TGS and Schlumberger are launching a new multiclient nodal seismic project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
The project, named “Amendment,” will comprise acquisition of a 2,350-km2 multiclient seismic survey in the Mississippi Canyon and Atwater Valley protraction areas of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. This prolific area includes open acreage, existing producing assets and new discoveries. Seismic data will be acquired using Fairfield Geotechnologies 4C nodal acquisition technology with operations expected to commence in Q4 2018. TGS and Schlumberger will apply their full azimuth processing expertise and expect to deliver final data to customers in Q1 2020.
“The Amendment project will enhance our current data coverage in the Central U.S. Gulf of Mexico. E&P companies are showing increased interest in the benefits of nodal seismic data to overcome imaging challenges in this region. In the Amendment project, TGS and Schlumberger will reimage underlying WAZ seismic data to provide modern, high-quality nodal seismic data to our clients,” said Kristian Johansen, CEO of TGS.
President of WesternGeco-Schlumberger Maurice Nessim called the project “a step change in illuminating complex subsurface structures.” Nessim said the project will combine well log data, high-quality orthogonal WAZ and new nodal measurements for the first industry-funded regional nodal survey in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
The survey is supported by industry prefunding, the company said in a press release.
