CGG Acquires BroadSeis/BroadSource 3D Multi-client Survey In Norway

(RTTNews) - CGG (CGG) announced it has started acquiring a large BroadSeis/BroadSource 3D multi-client survey in the Northern North Sea offshore Norway. The survey is being acquired by the Viking Vanquish, and a second vessel will join later in the season. The acquisition program will continue in 2015.

The 19,000-km² survey program includes the entire quadrant 35 and large parts of quadrant 31, 32 and 36 and covers more than 80 production licences such as Troll, Brage, Fram and Gjøa. The survey program's main objective is to provide a large, uniform dataset with increased seismic resolution which will offer a platform to improve industry understanding of the regional geology.

Jean-Georges Malcor, CEO, CGG, said: "The Horda project has already been well received among the key players in the Northern North Sea and we expect the survey to generate a significant uplift in data quality and provide a valuable tool for all stages of ongoing and future E&P activity in the region."