A Perth geoscientist who has pioneered taking science out of the classroom into a hands-on, in-the-field experience – particularly for remote area schools – has been praised for her nomination among Saturday night’s “Australian of the Year” awards in Canberra.
Ms Suzy Urbaniak was WA’s nominee in the “Australian of the Year - Local Heroes” award category.
The ‘Local Hero’ award acknowledges extraordinary contributions made by...
Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition campaign by ONGC in Western Offshore India. The project is scheduled to commence in the first quarter of this year.
The four-month survey covers 2,000 sq. km of 3D in a shallow-water area of the Arabian Sea. The contract award follows last month’s announcement of a combined 2D and 3D broadband marine seismic survey for ONGC off the East Coast of India.
“We are pleased to receive this second award...
Shearwater has announced announce a more than sevenfold increase in 2020 backlog to 65 vessel-months at the start of 2020, up from nine vessel-months at the same time a year ago.
This backlog includes 24 months of the minimum commitment in the recently signed capacity agreement with CGG for two vessel-years annually over a five-year period. The backlog numbers exclude WesternGeco minimum commitment.
Shearwater said the backlog expansion reflects growing demand for marine seismic,...
CGG has completed its exit from the seabed data acquisition business and terminated the Seabed Geosolutions’ joint venture agreement.
The Paris-headquartered geophysical services company said that in line with its strategy to exit the data acquisition business, which was effective from December 31, 2019, the company had agreed to transfer its 40% shareholding in Seabed Geosolutions to Fugro before the end of the first quarter of 2020.
In addition, it was agreed...
Fugro has successfully completed the first deepwater autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) site survey for Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd (BSP).
Ceri Powell, BSP’s Managing Director, delivered a congratulatory note acknowledging the quality of Fugro’s work and HSSE leadership shown throughout the campaign. BSP’s Project Lead Bilman Pardomuan Hutabarat commented: “This campaign was the first deepwater survey project for Shell in Brunei and its success will lead to many more...
Australia has officially become the world’s largest exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) on an annualised basis.
In sending overseas, an estimated record 77.514 million tonnes (Mt) of locally produced LNG in calendar 2019, Australia edged out former No. 1 LNG export titleholder Qatar, expected to produce 75Mt in 2019.
The 2019 Australian LNG exports were more than twice those of the United States, the world’s other fast-growing LNG producer. The US...
Shearwater has announced the award of hybrid node and towed streamer seismic survey by Repsol Oil & Gas Malaysia Limited. The survey is scheduled for the first quarter of 2020 and is expected to take two months to complete.
The project covers approximately 1,000km² of ocean bottom and towed streamer seismic on Repsol’s operated block offshore Peninsular Malaysia. The Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) SW Vespucci will acquire the seismic using Flexisource triple source in combination with...
Chevron and BP will invest $116.5 million on oil and gas exploration in Australia, with the focal point being South Australia as both oil and gas majors endeavour to shore up future energy supplies to eastern states.
This was revealed in a joint statement by Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan and South Australian Minister for Energy and Mining Dan van Holst Pellekaan.
The announcement followed the conclusion of Good Standing Agreement negotiations between both...
Natural gas production for Northwest Europe is forecast to decline by approximately 25% from current levels over the next five years as upcoming projects struggle to offset overall declines, according to data and analytics company, GlobalData.
The company’s report, ‘2019 Northwest Europe Upstream Development Outlook – Surge in New-Build Oil and Gas Project Starts for 2020’, reveals that gas production fell year on year over the last two years, a trend that is set to continue over...