Seismic Technology News

The Mariner field in the UK North Sea (Credit: Jamie Baikie and Michal Wachucik / Equinor ASA)

Shearwater to Monitor Production at Equinor’s Two Oil and Gas Fields

and an undershoot vessel.“These projects underscore our shared ambition for pioneering and repeating production monitoring solutions, and we look forward to once more supporting Equinor in navigating towards the efficient optimization of resources.“Our dedication to providing top-tier seismic technology and expertise will provide Equinor with the insights needed to continue delivering long-term, sustainable value creation from the Mariner and Heidrun fields,” said Irene Waage Basili, CEO of Shearwater.Equinor started production from the Mariner field in 2019 as its first operated development

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Spirit Energy Hires Shearwater for CCS Seismic Survey in UK

carbon storage by 2030,” said Matt Browell-Hook, Spirit Energy’s Energy Transition Director and MNZ project lead."CCS has been identified as a key mitigation measure for climate change but deployment at scale remains the challenge. We are leveraging our expertise and our marine seismic technology to meet this challenge in order to build a more sustainable future,” added Tanya Herwanger, SVP Strategy and New Markets of Shearwater.MNZ has the potential to be one of the largest carbon stores in the UK and Europe, offering industrial emitters a world-leading decarbonization solution

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Shell to Use New AI Technology in Deepwater Oil Exploration

process and has broad and far-reaching implications," said Bruce Porter, chief science officer for Austin, Texas-based SparkCognition. The technology would generate subsurface images using fewer seismic data scans than usual, helping with deep sea preservation, the companies said. Seismic technology sends sound waves to explore subsurface areas. Fewer seismic surveys accelerate exploration workflow and would save costs in high-performance computing, they added.(Reuters - Reporting by Stephanie Kelly; Editing by Richard Chang

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Ocean Floor Geophysics Buys NCS Subsea and Its P-Cable System

, combined with unique multiphysics processing, integration, and interpretation capabilities," OFG said.OFG was assisted in this transaction by PGS, OFG’s largest shareholder. “OFG is delighted to complete the acquisition of NCS and its P-Cable ultra-high-resolution 3D seismic technology. We have seen a significant market interest in P-Cable over the past few months in both traditional oil and gas markets for shallow imaging of reservoirs and geohazards, as well as in new energy markets, particularly for offshore wind surveys. We look forward to offering P-Cable products and

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'Ultra-high-resolution 3D seismic' - Ocean Floor Geophysics Acquires NCS SubSea

pioneer serving the energy industry with our integrated geophysical data acquisition and processing capabilities. Our strategic collaboration with OFG and their acquisition of NCS SubSea further expands our offering within the New Energy markets. By bringing the ultra-high-resolution P-Cable 3D seismic technology into OFG, we can apply PGS’ inhouse data processing capabilities, expanding our offering for site characterization and shallow geohazard applications,” says Berit Osnes, EVP New Energy of PGS.A Seismic Shif

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Chinese Seismic Giant Buys 18,000 Seabed Nodes from Sercel

AcquisitionGou Liang, BGP Managing Director, said: “We have chosen to partner with the best seismic equipment manufacturer to acquire this major survey in the Middle East. With Sercel’s QuietSeis MEMS sensor, we can be confident of providing our customer with the best cutting-edge seismic technology available for enhanced imaging resolution.”Emmanuelle Dubu, Sercel CEO, said: “We are delighted by this first major GPR300 sale to BGP. Once again, our QuietSeis sensor gives us a significant competitive advantage. Sercel is the first and only supplier to offer the market an OBN

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Equinor Taps into DUG's Tech for Seismic Processing

fluid, delivers total power savings of about 46 percent over a traditional, air-cooled room.“The patented cooling system enables us to operate some of the greenest supercomputers in the world and we’re looking forward to offer this technology to Equinor,” Dr Lamont said.In other seismic technology news, digital innovation specialist Bluware Corp said this week it has been awarded a deal with Shell for the supply of deep learning technology, which should speed up work with seismic data interpretation. More on that here

Thyssenkrupp’s MUM concept. Image from Thyssenkrupp.

Robotics: The Next Gen in Subsea Vehicles

the qualification programme, which is expected by the end of next year (2020). After that, the company is targeting operations in the sea and it’s looking for pilot projects to perform in 2021.An iDROP in the oceanAnother Norwegian technology firm, iDROP, is planning to disrupt the seabed seismic technology market with its autonomous Oceanid nodes. iDROP’s system is based on individual cylindrical sensor nodes (named after Greek sea nymphs) that are dropfall deployed, using gravity and ballast shift for  propulsion and position control, to land at specific pre-planned positions on the

David Millar, Director TechX Program, The Oil & Gas Technology Center

TechX: Pioneering and Accelerating

.Graduates of the OGTC’s first TechX Pioneers program are already making their mark on the industry, with some of the industry’s key players keen to trial their technological solutions to sector challenges.One of the TechX Pioneers, Tenzor Geo, has secured offshore trials of its micro seismic technology with BP in the North Sea, starting early in 2019.Test1, who have developed a unique foam which can soak up oil from spills – so the oil can be recovered, and the foam reused – are carrying out field trials at Aberdeen Harbor.Blue Gentoo, a firm which has produced a hydrate management

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