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An update on the CGG and Baker Hughes shale alliance announced during the 2012 SEG annual meeting. It is now a year since CGG and Baker Hughes announced that they would enter into a collaborative relationship that could redefine shale reservoir exploitation. Since then CGG has acquired Fugro’s Geoscience division …

CGG case study demonstrates the benefits of full azimuths and long offsets for determining the velocities of a complex overburden in a deep-water region of the Gulf of Mexico. Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) aims to estimate high-resolution velocity models by minimizing the difference between observed and modeled seismic waveforms. It …

Baker Hughes Incorporated and CGG announced today the signing of a Letter of Intent to realign the firms’ VSFusion joint venture to focus on microseismic monitoring, processing, visualization, and interpretation as well as microseismic permanent monitoring. The joint venture, now called Magnitude, strengthens the capabilities of Baker Hughes and CGG …

Integrated engineering and geoscience workflows produce clear view of difficult reservoirs CGG announced today that Jason, a CGG company specializing in seismic reservoir characterization software and services, has launched version 8.4 of its reservoir characterization software suite. The powerful new release optimizes field development, reservoir management and well planning by …

CGG’s full-azimuth, long-offset towed-streamer marine broadband acquisition solution is delivering exceptional subsalt images in the Gulf of Mexico. A year after its launch, CGG’s innovative subsalt imaging solution, StagSeisTM, is producing exceptional results in terms of improved imaging and illumination in the Gulf of Mexico.  Early results from the multi-client …

Sercel announces today the launch of Sentinel® MS, its new multi-sensor solid streamer to address the needs of the E&P Industry for ever more detailed and accurate images of the subsurface. Sentinel MS builds on the success of the Sentinel solid streamer. In addition to the high-quality pressure measurement provided by its …

With Sercel’s launch of the new Sentinel® MS multi-sensor streamer, CGG strengthens its lead in innovative high-end marine acquisition to help clients solve the toughest subsurface imaging challenges. Since the launch of its flagship broadband marine solution, BroadSeisTM, in 2010, CGG has accelerated its development and successful deployment of unique and …

CGG announces the appointment of Christophe Barnini as Senior Vice President, Group Communications. Reporting to Jean-Georges Malcor, CEO of CGG, Christophe becomes a permanent member of CGG’s Management Committee. Christophe is based in Paris. This appointment took effect on 15th May 2013. Previously Investor Relations Director, Christophe leads the Group …

New product helps oil companies streamline workflows and optimize project economics  CGG announced today that Jason, a CGG company specializing in seismic reservoir characterization software and services, has added a powerful new product, 3D Interpretation, to its reservoir characterization software suite. The new software helps asset appraisal and development teams …

CGG announced today that its new fleet, with the addition of four high-end vessels from its recent acquisition of Fugro Geoscience, set two new industry records that highlight the strength of its marine capabilities. The longest offsets in the industry for a full-azimuth (FAZ) multi-vessel survey Firstly, through its proprietary …