EMGS has won a 3D CSEM contract in Southeast Asia with a first-time customer. The acquisition will take place at the beginning of Q3, 2021. The contract value is between $6 and 7 million. The vessel Atlantic Guardian will acquire the survey after completing a multi-client acquisition offshore Mexico. This will necessitate a rescheduling of the previously announced prefunded Utsira High multi-client survey in Norway until early Q4 2021.
Data and software provider Getech has issued new shares, raising more than £6 million ($8.3 million) to invest in the hydrogen, mining and geothermal sectors.
Lundin has found oil about 15 km south of the Edvard Grieg field in the central part of the North Sea and 190 km west of Stavanger. The entire reservoir, including the water zone, consists of conglomeratic sandstones and in a thickness of about 380 m.
SeaBird Exploration has signed a contract for provision of source vessel services for an OBN survey in the Eastern Hemisphere. The 90-day survey is scheduled to start in Q2 2021.
Magseis Fairfield has been awarded an ocean bottom node survey in the Gulf of Mexico for a multi-client company. The duration of the survey is approx. 4 months and will be executed in 2021 using the company’s ZXPLR deepwater ocean bottom node technology.
Germany and Canada have agreed to explore the joint development of green hydrogen from Canadian hydroelectric power for export to Germany.
The UK has announced more than £30 million of government funding towards the Acorn carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Scotland.Total and Microsoft have agreed to collaborate on achieving net-zero emissions. Total will leverage the cloud platforms of Microsoft and Azure software.