The company provides reservoir imaging, monitoring, and development services. The company, a business segment of
Schlumberger, offers 3D and time-lapse seismic surveys, electromagnetic surveys, and multicomponent surveys for delineating prospects and reservoir management. It also provides geophysical, land and transition-zone acquisition, marine acquisition, electromagnetics, and data processing and reservoir seismic services.
The company was formed by the
merger in 2000 of two of the world's largest seismic contractors,
Western Geophysical (founded in 1933)[2] and
Geco-Prakla. Schlumberger, owners of Geco-Prakla paid cash to
Baker Hughes, which then owned Western, for a 70% stake in a joint venture of the combined companies.[3] In May 2006, Schlumberger bought out Baker Hughes' 30% stake for a reported $2.4 billion, making WesternGeco one of its subsidiaries.[4][5]
Exit seismic data acquisition
In January 2018, Schlumberger CEO
Paal Kibsgaard announced that Schlumberger would be exiting the seismic data acquisition business, both onshore and offshore, while retaining its multiclient data processing and interpretation segments. This decision followed the bankruptcy filings of several competitors in the seismic services sector.[6]
In August 2018, the seismic data acquisition business was sold to Shearwater GeoServices.[7]
Head office
WesternGeco has its head office and its Europe/African offices in the Schlumberger House,[8][9][10] a 124,000 square feet (11,500 m2) building on the grounds of
Gatwick Airport in
Crawley, England.[8][11][12]
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Companies with headquarters and/or registered office in the UK but no applicable energy operations within the country shown in italics1Ultimate parent company is not UK-based 2Integrated in the United States, no generation or supply activities in the UK