Geosciences

IMAGE 2024: Viridien expands screening offering for GoM carbon capture areas

Aug. 28, 2024

Viridien has completed Phase 2 of the GeoVerse Carbon Storage Screening Study of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM).

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The map illustrates the total coverage of phases 1 and 2 of Viridien’s Gulf of Mexico Carbon Storage Screening Study.

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Viridien, formerly known as CGG, has completed Phase 2 of the GeoVerse Carbon Storage Screening Study of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Like Phase 1, which was delivered last year, it is available for licensing now.

The program is designed to provide subsurface data coverage over the US GoM shallow waters and coastal areas. Phase 2 results, the company added, can support evaluations of high-potential areas on offer in the forthcoming Texas General Land Office and School Land Board Request for Proposals for various carbon sequestration leases.

The combined screening study offers a package of interactive ArcGIS-compatible screening maps, digitized well data and merged legacy seismic data across the shallow-water shelf. Here, several large-scale aquifer stores have been identified throughout the stratigraphic section.

Dechun Lin, Viridien's executive vice president of Earth Data, said, “This new Gulf of Mexico study is located over a key area of interest for the CCUS industry with a number of licenses already offered for carbon storage and more licensing rounds to come.”

Yesterday Viridien announced it started the Laconia 3D ocean-bottom node multi-client seismic program in the US GoM. Acquisition started in July of this year, with delivery of initial products scheduled for second-quarter 2025.

Viridien is exhibiting this week at booth 823 at SEG and AAPG's IMAGE 2024 event in Houston. View the IMAGE program to learn more about presentations by Viridien and more.