Seismic Vessel

Sunday, 05 December 2021

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PGS set for Brazilian survey

Splash24/7 03 Dec 2021

Seismic vessel utilisation has recovered to pre-Covid levels in the third quarter of 2021, according to Rystad, and the performance of seismic players is expected to improve, as global exploration spending is forecast ...

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Environmental group disappointed after failing to halt Shell seismic survey

Eye Witness News 03 Dec 2021

During the seismic survey, which was meant to start on Wednesday, a vessel will discharge pressurised air that generates sound waves directed towards the seabed for the exploration of petroleum resources ... .

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Shell’s seismic survey will cause ‘irreparable harm’ to sea life, including migrating whales along the ...

Mail Guardian South Africa 02 Dec 2021

According to the applicants, Shell’s seismic vessel would, for five months, fire air guns every 10 seconds through 6,011km² of ocean surface, firing extremely loud shock wave emissions that penetrate through 3km of water and 40km into the Earth’s crust below the seabed.

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Spielberg’s New ‘West Side Story’ Almost Achieves Perfection

The Daily Beast 02 Dec 2021

As a series of “unthinkables” happen, falling like dominos, each one bruising her and what she knows about her life harder and deeper, she becomes a vessel of seismic activity ... This is the first time you view this story—this portrait of a neighborhood at a seismic transition ...

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Shell faces full wrath of PR hurricane

Business Day 02 Dec 2021

Royal Dutch Shell’s decision to go seismic blasting off SA’s Wild Coast just as the southern right whales are migrating home from their breeding grounds has become a PR hurricane for the firm ... "Furthermore, under the Marine Traffic Act [2] of 1981, a seismic survey vessel and its seismic array is protected by a 500m safety exclusion zone.".

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WATCH: Shell responds to urgent interim interdict, vessel on Wild Coast this morning

Independent online (SA) 01 Dec 2021

Shell’s vessel, meant to begin ... Amazon Warrior, the survey vessel that will conduct seismic surveys along the Wild Coast for Shell, left Cape Town earlier this week and is now in Port Alfred accompanied by a support vessel, the Ocean Fortune, and a guard vessel, the Astra G.

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WATCH: The Kiffness adds his voice to protests against seismic blasts by Shell

Independent online (SA) 01 Dec 2021

CAPE TOWN - Imagine you're a dolphin and there was no threat of a seismic blast that could kill you ... Survey vessel Amazon Warrior, which will conduct seismic surveys for Shell, has left Cape Town, and by Wednesday was in Port Alfred, accompanied by support and guard vessels ... “Imagine no seismic blasting,” the song starts. “It’s easy if you try.

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PICS: Youth activists fight against the clock to stop Shell’s seismic surveys

Independent online (SA) 30 Nov 2021

There is evidence that seismic research conducted by a single vessel can have noise impacts as far as 1000kms ... Amazon Warrior, the survey vessel which will be conducting seismic surveys along the Wild Coast for Shell has left Cape Town and is off Port Alfred accompanied by a support vessel, the Ocean Fortune, and a guard vessel, the Astra G.

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Urgent interdict filed to block Shell’s Wild Coast seismic survey

Mail Guardian South Africa 30 Nov 2021

Shell’s seismic vessel, the Amazon Warrior, will “for five months, fire air guns every 10 seconds through 6 011km² of ocean surface, firing extremely loud shock wave emissions that penetrate through 3km of water and 40km into the Earth’s crust below the seabed”, according to the applicants.

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Shell’s Wild Coast exploration draws mounting public ire

Mail Guardian South Africa 26 Nov 2021

Now we also must fight against mining of the ocean.” Shell ‘a leader in safely conducting seismic surveys’ ... I found that the crews on seismic survey vessels are also concerned about and care for the welfare of marine life, and they do try to adhere to the suggestions and recommendations made by the MMOs and PAM operators.

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Shell Wild Coast oil drill plan triggers outrage

Mail Guardian South Africa 25 Nov 2021

On Sunday, the Amazon Warrior, the seismic vessel commissioned by Shell, entered the Cape Town harbour, where several hundred environmental activists and local residents protested its arrival ... 24 hours a day by independent marine mammal observers on board the seismic vessel.

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DeepOcean extends charter of Volstad MPSV

Splash24/7 23 Nov 2021

Norwegian vessel owner and operator Volstad Maritime has been awarded a one-year time charter ... Volstad’s fleet consists of nine vessels, operating in diving, offshore IRM, construction, and seismic sectors.

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Cyprus sends vessel for exploration in Eastern Medditerian

Greek City Times 23 Nov 2021

19, 2021, to Jan. 22, 2022. Navtex is a maritime communications system that allows ships to inform other vessels about their presence in an area and relay other information ... Previously, the Greek Cypriot administration had issued a Navtex regarding seismic exploration vessel Nautical Geo’s activities in late September. Tags ... No Newer Articles. 0 ... .

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Environmentalists Protest Shell Seismic Work Off South Africa

Rigzone 23 Nov 2021

Around 200 environmental activists gathered to protest the arrival of seismic acquisition vessel Amazon Warrior in Cape Town harbor ahead of starting a survey campaign for Shell ... .

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Shell faces protests over seismic survey plans in South Africa

Offshore Energy Today 23 Nov 2021

Nearly 200 citizens and environmental activists gathered on 21 November in the morning to protest against the arrival of seismic acquisition vessel Amazon Warrior in Cape Town harbor in South Africa .. ... .