The Norwegian oil major will also assist the service player in the processing phase of the wide-azimuth data acquisition.

Westen Geco has eight vessels running in the Gulf of Mexico for the massive three-year multiclient shoot.

“We are pleased to have the opportunity to collaborate with Statoil in this breakthrough project, which is the first WAZ multiclient broadband survey in Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico,” WesternGeco president Maurice Nessim said.

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