IAGC President Applauds API and NOIA for Study on Economic Benefits of...
Houston, TX– International Association of Geophysical Contractors President Chip Gill today issued the following statement on the joint API and NOIA commissioned study on the economic benefits of...
View ArticleGeophysical Industry Voices Concern About 2014 Barents Sea “Group Shoot”
Norwegian Translation (Norsk) Houston, TX – International Association of Geophysical Contractors President Chip Gill today issued the following statement on the announcement by Norwegian Oil and Gas...
View ArticleIAGC Announces New Board Chairman and Vice-Chairman
Houston, TX– International Association of Geophysical Contractors today announced the election of a new Chairman and Vice-Chairman to its Board. Robert Hobbs, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TGS has...
View ArticleIAGC’s Global Environmental Manual Sets Standards for Industry Care of the...
International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC) has released the newest edition of its Environmental Manual for Worldwide Geophysical Operations.First published in 1994 as the...
View ArticleIAGC Responds to the Barents Sea Group Shoot
On December 10th, Norwegian Oil and Gas and Statoil announced that a group of 17 oil and gas companies had established a project for joint seismic acquisition in the southeastern Barents Sea. This...
View ArticleSave the Date: MMPA Workshop
This spring, IAGC will host a workshop focused on the Marine Mammal Protection Act, covering the requirements and issues surrounding enforcement of the Act. With the issuance of the final Atlantic...
View ArticleSpectrum Geo's Richie Miller Testifies at House Hearing on Atlantic Seismic
Richie Miller, President of Spectrum Geo in Houston, testified before the House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on Friday. The hearing was titled The...
View ArticleNew NOIA/API Study Touts the Economic Benefits of Opening the U.S. Atlantic...
A new study released by the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) shows that opening the U.S. Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to offshore oil...
View ArticleIAGC Submit Comments regarding Proposed Wyoming SHPO Policies
The IAGC has submitted comments to the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) on behalf of the geophysical industry regarding the draft State Protocol that was developed between the Wyoming...
View ArticleIAGC Responds to FWS’ Proposed Lesser Prairie-Chicken Threatened Listing and...
On December 11, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) re-opened the comment period for the proposed designation of the lesser prairie-chicken as a threatened species and proposed a “special 4(d)...
View ArticleUS Agencies Release Recommended Standards for Protected Species Observers
In November, NOAA, BOEM and BSEE released “National Standards for a Protected Species Observer (PSO) and Data Management Program: A Model Using Geological and Geophysical Surveys.” (See:...
View ArticleNOAA Fisheries Proposes New Acoustic Thresholds for PTS and TTS – IAGC...
On December 27, 2013, NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) published notice of its Draft Guidance for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammals-Acoustic Threshold Levels for Onset of Permanent...
View ArticleIAGC co-sponsors BOEM and NOAA Fisheries Sound Exposure Modeling Workshop
IAGC participated in the Sound Exposure Modeling Workshop, which was held January 7-9, 2014 in Washington, DC. This workshop was co-sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the...
View ArticleIAGC’s Global Environmental Manual Provides Guidance for Care of the Environment
At their December 2013 meeting, the IAGC Board of Directors formally endorsed the Environmental Manual for Worldwide Geophysical Operations – 2013 Edition.First published in 1994 as the Environmental...
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