Magseis, Seismic Apparition team up on OBS

OE Staff
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Norway's Magseis and Germany's Seismic Apparition have signed an exclusive technology agreement to jointly develop and implement a new innovative technology that will reduce the operational time for ocean bottom seismic.

Technology development will be completed over the next nine months and commercial field tests are scheduled for 2018.

Unlike existing techniques for increasing the number of sources used in the industry today, Source Isolation technology delivers full fold, full-length isolated sources and offers the unique prospect of reservoir quality data from efficient exploration configurations.

Cost reduction is one of the key drivers for the broadening and expansion of the OBS market and with the implementation of this technology the cost to acquire OBS data can be reduced by 30-50%. The Source Isolation technology will be applicable both for reservoir 4D projects and more regional surveys.

Idar Horstad, CEO of Magseis, said: “Since Magseis was founded in 2009 we have challenged the cost of acquiring OBS data. The combination of our efficient, robust and reliable MASS technology with the Source Isolation technology from Seismic Apparition, will enable Magseis to deliver the same high quality OBS data to our customers at a significantly lower cost. We are confident that this will be instrumental in increasing the size of the OBS market."

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