Cairn Energy group and Nunaoil have awarded ARKeX a contract to perform the first ever marine (BlueQube) gravity gradiometry survey off the western coast of Greenland.
Spectrum has acquired and processed (some in partnership with TGS) 38,000 km (23,612 mi) of modern seismic data in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
StatoilHydro has awarded Metocean Services International (MSI) a one-year extension for its deepwater current measurement program in the Luva field.
Petroleum Geo-Services Australia (PGS) has completed processing of the 250 sq km (97 sq mi) Artemis 3D seismic survey in WA-360-P for MEO Australia.
TGS has begun acquisition of a new multi-client 3D survey in the Barents Sea with the M/V Geo Barents.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s (NPD) seismic acquisition activity is scheduled to start on June 29, with the vessel Geo Pacific acquiring 3D seismic data in Vesterålen (Nordland VII).
Fugro Chance has completed an acoustic jumper metrology on Shell’s Perdido development in the Gulf of Mexico.
Infoterra has completed an oil slick mapping and interpretation project of offshore Seychelles in collaboration with Seychelles Petroleum Co. (Seypec).
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