True hybrid 3D
Figure 1: Map showing the location of the Quad 35 survey in the Norwegian North Sea and long arbitrary line through the main discoveries inside the Quad 35 survey…
Exploration Opportunities
GeoStreamer X delivers near-field multi-azimuth dataset for accurate lead characterisation, South Viking Graben, Norway
Figure 1: The GeoStreamer X Viking Graben location (left) and acquisition conu001F gurations (right). Two new azimuths were acquired in 2019 in addition to the 2011 survey; the new azimuths…
Ultra-long offsets signal a bright future for OBN
The OBN survey, named Amendment, was acquired in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico, a proving ground for OBN technology Survey sesign and capture…
Countdown to CCS
Figure 3: Three seismic sections through TGS’s 3D data over the Acorn CCS site, the Northern Endurance CCS site and a 2D line from TGS’s CFI-NSR dataset over the Northern…
Revealing the Intra-Zechstein hydrocarbon prospectivity on the UK Mid North Sea high
A newly acquired 3D seismic survey, covering the entire Zechstein play fairway in the UK Mid North Sea High, reveals the hydrocarbon potential of the complex and highly variable Intra-Zechstein…
Gippsland Basin, Australia: new data reveals further hydrocarbon potential in a mature basin
Map showing location and coverage of new Gippsland 3D survey. © CGG.To help the industry identify new and previously overlooked prospects in Australia’s Gippsland Basin, CGG acquired a new basin-scale…
Buscador: The ‘Searcher-Engine for Oil’ in Mexico’s hottest hotspot
Location of Searcher’s seismic datasets offshore Mexico with geological basins outlined and the location of major recent Talos and ENI discoveries. Offshore Mexico: extraordinary hydrocarbon play systems identified Improvements in…
Orphan Basin, Canada: from regional prospect screening to reliable reservoir attributes estimation
Figure 2: (a) Location of the Long Range, Tablelands and North Tablelands 3D surveys; (b) Locator map looking north across the surveys. The amplitude extraction on the seafloor demonstratesthe modern…
Why exploration offshore Somalia could reveal an oily surprise
Seismic line through Tertiary fold belt showing large high amplitude fold and thrust structures. © TGS. Seismic attribute display of the same line: (Far – Near) * Far. The black…
Offshore Argentina: Tertiary play potential in the Malvinas Basin
Figure 1: Elevation grid and superimposed magnetically derived chronostratigraphic lines, supporting the timing of opening of the Scotia Plate. Searcher’s 19,182 km pre-stack reprocessed seismic data is part of a…
Geology-driven subsurface imaging in the Faroe-Shetland Basin
Seismic image from the Erlend Wild West survey showing two well paths: Tobermory gas discovery (left) and the Bunnehaven gas discovery (right) the latter penetrating Cretaceous sub-lava. Improved seismic imaging…
Kwanza Shelf: New 3D seismic imaging reveals pre- and post-salt plays
Location of the new PGS 3D multisensor GeoStreamer survey over the Kwanza Shelf, offshore Angola. Unlocking prospectivity on the Kwanza shelf New broadband 3D seismic data shows that the evolution…