CGGVeritas plans 2nd wide-azimuth GoM survey

Offshore staff

HOUSTON –CGGVeritas plans to begin its second multi-client wide-azimuth data acquisition program in the Gulf of Mexico later this month. The survey is scheduled to cover Garden Banks, Keathley Canyon, and East Breaks areas.

CGG says this will be the largest wide-azimuth data library survey in the world, covering 600 OCS blocks. It will run concurrently with the Walker Ridge survey now under way.

TheVanish and the Vision, each with 10 solid Sentinel streamers and two source vessels will produce a native 4,000-m (2.5-mi) crossline offset. Fast-Track Migration for the Garden Banks survey is schedule to be available in Dec. 2008.

11/19/2007