| There are 16 companies in this (sub) sector, most | | | | earth's surface and the soils and rocks beneath |
| of them of Norwegian origin, two from the | | | | and provides advice, for purposes related to the |
| Netherlands and three from Britain, two from | | | | oil and gas industry, the mining industry and the |
| France and one from Italy. These companies | | | | construction industry. |
| have been selected from a sector overview of | | | | Fugro operates around the world at sea, on land |
| Goldman Sachs, focused on European companies | | | | and from the air, using professional, |
| as part of portfolio of a single analyst. | | | | highly-specialised staff and advanced technologies |
| Operating in this sector requires specific | | | | and systems. |
| knowledge, as noticed by the many abbreviations | | | | Services they offer are: GEOTECHNICAL |
| that are used in the annual reports and on the | | | | (Investigation & advice on physical & |
| websites: | | | | chemical characteristics of the soil and |
| - EPIC - engineering, procurement, installation and | | | | construction materials). SURVEY SERVICES (like |
| construction | | | | Airborne photogrammetry, lidar, and radar |
| - IMR - Inspection, Maintenance and Repair | | | | mapping; topographic, hydrographic and geological |
| - FPSO - Floating Production Storage and | | | | surveying..). |
| Offloading (systems) | | | | GEOSCIENCE SERVICES (Gathering, processing |
| - FSO - Floating Storage and Offloading | | | | and interpreting geophysical data, quantitative and |
| - TLP - Tension Leg Platforms | | | | qualitative estimates of oil, gas, mineral and water |
| - FPU - Floating Production Units | | | | resources ...) |
| - MOPU - Mobile Offshore Production Units | | | | 6. CGGVeritas (France) |
| - HD3D - high-density 3D (seismic) | | | | CGGVeritas is the world's leading international |
| 1. Acergy (Norway) | | | | pure-play geophysical company delivering a wide |
| Acergy's Vision: to be the acknowledged leader in | | | | range of technologies, services and equipment ... |
| seabed-to-surface engineering and construction. | | | | mainly throughout the global oil and gas industry. |
| It's core competences are: | | | | Divisions are: Geophysical Equipment and |
| 1. EPIC delivery. These can be further divided into: | | | | Geophysical Services. |
| Deepwater operations (subsea infrastructure, | | | | These... offer an advanced suite of seabed |
| umbilical, riser and flowline systems). And IMR ... to | | | | seismic services... also owns a recent vintage, well |
| keep oil and gas fields worldwide producing at | | | | positioned library of multi-client land and marine |
| optimum capacity. | | | | seismic data. |
| 2. Conventional Field Development. Conventional | | | | CGGVeritas is a recognized leader in data |
| construction skills and capabilities that help our | | | | processing & imaging services, made available |
| clients solve complex hydrocarbon extraction and | | | | via a worldwide network of 28 open seismic data |
| field development problems, together with pipeline | | | | processing centers and 15 client-dedicated centers. |
| installation tie-ins. | | | | Also ... "offers the world-famous Hampson-Russell |
| 3. Trunkline expertise. "We operate the worlds | | | | software that ... makes sophisticated technology |
| largest and most successful semi-submersible | | | | easily accessible by the working geophysicist and |
| pipelay barge, the Acergy Piper." | | | | has an installed base of more than 1400 licences |
| Special attention is set - On the homepage - to | | | | at over 500 petroleum and service companies |
| HSE: health, safety and environmental protection. | | | | worldwide." |
| This topics is detailed by graphs about the safety | | | | The company has a total workforce of |
| awareness and the (declining) number of accidents | | | | approximately 7,000 staff operating worldwide. |
| over the years... | | | | 7. Petrofac (GB) |
| 2. Aker Solutions (Norway) | | | | Through its three divisions - Engineering & |
| Aker Solutions is informing clearly about the | | | | Construction, Operations Services and Energy |
| sectors it operates in: oil & Gas, Refining and | | | | Developments - Petrofac: designs and builds oil |
| chemicals, mining & metals, nuclear, power | | | | & gas facilities; operates or manages facilities |
| generation and additional services. These latter | | | | and trains personnel; and, where synergies are |
| encompasses both onshore and offshore field | | | | identified, co-invests to provide additional |
| services. | | | | alignment. |
| Aftermarket is one of the most strategically | | | | 8. Petroleum Geo Services (Norway) |
| important and exciting growth areas for Aker | | | | Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) is a leading |
| Solutions. Encompassing products and services | | | | worldwide geophysical company. PGS provides an |
| related to the maintenance, modification and | | | | extensive range of seismic services and products |
| development of our installed base ... has enormous | | | | for the petroleum industry including data |
| potential in terms of improving our revenue | | | | acquisition, processing, reservoir analysis and |
| streams and margins. | | | | interpretation. The company also possesses the |
| 3. Emgs - (Norway) | | | | world's most extensive multi-client data library. |
| EMGS is an acronym for - Electromagnetic (EM) | | | | Formed in 1991, the company today operates 12 |
| geoservices (GS). | | | | marine streamer vessels including 6 vessels of the |
| Leader in technology "clearpay" for EM. | | | | unique Ramform class. The company also |
| EMGS offers a different service for the oil | | | | operates between 7 and 10 Onshore crews and |
| downstream sector. "Unlike seismic surveys, | | | | has 15 data processing centers. |
| which use acoustic energy to locate promising | | | | Since the start of the company PGS has |
| geological structures, seabed logging can directly | | | | pioneered the development of multi-streamer |
| reveal the presence of commercial hydrocarbon | | | | marine seismic acquisition, producing increasingly |
| reserves. Seabed logging can identify reservoirs | | | | efficient, high-quality 3D seismic data for the |
| before seismic surveys are conducted ... And | | | | industry. The company has also introduced HD3D |
| seabed logging has the potential to find | | | | in all environments and developed in-house |
| hydrocarbons in traps that cannot be detected | | | | expertise in geology, geophysics, and reservoir |
| using seismic methods and would be overlooked | | | | analysis. PGS also provides onshore seismic |
| by conventional workflows. | | | | services where the company has a reputation for |
| 4. Expro International Group (GB) | | | | using the latest equipment in challenging |
| Oil companies choose Expro for well flow | | | | environments and has an enviable program of |
| management. They need services and products | | | | sustainable development. The data processing |
| to measure, improve, control and process flow | | | | capabilities of PGS have grown substantially from |
| from oil and gas wells. "Today," Expro offers | | | | originally processing PGS data to a major player in |
| services and products through our five marketing | | | | a high technology industry. |
| areas of: Well Testing & Commissioning, | | | | With its headquarters in Oslo, the company has |
| Production Systems, Wireline Intervention, Drilling | | | | offices in 22 different countries. (*) |
| Choke Systems, Connectors & | | | | (*) - Information gathered from the companies |
| Measurements. | | | | websites... |
| 5. Fugro (Netherlands) | | | | H.J.B. |
| Fugro collects and interprets data related to the | | | | |