By Florence Tan and Gavin Maguire SINGAPORE, July 5 (Reuters) – A growing fleet of ships is scanning oceans in search of new oil and gas fields as energy companies,...

Todays Ship Photo Of The Day (SPOTD) shows the V shaped hull of the Ramform Titan during sea trials. Launched in 2013 this new class of seismic ship claims to be...

Dubai-based Polarcus is in the process of acquiring an ultra-wide 3D marine seismic project offshore Myanmar, and is breaking acquisition performance records with the largest man-made moving object on earth....

The Ramform Atlas has to be one of the strangest-looking ships ever built. It is one of two new vessels in the Ramform Titan class of 3D seismic survey vessels...

Norway-based Dolphin Geophysical has claimed the mobilization of the “world’s largest floating object” by deploying a seismic streamer spread covering a total area of 12 square kilometers off the coast...

The survey vessel MV Geo Coral is one of four C-class seismic survey vessels in CGG Veritas’ global fleet and was contracted by BG Group to acquire seismic data offshore...

Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has been contracted today by Dutch shipowner, Rederij Groen (NL) to build a pair of 35-meter seismic research support vessels (SRSVs) plus...

SeaBird Exploration’s 2D Long Offset Seismic Vessel, Northern Explorer has just been awarded a 150 day, USD $10.5 million contract in the Mediterranean for an undisclosed client. The contract includes...

Streamers towed behind a seismic survey vessel are fairly vulnerable when deployed, and extremely costly to replace when damaged or destroyed by vessel traffic. To help mitigate this issue, Damen...

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) exercised their option today for two more “Ramform Titan-class” 3D seismic exploration vessels from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI).   The original 2+2 order was placed in...

ABB, the Swiss power and automation technology group, announced today they have won a $26 million order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for two next generation ‘Ramform’ vessels,...

CGGVeritas, the largest seismic surveyor of oilfields, slumped by the most in more than three months in Paris trading after saying potential deals in Brazil failed to “fully materialize” by...

(Bloomberg) — Chinese fishing vessels accidentally cut the cables of a Vietnam Oil & Gas Group seismic ship doing work in Vietnam-controlled waters of the South China Sea, according to...

Seismic vessels are among the most specialized vessels on the ocean, and as such, have very unique operational characteristics. In consultation with key industry players such as WesternGeco, PGS and...

Norway’s Kleven Maritime said today that it will be constructing a second seismic vessel for Sanco Shipping AS at the company’s Myklebust Verft yard in Norway. The vessel, which will...

The latest high tech arctic seismic vessel, Polarcus Amani, was delivered today by Polarcus Limited (OAX: PLCS).  This ship is seventh 3D seismic vessel to date to join the Polarcus...

You’d better take your seasick pills with you because that’s where Statoil is sending you to go shoot seismic… It’s a $40 million contract however and Fugro’s C-Class seismic ships...

Fugro Geoteam, the marine seismic data acquisition arm Fugro, has been awarded contracts with four major international oil companies for 3D and 4D seismic surveys in East Africa and the...

(Dow Jones) The Norwegian government Wednesday announced it will start a geological survey of what oil and gas assets the Northern part of a previously disputed area in the Barents...

Nope, just the latest super high ice class seismic vessel, POLARCUS AMANI .   She’s due for delivery Q1 2012 and is receiving her Polarcus green’s at the Ulstein Verft. POLARCUS...