Sercel is in negotiations to acquire Low Impact Seismic Sources (LISS).
Sercel is in negotiations to acquire Low Impact Seismic Sources (LISS). In collaboration with Shell, LISS has developed the Tuned Pulse Source (TPS). an innovative marine seismic source with much enhanced low-frequency output.
The LISS TPS solution is aimed at meeting the industry need for low frequencies that enable deeper penetrations and more accurate quantitative interpretation and Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) results, especially in combination with long-offset data, all while further reducing environmental impact.
Sercel will continue to develop and market the TPS worldwide while Shell will provide its support with in-sea testing to be conducted this summer and will execute a first commercial survey using the LISS TPS source later this year.
Steve Chelminski, co-founder of LISS and inventor of the first marine seismic impulsive source in the 1960s, said: ‘Sercel will provide the benefits of TPS and its successor technologies, representing a new era of seismic source technology, to all contractors and oil companies in the industry. It’s the low-frequency source that brings not just the data required for real imaging and FWI improvement, but in addition the environmental benefits.’
