TGS has started its first regional airborne Enhanced Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry (eFTG) multi-client survey – together with magnetic and Lidar data – over the Upper Egypt region of the country.
TGS has started its first regional airborne Enhanced Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry (eFTG) multi-client survey – together with magnetic and Lidar data – over the Upper Egypt region of the country. The survey is designed to provide high-resolution imaging of the region with increased accuracy and higher spatial resolution to enhance exploration activities.
TGS, in partnership with AustinBridgeporth, was recently granted rights to acquire eFTG data (the world’s highest resolution gravity imagery) across the whole of Egypt. The first phase of the project covers an area of approx. 120,000 km2 over which GANOPE manages all upstream and downstream oil and gas activities. The survey aims to provide data on the geological structures and sedimentary basins in Upper Egypt to enable the country’s government to launch new international onshore bid rounds for the region.
This is the first phase of a planned programme that will roll into a multi-year acquisition that aims to cover both onshore and offshore Egypt. The eFTG technology used for data acquisition is being applied for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Rune Eng, executive vice-president, international at TGS, said: ‘We will, for the first time, provide much-needed high resolution data to a region that is set to significantly step-up its hydrocarbon activities in 2020 and beyond. Along with our partner, AustinBridgeporth, we are looking forward to a significant long-term relationship with GANOPE.’
