April 8, 2019: Oslo, Norway, PGS and TGS announce the North Tablelands 3D and
Southeast Grand Banks 2D MultiClient projects in Offshore East Canada.
North Tablelands 3D will cover approximately 5,000 square kilometers and
together with the 2018 Tablelands 3D survey, spans most of the open acreage
included in the November 2020 bid round. Ramform Titan will do the acquisition,
utilizing the GeoStreamer® technology. The project is expected to commence in
early June 2019, and PGS will process the GeoStreamer data from the North
Tablelands 3D survey.
The Southeast Grand Banks 2D project will comprise of approximately 13,300 line
kilometers primarily covering open acreage in upcoming bid rounds in South
Eastern Newfoundland (2021) and Southern Newfoundland (2022). Acquisition will
be performed by MV Sanco Atlantic and the project is expected to commence in
early June 2019.
Following this ninth consecutive season of data acquisition offshore East
Canada, the jointly-owned library will have approximately 48,000 square
kilometers of 3D GeoStreamer data and more than 189,000 line kilometers of 2D
GeoStreamer data.
"PGS will take an integrated approach to acquisition and imaging to maximize
both the efficiency of the project and the broadband benefits of our GeoStreamer
technology. We look forward to delivering another excellent dataset for oil
companies to evaluate new opportunities offshore Canada," says PGS President and
CEO Rune Olav Pedersen.
These projects are supported by industry funding.
FOR DETAILS, CONTACT:
Bård Stenberg, VP IR & Corporate Communications
Phone: +47 67 51 43 16
Mobile: +47 99 24 52 35
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Petroleum Geo-Services ASA and its subsidiaries ("PGS" or "the Company") is a
focused marine geophysical company that provides a broad range of seismic and
reservoir services, including acquisition, imaging, interpretation, and field
evaluation. The Company MultiClient data library is among the largest in the
seismic industry, with modern 3D coverage in all significant offshore
hydrocarbon provinces of the world. The Company operates on a worldwide basis
with headquarters in Oslo, Norway and the PGS share is listed on the Oslo stock
exchange (OSE: PGS). For more information on PGS visit www.pgs.com.
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address activities, events or developments that the Company expects, projects,
believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future. These statements are
based on various assumptions made by the Company, which are beyond its control
and are subject to certain additional risks and uncertainties. The Company is
subject to a large number of risk factors including but not limited to the
demand for seismic services, the demand for data from our MultiClient data
library, the attractiveness of our technology, unpredictable changes in
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