Offshore staff
TRONDHEIM, Norway -- The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has contracted a seabed logging survey of the Troms II area offshore northern Norway to Electromagnetic Geoservices AS. It will be applied off the Lofoten Islands, which recently was authorized for potential licensing by the Storting.
The proprietary technology tows a low-frequency electromagnetic source across an array of receivers on the seabed as a means of directly detecting oil and gas. It will be combines with other exploration methods including marine seismic data acquisition to help map the complex Troms II geology.
"This is a first for us," says Bente Nyland, NPD director. "We have already endorsed the use of seabed logging as a valid exploration tool in the awards of the 2005 APA offshore licensing round. Now, as part of our remit to administer proposed oil and gas activities in Troms II and the Nordland VII areas, we will be testing if the emgs technology can contribute to the evaluation of the hydrocarbons potential in the area."
11/15/06
