Shetland Survey Launched by CGG

French geosciences company CGG said September 17 it has commenced acquisition of a high-resolution survey to the northwest of the UK Shetland Isles.

The 3,600 km^- survey has received strong industry support and been designed in collaboration with major international oil companies, and focuses on obtaining seismic data in an underexplored area north-west of the Shetland Isles over the northern part of the Rona Ridge. "A fast-track PreSDM data set will be available in Q1 2019," it said. Two vessels, Oceanic Vega and Geo Caribbean, are being deployed.  Final data will be available in mid-2019.

Sophie Zurquiyah, CGG chief executive, said that until now oil and gas companies interested in the exploration potential of this part of the West Shetland Basin lacked high-quality seismic data, but that CGG's "rich-azimuth multi-client survey" would provide "images to reveal an unprecedented level of detail in this exciting frontier area."   (Banner photo of Oceanic Vega is courtesy of Norwegian ship designer Ulstein)