#Gabon: Oil New seismic studies to

 

The oil services group CGG has just won a contract for a major program offshore multi-client with the Gabonese authorities.

The Ministry of Petroleum and Petroleum intends to acquire reliable data. To this end, it has signed an exclusive agreement with the French oil services CGG to study the seismic data from nearly 50,000 km2 of territorial waters. It is, in any case, it heralds a statement the group released on 29 September. This program consists of the acquisition and processing of 35,000 sq km of 3D data over the last BroadSeisTM deepwater blocks available and allocated off Gabon as well as 9,900 km2 of 2D data in very deep waters. "The first phase covering nearly 24,000 km2 start in the fourth quarter and is expected to last about 7mois" said CGG in a statement.

2 3D seismic vessels premium will be dedicated to this project. The depth imaging of seismic data will be conducted by CGG Crawley center in the UK. "This exclusive agreement follows the support provided by CGG to DGH in 2009 for the recovery of deep water offshore Gabon. This new program is designed to image the pre-salt geology of Gabon through the 3D seismic recording low-frequency BroadSeis, our solution broadband frequencies. This will also enable the oil companies to reduce the risk associated with this promising new area and promote the development of the country "resources exploration, said CEO Jean-Georges Malcor CGG.



                                                                Gabonreview September 30, 2014