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From image to insight: Why seismic data quality matters for CO₂ storage

Irina Pene and Idar Kjørlaug, Viridien

June 3, 2026

Left: Overview map of the NVG reprocessed seismic dataset; Right: Coloured interpretation of the seismic line. Repurposing seismic data for carbon storage activities Carbon storage licensing on the Norwegian Continental…

Cameroon: Unlocking potential and reigniting exploration

Misha Isakov and Graham Cooke, Viridien

January 7, 2026

Play diversity and untapped promise – A new licensing round opens fresh horizons in Cameroon Opening the door to discovery Cameroon’s 2025 Licensing Round, launched by the Société Nationale des…

Mozambique: Revealing exploration potential of deepwater Zambezi Delta

Madhurima Bhattacharya, Andy Holman, Paolo Gabrielli and Diego Lopez, Viridien

October 7, 2025

Mozambique’s deepwater Zambezi Basin: Where AVO meets untapped opportunity Integrating AVO analysis into frontier workflows to identify exploration opportunities Assessing frontier basin prospectivity with limited subsurface data presents significant challenges…

Discover more in Møre, Norway

Marit Stokke Bauck, Anna Rumyantseva and Idar Kjørlaug, Viridien

June 2, 2025

Figure 2 (left): Overview map of the NVG survey (blue), NVG24 (green) and sparse OBN (black) coverage near the Norwegian coast. Figure 3 (right): Time-structure map of the top acoustic…

Exploring deeper in Uruguay: Could Namibia’s successful Cretaceous play be chased in Uruguay’s deepwater?

Roberto Juncken, Liam Hunt, Zhiping Yang, Viridien and Bruno Conti, Pablo Gristo and Pablo Andres Rodriguez, ANCAP

December 13, 2024

Figure 2. Location and coverage map of Viridien’s 3D seismic reimaging program offshore Uruguay. Deepwater Uruguay: Reducing uncertainties in the Cretaceous stratigraphic play with an improved TL-FWI velocity model FWI…

Côte d’Ivoire – The new West African exploration hotspot

Madhurima Bhattacharya, Misha Isakov, Paolo Gabrielli, Carl Watkins and Dan Carruthers, Viridien

October 7, 2024

Location and coverage map of Viridien’s 16,000 km2 multi-client PSDM re-imaging program along the Côte d’Ivoire margin showing current held acreage, fields and recent discoveries. A new regional framework for…

Norwegian North Sea: Identifying details of Lower Cretaceous sand fairways on the Måløy Slope

Irina Pene, Silje Rogne, Jaswinder Mann-Kalil and Marit Stokke Bauck, Viridien

June 26, 2024

Left: Map showing location of Viridien’s Northern Viking Graben (NVG) datasets. Single-azimuth reimaging was performed on the NVG data in the area outlined by the yellow polygon. The seismic section,…

Santos Basin, Brazil: Understanding the CO₂ exploration risk with ultra-deep seismic

Roberto Juncken, Bruna Lyra, Mariano Gatti, Abraham Rodriguez, CGG, and Natasha Stanton, Andres Gordon, University of Rio De Janeiro State

January 8, 2024

Location of pre-salt blocks in the Santos Basin, the Nebula-C polygon and exploration well results. Santos Basin: New seismic data helps de-risk CO₂ contamination for pre-salt exploration CGG’s latest imaging technology…

Cameroon: Douala Kribi-Campo Basin – Seize the opportunity!

Misha Isakov, Paolo Gabrielli, Emmanuel Nformi, Shona Culwick, CGG and Blanche Mahamat Achta Boubakar, Christophe Atangana Ndende, Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures

October 23, 2023

Location map showing CGG’s 3D seismic coverage in the DKC basin, well locations and hydrocarbon fields in the DKC and RDR basins. A close-up of a canyon – a seismic…

Northern Viking Graben – Chasing the Upper Jurassic Play

Jaswinder Mann-Kalil, Anna Rumyantseva and Idar Kjørlaug, CGG

May 2, 2023

Left: Location map showing CGG’s legacy north-south, new east-west and dual-azimuth seismic coverage in the Northern Viking Graben. Right: TL-FWI velocities with frequencies up to 14 Hz, draped over dual-azimuth…

Gippsland Basin, Australia: new data provides compelling insights in unexplored areas

Guest Author

January 16, 2023

Gippsland legacy data (left) comparison with CGG’s newly acquired and imaged 3D data (right). Example from deep-water area demonstrates significant uplift with longer cable lengths, utilizing P/Z components and the…

Baleine discovery: Côte D’Ivoire’s exploration “Black Swan”

Javier Martin, formerly CGG

October 10, 2022

The Tano Basin – revealing late cretaceous depositional styles in a frontier basin A recent seismic stratigraphic analysis demonstrates the presence of key petroleum system elements and the potential to…

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