US outfit 'interested' in GGS' Iran data

Iranian women watch high waves crashing on the rocks as a cyclone approaches the southern coast of the Iranian city of Bandar Jask on the Gulf of Oman, 07 June 2007. Tens of thousands of Iranians who fled the worst tropical storm to hit the region in decades hunkered down in shelters today as they awaited a second onslaught of ferocious winds and driving rains. Cyclone Gonu hit Iran's southern coast late yesterday after arriving across the Strait of Hormuz from Oman, packing winds of 200 kilometres (130 miles) an hour, damaging property and cutting off roads. AFP PHOTO/FARS NEWS/STR

Persian treasures: GGS has shot two surveys in Iran's offshore play

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Anthea Pitt

 25 February 2009 14:33 GMT

Norwegian seismic surveyor Global Geo Services (GGS) revealed today that a US company had shown interest in its survey offshore Iran.



Chief executive Knut Oversjoen told a news conference on GGS's fourth-quarter results that the company was discussing a potential sale of its PC 2000 Iran study with "a couple of" companies, including one US-based group.

"That would have been unthinkable just six months ago," Oversjoen said.

US President Barack Obama has said he is ready to deal directly with Iran, something his predecessor George W. Bush rejected, and companies have been subject to sanctions on trade with Iran.

The survey contains 100,000 kilometres of 2D data and 3250 square kilometres of 3D…

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