TGS shoots off Sierra Leone

Making seismic waves: TGS off Sierra Leone

CGG

Steve Marshall

 19 March 2013 09:11 GMT

Oslo-listed seismic contractor TGS-Nopec has kicked off a multi-client 2D survey off Sierra Leone to bolster the data library for explorers in the West African country’s nascent play.

The so-called SL13 shoot by the vessel Geo Arctic will acquire more than 9000 line kilometres of new seismic data as infill to a previous survey and will boost the company’s 2D database to around 15,000 kilometres, while it also has more than 6000 square kilometres of 3D data for the country.

Data from the latest survey will be made available to clients in the fourth quarter.

Meanwhile, TGS has also struck an agreement giving it exclusive rights to market Fugro’s multi-client 2D library in return for commission fees on data sales.

The deal covers more than 1 million kilometres of…

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