No champagne after Brazil round
Out of the 36 blocks on offer in Brazil’s 16th-round, 12 received bids, with the high bids representing USD2.2bn. Compared to the 15th round in 2018, both figures represented reduced interest, with the high bid amount down 10% and the number of blocks awarded down 45%. For the seismic companies we note high competition on the most prolific blocks with TGS, CGG, and PGS all having data over these blocks. However, TGS looks to have the best overlap on the awarded acreage. We believe most of the seismic revenue potential to be ahead of the round, with some on final contract signing likely in early 2020. This marks another key licensing round in 2019 with lower interest; thus we are increasingly confident in our out-of-consensus view of flattish offshore spending for 2020.CGG is a global participant in the geophysical seismic industry. Co. manufactures geophysical equipment and provides marine, land, and airborne data acquisition services. Co. also provides geosciences services, including data imaging, seismic data characterization, geosciences and petroleum engineering consulting services, and collecting, developing and licensing geological data. Co.'s clients are in oil and gas exploration and production industies. Co. divides its activities into four segments: Equipment, Contractual Data Acquisition, Geology, Geophysics and Reservoir (GGR), and Non-Operated Resources, including eight business lines, six Corporate functions, and four Group Departments.
Magseis Fairfield ASA, formerly Magseis ASA, is a Norway-based company engaged in geophysical surveying and mapping. The Company specializes in Ocean Bottom Seismic (OBS) acquisition services dedicated to the oil and gas industry. The Company's Marine Autonomous Seismic System (MASS) consists of the in-sea cable and sensor capsules, automated handling and data download. Together with a range of miniaturized Fairfield Z-nodes, it enables operations in water depths to 3000 meters. The Company divides its operations into six regions, namely Barents Sea (Norway), Malaysia, Singapore, the Red Sea, United Kingdom and Sweden. It has offices in Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Singapore and the United States.
Petroleum Geo-Services is engaged in providing geophysical services and oil and gas production services. As of Dec. 31, 2001, Co. operated six Ramform design vessels in its marine seismic data acquisition operations.
TGS Nopec Geophysical provides geoscience data to oil and gas exploration and production companies worldwide. In addition to global geophysical and geological data libraries that include seismic data, magnetic and gravity data, digital well logs, production data and directional surveys, Co. also provides advanced processing and imaging services, interpretation products, permanent reservoir monitoring and data integration solutions.
DNB Markets is the investment banking arm of DNB Bank ASA and is focused primarily on the Nordic region, as well as internationally on niches such as global shipping, energy and related services, and seafood. DNB Markets offers services in FICC, Equities and Investment Banking advisory from offices in Oslo, Stockholm, London, Singapore and New York. Equity research coverage is offered on c250 Nordic companies. DNB was ranked no.2 in Extel Nordic Research 2017. The DNB Markets’ Credit and FICC Macro & FX Research teams are repeatedly highly rated by Prospera Nordic Institutional Investor Surveys.
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