Acquisition has Resumed on the TGS Freedom Wide Azimuth Project
2009.03.05 -
Projects
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS) announced today that it, in conjunction with co-operation partner WesternGeco, has resumed data acquisition on the Freedom Wide Azimuth multi-client project in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico utilizing a higher capacity operation that includes two recording vessels, each towing 10 streamers.
Covering approximately 15,000 square kilometers, Freedom is the one of the largest wide azimuth programs in the world. Data acquisition originally commenced in January of 2008, but had been temporarily interrupted since October of 2008. Located in a highly prolific area in the Gulf of Mexico, the well-funded project is currently 50% complete, and field operations are on schedule for completion in August 2009. TGS has delivered preliminary products to participating oil companies.
The FPSO Sevan Piranema has today commenced oil production on the Piranema field, off the coast of Aracaju, in the state of Sergipe, Brasil.
Q is located in Mississippi Canyon block 961. The natural gas field is developed as a subsea tieback to the Anadarko-operated Independence Hub facility in the eastern US Gulf of Mexico. StatoilHydro has a 50% working interest in the Q field.
The Piranema field, 25 km off the coast of Sergipe, started producing oil this Wednesday (10/10), in deep Northeastern Brazil waters. With operations going online in this field, Petrobras is taking another step towards maintaining Brazil’s oil self-sufficiency. The Piranema oil, of excellent quality, at 44º API, is the lightest oil produced in deep waters in Brazil.
The first tanker with a cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Snøhvit field left port at Melkøya near Hammerfest, northern Norway
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited, has started production from the Marimba North project, designed to develop 80 million barrels of oil in approximately 3,900 feet (1,300 meters) of water more than 90 miles (145 kilometers) off the coast of Angola.
