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

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 Shelf has gained momentum, highlighting its role in the energy…

Irina Pene and Idar Kjørlaug, Viridien

June 3, 2026

Cameroon: Unlocking potential and reigniting exploration

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 Hydrocarbures (SNH), offers nine highly prospective blocks covering nearly 20,000…

Misha Isakov and Graham Cooke, Viridien

January 7, 2026

Mozambique: Revealing exploration potential of deepwater Zambezi Delta

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 in evaluating its petroleum potential. As well data is often…

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

October 7, 2025

Discover more in Møre, Norway

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 basement in the Møre Basin, Sogn Graben, and Møre Platform.…

Marit Stokke Bauck, Anna Rumyantseva and Idar Kjørlaug, Viridien

June 2, 2025

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

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 velocity model uplift The advancement in Full-Waveform Inversion (FWI), both…

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

December 13, 2024

Côte d’Ivoire – The new West African exploration hotspot

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 exploration offshore Côte d’Ivoire State-of-the-art re-imaging provides fresh insights into…

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

October 7, 2024

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

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, right, is from within the black polygon. TL-FWI velocities with…

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

June 26, 2024

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

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 delivers unprecedented detail of the deep structure in the pre-salt…

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

January 8, 2024

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

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 pseudo-relief cross section overlaid by velocities. Velocity variations follow geological…

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

October 23, 2023

Northern Viking Graben – Chasing the Upper Jurassic Play

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 seismic data. Velocity variations and details can be seen in…

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

May 2, 2023

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

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 latest proprietary imaging technologies. Location map showing coverage of Gippsland…

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January 16, 2023

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

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 develop new, high-impact prospects. Over the last few years, the…

Javier Martin, formerly CGG

October 10, 2022

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