TGS Initiates New Interpretation Project in Brazil

November 24, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

The Geological Products and Services division of TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS) announced today that it has commenced a new multi-client interpretive study of offshore Brazil utilizing the company’s proprietary Facies Map Browser (FMB) application. The FMB allows explorationists to visualize the distribution of and relationship between the various elements of a petroleum system within a depositional... 

TGS Initiates New Interpretation Project in Brazil

November 24, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

The Geological Products and Services division of TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS) announced that it has commenced a new multi-client interpretive study of offshore Brazil utilizing the company’s proprietary Facies Map Browser (FMB) application. The FMB allows explorationists to visualize the distribution of and relationship between the various elements of a petroleum system within a depositional... 

Better Access to High-Performance Computing Could Increase Oil and Gas Production, Reports Microsoft Survey

March 8, 2007 Filed Under: Mining Contractors, Mining Stocks, Oil and Gas  

Empowering geoscientists with more deskside high-performance computing power could increase oil and gas production overall, reports a new survey released today by Microsoft Corp. at the Microsoft® 2007 Global Energy Forum. The Microsoft High-Performance Computing Oil and Gas Industry Survey 2007, sponsored by Microsoft and conducted by Houston-based Gelb Consulting Group Inc., shows a trend toward... 

Foothills Resources, Inc. Starts 3D Seismic Program in California

January 15, 2007 Filed Under: Mining Services  

Foothills Resources, Inc. announced that it had commenced the acquisition of a 3D seismic survey over the Grizzly Bluff natural gas field in the Eel River Basin, Humboldt County, California. Data acquisition started on January 9th and is expected to be completed in approximately ten days. An area of about 13 square miles is being imaged by this survey which is being conducted by Quantum Geophysical,... 

Nevtah/Black Sands Energy Acquire Significant Sunnyside Lease in Utah Tar/Oil Sands

September 8, 2006 Filed Under: Mining Services, Oil and Gas  

Nevtah Capital Management and its joint venture partner, Black Sands Energy, have signed an agreement to acquire a key leasehold property within the richest portion of the Sunnyside Deposit in the Utah Oil Sands. The Sunnyside Deposit, according to the Lewin & Associates Report, 1983, ranges in field richness from 100,000 to 600,000 bbl/acre. The Report’s assessments were based on actual...