Nalivkin
Update
- December 05
The survey vessel “G.D.Nalivkin” commenced operations for
Amerada-Hess on the 28th November 2005, mobilising out of Malta and clearing
into Libyan waters offshore Tripoli. The 4,000km survey located in Block
054 in the Gulf of Sirte is due to be completed at the end of January
2006 whereupon the vessel will move to Block 055 to commence the follow
on 7,700km survey for Repsol.
WGP/Bolt
Technology “alliance” delivers the goods in Nigeria
- December 2005
The informal alliance between Bolt Technology and WGP Projects
has been busy again. The two companies are working together mobilising
a suite of seismic equipment on board a vessel operated by the Chinese
company BGP. The project is being carried out in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
and includes the installation of an array of Bolts new APG air guns.
“Kurentsov”
due to arrive in India -
December 2005
The
MAGE survey vessel “Kurentsov” will arrive in India this early
in January to commence acquisition of 2D seismic data for ONGC. WGP has
assisted this project by providing various items of seismic equipment
that have been installed with the help of our project managers in Bremerhaven
and en route in Cyprus.
WGP’s
Expanding Workforce -
December 2005
Several new personnel have joined our operation in the past few
weeks. Mike Perry has joined the team to provide our operational management
with more in depth experience of the supervision and support of field
operations and projects. Mike has worked in the industry as a senior observer
seismic technician and marine seismic party manager for more than 25 years.
We
also welcome Roderick (“Roy”) Douglas as senior navigator
on board our 2D survey vessel “Dmitriy Nalivkin”. This confirms
Roy in a permanent position after a spell on the ship as a sub-contractor.
Following
a year of change regarding our diverse operations in Russian and the CIS,
Misha Khait is confirmed as our Russian Manager, based in St Petersburg.
Magnetic
& Gravity Services
- December 2005
Stepping into
2006 WGP Magnetic & Gravity Services are busy as ever. Full Mag/Grav
acquisition is being performed alongside the 4,000km 2D Seismic survey
on Nalivkin for Amerada Hess offshore Libya and now another full compliment
of personnel and equipment is onboard the Professor Kurentsov for MAGE's
offshore India survey on behalf of ONGC, due to start in early January.
Another gravity unit has been contracted by TGS-Nopec for their Morondava
Basin 2D Survey offshore Madagascar. If you are interested in receiving
a quotation for Mag/Grav services please contact Marcus Smith.
New
logo, new organisation
- November 2005
Coincident with the SEG in Houston this year, WGP is launching a new logo
and new company organisation. Our seismic data acquisition operation will
come under WGP Seismic Limited and our projects and services will shift
to WGP Projects Limited. OceanEar Limited will assume a more independent
role, as befits our environmental and marine mammal monitoring operation.
Nalivkin
off to Libya – again! November
2005
WGP’s 2D survey vessel Geolog Dimitri Nalivkin is en route to Malta
ready to begin work for Amerada Hess in Libya. Following the completion
of this first contract, the ship will move straight on to work for Repsol.
WGP is working in Libya with a local commercial partner- GSI/PRC who is
providing the essential Libyan registrations and permission to facilitate
these two contracts. Nalivkin has worked in Libya before, as part of the
extremely large multi-client data acquisition programme run by CGG earlier
this year.
Kurentsov
ready for India November
2005
WGP
has been contracted by Marine Arctic Geological Expedition (MAGE) to assist
in the preparation of the MAGE survey vessel Professor Kurentsov for a
challenging contract working for ONGC in India. The ship is currently
in Bremerhaven where WGP and MAGE are installing a variety of newly purchased
andrented seismic equipment. This is the first time that the Russian Bottomfish
™ marine seismic data acquisition system and streamer has been used
outside of Russia. This means that a variety of interfacing problems have
to be solved in order to make it work with the new equipment. Kurentsov
will leave for India at the end of the second week in November.
Bottomfish
TM marine seismic data acquisition system tests November
2005
WGP
has been commissioned by the manufacturers of this new system –
SI Technology based in Gelendzhik, on the Russian Black Sea coast –
to undertake tests of the streamer sensitivity. This work has been done
at the Teledyne facility in Gloucester. Results are still being analysed
but look very encouraging. The Bottomfish system has been used in Russia
but is new to the international industry, so SI were keen to have the
accuracy of the streamer validated before the beginning of the MAGE projectin
India later this year. WGP were the obvious choice to supervise this task
as we are also actively involved in assisting MAGE prepare for this contract
in India.
Trials
of the MTEM marine data acquisition system November
2005
Right
up until the end of the first week in November 2005, WGP Projects has
been contracted by MTEM to assist in the first sea trials of its marine
electro-magnetic data acquisition system. WGP has worked closely with
the MTEM technical personnel to plan and deliver a safe and efficient
trial of the newsystem.
The trials used vessels of opportunity provided by Briggs Marine and highlighted WGP’s long experience of assisting clients in the proving new equipment and survey techniques in an experimental environment. Unseasonable bad weather hindered operations to some extent but the system was proven to work and to acquire data in the marine environment.More details about the MTEM technology and operations can be found the company website - http:www.mtem.com
WGP
and the University of Plymouth
November 2005
WGP
has now partnered with the University of Plymouth under the UK government
funded scheme known as the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). This
scheme to subsidises the employment costs of a suitably qualified and
experienced graduate (associate) who is employed by the University but
works primarily with a commercial partner. Academic knowledge passes from
the University to the commercial partner and commercial knowledge and
opportunities go back to the University by the reverse route. Obviously,
all KTP projects have to be written around an objective. Ours is to work
closely with a chosen manufacturer to provide an enhanced Passive Acoustic
Monitoring System for the accurate detectionand location of cetaceans
in the vicinity of offshore activities.
