Successful deployment of Sercel UNITE in Colombia 20 July 2011—Sercel announced the completion of the first UNITE cable-free acquisition system project in Colombia. The project was completed ahead of schedule with the UNITE remote acquisition units deployed for HOCOL S. A.'s Sinú San Jacinto Norte 3D project in in-fill mode combined witha 428XL cable spread. UNITE provided high quality subsurface coverage throughout the densely populated city of Sabanalarga, which would not have been possible with the limitations of a cable-based system.
GS expands 3D multiclient seismic data library in Sierra Leone 20 July 2011—TGS will commence acquisition of multiclient 3D seismic data in offshore Sierra Leone later this month. This survey marks over ten years of investment for TGS in the West African region and will add 2,535 km2 to the existing TGS data library. The new 3D seismic will provide important data for continued exploration on the Sierra Leone segment of the West Africa Transform Margin, where recent discoveries have established that a working hydrocarbon system exists. The M/V GeoCarribean will acquire the 2011 survey. Data processing will be performed by TGS and available to clients in early 2012. |