CGGVeritas upgrades Oceanic Champion with Sercel system

Sept. 6, 2012
Sercel has deployed its latest-generation marine seismic system onto CGGVeritas’ Oceanic Champion.

Offshore staff

CARQUEFOU, France –Sercel has deployed its latest-generation marine seismic system onto CGGVeritas’ Oceanic Champion. The new equipment will perform the full range of seismic functions on the upgraded vessel.

Specific equipment includes th4 Seal 428 new-generation marine seismic recorder, high-performance G. GUN II airguns, Sentinel solid streamers, the all-in-one Nautilus streamer positioning and control system, and the new SeaPro Nav integrated navigation system.

The vessel currently is acquiring a high-resolution survey in the North Sea using a 14 x 6.6 km (8.7 x 4 mi) variable-depth streamer configuration with 50-m (164-ft) streamer separation.

9/6/2012