BGP has appointed Gou Liang as managing director and Zhang Shaohua as president.
BGP has appointed Gou Liang as managing director and Zhang Shaohua as president. Liang joined BGP in 1981. He received his doctorate from Chengu University of Technology and a master’s degree at Tsinghua University. Shaohua joined BGP in 1991. He has a master’s degree in applied physics from Changchun College of Geology and has served as BGP’s chief geophysicist. In this role he has played an active role in the EAGE.
Shearwater GeoServices has won a contract for a marine seismic 3D survey in South East Asia. The two-month project, commencing in Q2, covers 1500 km2.
Magseis Fairfield has won a 4D Ocean Bottom Node monitor survey in the Norwegian North Sea for a big E&P company. The one-month survey is scheduled to start late in the first quarter of 2021. The company has also won a contract for a deep-water ocean bottom node baseline survey (3D) offshore Angola for an international energy company. The three-month project is expected to start in Q2.
The UK Oil and Gas Authority has received an application for a carbon dioxide appraisal and storage licence in the Southern North Sea of the UKCS.
The Republic of Ireland is to introduce legislation to ban licences for new oil and natural gas exploration. The legislation will be included in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Amendment Bill which will go before the Oireachtas. Legislation will not affect existing authorisations.
Shell, C3 AI, Baker Hughes and Microsoft have launched of the Open AI Energy Initiative (OAI), an open ecosystem of artificial intelligence-based solutions for the energy and process industries. The OAI provides a framework for energy operators, service providers, equipment providers, and independent software vendors for energy services to offer interoperable solutions, including AI and physics-based models and monitoring, powered by the BHC3 AI Suite and Microsoft Azure.
