Electromagnetic Geoservices
Encyclopedia
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA or EMGS is a Norwegian
geophysical company
using proprietary marine electromagnetic (EM
) technology to support oil and gas companies in their search for offshore hydrocarbons.
EMGS pioneered marine EM technology - an emerging and environmentally benign exploration method - in 2002 with the first successful application and commercialization of controlled source electro-magnetic
surveying technology (CSEM).
Marine EM, or CSEM, is an emerging exploration method that uses electromagnetic energy to detect resistive bodies - including hydrocarbon reservoirs - beneath the seabed.
The company has conducted over 450 surveys to reduce exploration risk and improve drilling success rates across the world's mature and frontier basins. The technology is used in water depths ranging from 48 to 3392 metres .
EMGS' technology is changing how oil and gas operators are searching for hydrocarbons in frontier and mature offshore basins. The company acquires 3D EM and marine magnetotelluric data, which are used to assess formation resistivity before drilling, and interpret and integrate this information with other geo-data to aid exploration decision making. 3D EM data is routinely used for lead generation, prospect ranking and volume assessments.
Main offices and research department are located in Trondheim, Norway
. The company was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
on March 30, 2007. EMGS also hold offices in Stavanger and Oslo, Norway together with Houston, US and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
geophysical company
Geophysics
Geophysics is the physics of the Earth and its environment in space; also the study of the Earth using quantitative physical methods. The term geophysics sometimes refers only to the geological applications: Earth's shape; its gravitational and magnetic fields; its internal structure and...
using proprietary marine electromagnetic (EM
EM
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) technology to support oil and gas companies in their search for offshore hydrocarbons.
EMGS pioneered marine EM technology - an emerging and environmentally benign exploration method - in 2002 with the first successful application and commercialization of controlled source electro-magnetic
Controlled source electro-magnetic
The Controlled Source Electromagnetic method is an offshore geophysical technique , employing electromagnetic remote-sensing technology to indicate the presence and extent of hydrocarbon accumulations below the seabed....
surveying technology (CSEM).
Marine EM, or CSEM, is an emerging exploration method that uses electromagnetic energy to detect resistive bodies - including hydrocarbon reservoirs - beneath the seabed.
The company has conducted over 450 surveys to reduce exploration risk and improve drilling success rates across the world's mature and frontier basins. The technology is used in water depths ranging from 48 to 3392 metres .
EMGS' technology is changing how oil and gas operators are searching for hydrocarbons in frontier and mature offshore basins. The company acquires 3D EM and marine magnetotelluric data, which are used to assess formation resistivity before drilling, and interpret and integrate this information with other geo-data to aid exploration decision making. 3D EM data is routinely used for lead generation, prospect ranking and volume assessments.
Main offices and research department are located in Trondheim, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The company was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
Oslo Stock Exchange
The Oslo Stock Exchange serves as the main market for trading in the shares of Norwegian companies. It opens at 9:00am and closes 5:30pm local time...
on March 30, 2007. EMGS also hold offices in Stavanger and Oslo, Norway together with Houston, US and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.