TGS has completed the purchase of four 3D seismic surveys in the North Slope region of Alaska and plans to shoot additional seismic surveys in the area in 2020.
TGS has completed the purchase of four 3D seismic surveys in the North Slope region of Alaska and plans to shoot additional seismic surveys in the area in 2020.
The newly acquired seismic programmes provide modern high-resolution imaging which encompass 1606 km2 with an additional 632 km2 to be acquired in 2020. The surveys, which advance TGS’ effort to expand into active frontier basins, are further complemented by TGS’ extensive well data library.
The North Slope of Alaska is a prolific oil and gas producing region with more than 17 billion barrels produced since the 1960s. Onshore and near-shore discoveries have proven reserves in structural and stratigraphic traps in numerous formations ranging in age from the Mississippian Endicott Group to the Oligocene Franklin Bluffs Member.
Recent discoveries in the Cretaceous topsets of the Nanushuk formation have revitalized exploration efforts in the Western North Slope and provided analogues for additional similar stratigraphic discoveries in the Eastern North Slope.
