CGG has completed a high-resolution hydrocarbon seeps study commissioned by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to increase petroleum system knowledge across a relatively data-poor area of the northern Barents Sea.
CGG has completed a high-resolution hydrocarbon seeps study commissioned by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to increase petroleum system knowledge across a relatively data-poor area of the northern Barents Sea.
CGG Satellite Mapping used custom-tasked next-generation SAR satellites to acquire a large collection of high-spatial-resolution SAR imagery at a high revisit frequency. Subsequent advanced processing and analysis by its experts identified the presence of small-scale naturally occurring seepage slick features, unlocking valuable subsurface intelligence.
Richard Burren, director of satellite mapping, CGG, said: ‘Satellite Mapping provides clients with previously unobtainable insights into the presence and behaviour of natural seepage in offshore environments. These studies hold great value for increasing geologic system knowledge and decreasing risk, which is of particular interest across marginal areas of mature basins at present. They also complement our Seep Explorer product, the industry’s only integrated global onshore and offshore seeps database for regional-to-target subsurface source derisking.’
