bp and joint venture partner Pharaonic Petroleum Company have awarded a 3D seismic imaging project to CGG for the first OBN survey to be conducted in the Nile Delta’s Atoll field.

Accordingly, CGG will use its unique high-end OBS & FWI imaging technologies, as well as its expertise and specialized HPC from its UK and Cairo imaging centers in order to deliver a high-quality 3D seismic imaging of the pre-Messinian targets with greater velocity model detail, image bandwidth and AVO reliability for improved field development planning and near-field exploration.

“This new 3D OBN imaging project is the first of its kind in the Nile delta. With our in-depth geological knowledge of the region, based on our 35-year operating experience in Egypt, and our industry-leading OBS imaging technology, I have every confidence in CGG’s ability to overcome the seismic imaging challenges in this area and deliver the best possible subsurface insight to bp and joint-venture partners at Atoll,” Peter Whiting, EVP, Geoscience, at CGG, commented.