TGS Nets Two 4D Streamer Contracts Offshore Norway
Norwegian seismic firm TGS has secured two 4D streamer contract acquisition projects, one in the North Sea and the other in the Norwegian Sea.The 4D projects are scheduled to be acquired back-to-back and start in June 2025.The total duration of the two surveys is approximately 80 days. TGS did not reveal the name of the clients nor the value of the contracts."We are pleased to secure two new 4D streamer contracts. Now we have a total of six 4D streamer contracts scheduled for the 2025 summer season on the Norwegian continental shelf.“The clients value our GeoStreamer technology combined
Viridien, TGS and Aquila Holdings Deliver Utsira OBN Reprocessing Project
Viridien and its partners TGS and Aquila Holdings, under its subsidiary Axxis Multi Client, have completed the reprocessing of the Utsira ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic survey in the Norwegian North Sea.Utsira is the largest OBN survey conducted on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and required the deployment of more than 144,000 nodes and over 5.5 million shots.Covering an area of 2077 square kilometers in a mature part of the North Sea, the survey was acquired in 2018 and 2019, and the initial processing results delivered in 2020.The Utsira area holds several significant oil and gas fields, including
Equinor Contracts Ocean Installer for Gas Field Work Offshore Norway
Ocean Installer has secured a new Subsea Line Modification (SLM) project award from Equinor on Åsgard A floating storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), located in the central part of the Norwegian Sea.The scope of work on Åsgard A covers recovery of two risers, installation of one new riser and flexible jumper and engineering, procurement, and installation of GRP Covers to protect the jumper.Offshore operations are scheduled for fall 2024, according to Ocean Installer.In July 2023 Ocean Installer was awarded SLM Projects on Vigdis, Visund, Åsgard C and a morgrip connection on the new
Optime Subsea to Deliver Two ROCS for Deepest Gas Field Offshore Norway
Optime Subsea has been contracted by Equinor to deliver two Remotely Operated Control Systems (ROCS) for use at the operator’s Irpa field development in the Norwegian Sea.Optime Subsea will manufacture the two ROCS systems at the company’s headquarter in Notodden, Norway, and deliver them to Equinor’s offshore base at Sandnessjøen in North Norway in 2025. Optime Subsea has not disclosed the value of the contract.Equinor will use one system for a well completion campaign at Irpa that is planned for 2026, while the other will be a back-up system.Irpa, formerly called Asterix
Shearwater in 'Pioneering' Seismic Survey Project Offshore Norway
Offshore seismic survey specialist Shearwater on Friday announced a new project with the Austrian oil firm OMV for a "pioneering" towed streamer survey with Ocean Bottom Nodes over the Berling gas and condensate discovery in the Norwegian Sea. Spanning 1040 sq.km, this hybrid survey starts in July 2023 and will last for three months. Shearwater's vessels, SW Tasman and Oceanic Vega, will lead the operations. SW Tasman will operate as an ROV node deployment vessel for first time, following its conversion announced in October, 2022 and will deploy the nodes before Oceanic
Aker Solutions to Deliver Subsea Production System for Halten East
contract as being between NOK 0.5 billion (around $52 million) and NOK 1.5 billion ($156,1 million).The news of the contract came as Equinor and its partners said Wednesday that they would spend around NOK 9 billion (around $937,5 million) to develop the area near the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea.The development concept is a subsea tie-back to the Åsgard B platform, using existing facilities and infrastructure. The six discoveries being developed consist of gas and condensate.Aker Solutions will deliver a complete subsea production system including seven standardized vertical subsea
February 2025
