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Norway: The North Sea super basin story continues

This map shows the location of the foldout line (red) and the original north–south NVG survey (blue). The green polygon shows the location of the new east–west survey, acquired in…

Banda Arc: broadband 2D seismic unlocks frontier area

BandaSeis 2D seismic line locations by phase, and corresponding offshore areas.   New broadband imaging reveals prospectivity insights New high quality seismic datasets and a regional prospectivity study bring greater…

Australia: depth reprocessing rejuvenates Gippsland Basin

Changing perceptions ReGeneration project overcomes the imaging challenges of the Gippsland Basin. Over the last ten years CGG has gained extensive experience in the processing and reprocessing of legacy datasets…

The Zambezi Delta Basin

Figure 1: Location of the gravmag, 3D seismic survey (green polygon area) and wells analyzed. Figure 2: Basin configuration at 160Ma, 145Ma and present day, with stretching orientation. Another piece…

Norway: new play models for Patch Bank Ridge, East of Utsira High

Figure 2: Coloured overview showing geological interpretation of the foldout seismic line in Figure 1. Line location indicated by yellow line in Figure 3.   Figure 3: Map showing the…

Exploring the Mid North Sea high

Hunting the carboniferous play New regional broadband 3D seismic data reveals more information about the geology of this poorly understood region. CGG recently undertook the acquisition of a large 3D…

Caspian Sea: Frontier exploration in the middle Caspian basin

CGG’s study area covers the offshore Middle Caspian Basin within Russia and Kazakhstan. A regional 2D seismic grid has been used to assess the area’s petroleum geology. This CGG multi-client dataset…

Pre-salt basins identified in Gabon deepwater area

The section around the Tupi discovery offshore Brazil (far left) compares with the section (near left) from another line in South Gabon. Note that the Tupi example is a Reverse…