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Discovery of the Nash dome in Brazoria County, Texas by a torsion balance survey in 1924 marked the first use of gravity techniques for oil prospecting in the United States.

CGG has completed ahead of schedule an 11,500 sq km wide-azimuth (WAZ) survey on behalf of Pemex in the deepwater Perdido area. This new survey has been acquired perpendicularly to existing WAZ data and the combined Imaging of this first large-scale orthogonal WAZ data set is expected to provide significantly enhanced subsalt imaging results.

CGG GeoSoftware is marking the 30th anniversary of its flagship reservoir characterization software products, Jason and HampsonRussell, at the SEG Annual Meeting in Houston. The occasion reflects a commitment to continued innovation and development to help geoscientists better understand the Earth’s subsurface and maximize the potential of reserves.

The Permian basin is rich with opportunity, boasting half of all active oil rigs in the U.S. and currently producing about 45 percent of onshore oil production in the lower 48 states.

Sercel announced today that it has sold a 2,000-channel 508XT land seismic acquisition system to Wellfield Services.

CGG announces the start of acquisition of its first Complementary Wide-Azimuth (CWAz) survey, known as AC CWAz, a BroadSeis™ 3D multi-client program in southern Alaminos Canyon, Gulf of Mexico.

CGG has been present in Brazil for over 55 years, since the company began working with Petrobras in 1961. Its long-established Rio de Janeiro Subsurface Imaging Center, with its strong reservoir characterization group, has the largest computer capacity and greatest expertise in the region.

CGG announces that it has signed a multi-client data agreement with Mozambique’s Instituto Nacional de Petroleo (INP) following a competitive tender process held by INP in 2016.

CGG announces the start of work on Espirito Santo IV, a large BroadSeis™ 3D multi-client survey in the deep and ultra-deep waters of the Espirito Santo Basin offshore Brazil.