Celtic Sea Floating Wind in Focus
already investing, including £42 million in new quay development, while ABP’s Port Talbot is more of a “blank sheet.”Donovan said there were opportunities for high-value manufacturing but also opportunities for other ports to provide supporting roles.Tim Stiven, Innovation and New Ventures Lead (Marine) at The Crown Estate, agreed that the Celtic Sea’s strength will be having early development. But he said, “it’s an enormous industrial undertaking.” The anchor cable for 4GW would span from Milford Haven to Cardiff and back again. It will need a lot of
ION Geophysical, PGS in 2D Data Team-Up
decisions for E&P operators. The combined data library would be jointly marketed."The combined 2D data libraries will provide E&P companies with a more efficient way to identify and high-grade attractive frontier investment opportunities," said Berit Osnes, PGS' EVP, New Ventures. "ION's BasinSPAN offering is globally recognized as the benchmark tool for exploration insights at the basin-scale. Referencing and integrating our GeoStreamer enriched 2D data library into that framework will create a valuable opportunity to add resolution to that understanding
CGG Kicks Off Deepwater Survey in Brazil
provide 3D data coverage where no other 3D data currently exists.CGG Geoscience’s Subsurface Imaging Center in Rio will employ advanced data processing techniques to deliver improved imaging of pre-salt structures in these prolific basins, the company said.Dechun Lin, EVP, Multi-Client & New Ventures, CGG, said, “Nebula will further expand our vast contiguous volume of data in the Santos and Campos Basins and interested clients will gain enhanced insight from our high-quality imaging to identify potential prospects over their purchased blocks in this highly prospective region.&rdquo
TechnipFMC to Split into Two Companies
it makes clear, commercial sense," he said.Pferdehirt will remain CEO for the upstream-focused company, which will focus on capital intensive subsea technologies and services. The Houston-based company will have a workforce of about 22,000 people.Catherine MacGregor, who joined TechnipFMC's New Ventures group last month after more than two decades at Schlumberger NV , will head up the engineering and construction services company. It will pursue new opportunities in liquefied natural gas (LNG) and broaden its market focus to include biofuels and alternative energy projects.That company will have
CGG Releases Data from Mozambique Survey
set in CGG data rooms in anticipation of the country’s 2019 licensing round.CGG said final PSDM deliverables will be released in Q4 2019 and be complemented by a JumpStart integrated geoscience package as well as a geological regional study (2017 East Africa Robertson Study), and the Robertson New Ventures Suite of exploration screening tools.“Our comprehensive suite of geoscience products for Mozambique will bring the industry new insight into the hydrocarbon prospectivity of this exciting new exploration area,” said Luc Schlumberger, EVP, Multi-Client & New Ventures, CGG.&ldquo
CGG Begins Seismic Survey off SE Australia
in late Tertiary, inversion-formed, compressional structures. The first major offshore discovery was made over half a century ago and there is still tremendous opportunity for new discoveries and developments. Mark Richards, Senior Vice President, Eastern Hemisphere, Multi-Client & New Ventures, CGG, said, “CGG sees the Gippsland Basin as an exciting opportunity to show how its leading-edge seismic imaging technologies can enable the industry to breathe new life into a mature basin. With its well established infrastructure and under-developed resources, we believe this high-end
Proserv Acquires Nautronix
clients remain as strong, if not stronger than ever. “I am also excited to have Mark join the senior management team at Proserv. Mark will lead the Nautronix team through the transition and integration process as well as assuming his senior global position as head of strategy and new ventures for the Proserv Group. Individually, the two companies have been doing well in these more demanding times; together, however, we are much stronger, bringing a combined technology platform that is both unique and of great potential to deliver truly game changing solutions to our customers to meet
Dolphin 3D Multi-Client Campaign Continues
of approximately 2,500 sq.km of the Monuments MC 3D survey with the same vessel. This is due to be completed around the 25th June. The acquisition parameters for both these MC surveys utilize 10 streamers with 150m separations and 8,100m offsets. Ian T Edwards, Vice President of Multi-Client and New Ventures for Dolphin said "although the company has successfully operated vessels in Australia for the past two years, this is our first Multi-Client project in the country designed and promoted by Dolphin".
Tesla Contracts Fairfield for Cable-free ZLand Nodes
its Aram systems and as a standalone system. “In addition to our work in metropolitan areas, we’re very interested in ZLand’s advantages for our transition-zone operation near Blackpool, England, and on heavily farmed areas in Southern England,” said Derric Richardson, New Ventures Manager for Tesla in Africa. Serge Rambaud, FairfieldNodal’s regional sales manager is confident that the true cable-free system makes great operational sense for his client. “ZLand is an ideal system for urban and farming environments that Tesla is dealing with. The nodes can
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