Business news for the week of 10 May 2010

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 Petris expands electronic well-log management market share in Canada

10 May 2010—Petris Technology has provided an electronic well-log management system to an independent government regulatory agency in Canada. This will allow the agency to increase its ability to regulate the development of provincial energy resources.

The system combines the PetrisWINDS Recall wellbore database and applications for petrophysics, geology, and geomechanics with the PetrisWINDS Enterprise data integration system.

Stingray Geophysical expands its global presence to Mexico
11 May 2010—Stingray Geophysical Limited has entered into an agreement with AMGL y Asociados SA de CV to act as its representative in Mexico.  
AMGL will represent Stingray Geophysical’s fiber-optic seabed seismic sensing systems, Fosar and FosarDeep.

GeoAcoustics a Kongsberg company releases Geoswath plus compact

11 May 2010—GeoAcoustics recently released the GeoSwath Plus Compact for wide swath bathymetry. This new shallow water multibeam and side scan system is based on Geoswath Plus.

GeoSwath Plus Compact offers simultaneous swath bathymetry and side scan seabed mapping with accuracies that have been shown to exceed the SP-44 ed.5 Available in three frequency versions, 125, 250 and 500 kHz, the system has depth performance of 200, 100, and 50 m respectively. The applied phase measuring bathymetric sonar technology provides data coverage of up to 12 times the water depth, giving unsurpassed survey efficiency in shallow water environments for hydrographic mapping, dredging, environmental and inspection surveys, as well as military applications like rapid environmental assessments and mine counter measures.

The system’s splash protected deck unit is designed to be deployed on small vessels like dinghies and jet skis. The deck unit operates on 24 V power supply with only 40 W consumption and connects to the operator’s laptop computer. The wet-end consists of an integrated mounting for the newly designed dual transducer head and all ancillary sensors. It can be precalibrated, allowing for fast installation on the smallest boats of opportunity, ensuring the user spends time on the water, getting the survey done.