basin, known as the three brothers, or possibly named after the album of the same name by ZZ Top, have attracted passing interest and quite a bit of head scratching in the past based on some rather sparse 2D seismic lines.
Semester BBQ event at Curtin University
On Wednesday August 22, PESA WA branch teamed up with the Curtin Geology Society (GEOS) to host a barbeque for students. The aim of the event was to improve understanding between students and PESA in an informal setting accompanied with food and drinks, and generate awareness of the society within the greater Curtin geology cohort. The attendees were predominantly undergraduates who were unaware of PESA but very interactive as they were keen to know more about PESA’s activities.
Oil and gas fuels Australia’s growth and exports
New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data highlights the important contribution the oil and gas industry and liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports are playing in supporting the ongoing growth of Australia’s economy. Oil and gas extraction value-added figures increased by 10.8 per cent in 2017-18 compared with 2016-17, to reach a record $30 billion, according to ABS figures from Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Jun 2018.
Oil Spill Response achieves first air transport of fully-assembled capping stack
Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) has reached another important milestone in the development of its subsea capping and containment response capabilities – successfully completing an air transport test flight of a fully assembled subsea capping stack for the first time. OSRL said the newly demonstrated capability has the potential to significantly reduce capping stack mobilisation times, and represents the realisation of a key objective for the company and all those involved in its Subsea Well Intervention Services (SWIS).
Bridgeport Energy completes three-month refurbishment of self-owned rig
Bridgeport Energy has announced that its BDR-1 rig, which is capable of drilling to depths of up to 2,500m, commenced the first of five oil development wells on 31 August. The two-month campaign was started in the Surat Basin on the Moonie field with Moonie-46, which will be follow by Moonie-45. Thereafter the rig will move to the Cooper Basin where it will drill three development wells on the Utopia field. Bridgeport said the rig will then go back into service mode to continue with infield workover activities planned for the balance of the year at Bridgeport’s producing fields.
Terrex appoints new CEO
Terrex Seismic has announced the appointment of Dave Stegemann as its new CEO, bringing over selected senior management from Geokinetics Australia. Dave Stegemann is a highly regarded industry leader with 25 years of experience in the global seismic exploration industry, including five years as Managing Director of Geokinetics Australia before its assets were recently acquired by US-based SAExploration. Terrex said Stegemann’s appointment comes as the company prepares to launch a second seismic crew in the coming months with a “significant new investment into state-of-the-art autonomous SmartSolo nodes”.
ExxonMobil drilling two exploration wells in Gippsland Basin
ExxonMobil has commenced an offshore exploration drilling program in the Gippsland Basin in the search for new sources of gas supplies. ExxonMobil said that it was drilling two exploration wells, Baldfish and Hairtail, on the VIC/P70 block, located approximately 90km off the East Gippsland Victorian coast, in which Exxon’s Australian subsidiary Esso Deepwater Gippsland holds a 100 percent interest. The operation is expected to take several months and the wells are being drilled by Diamond Offshore’s Ocean Monarch semi-submersible drilling rig.