Company profile of Geophysik GGD First Break
(May special issue 2002)
Geophysik GGD provides geophysical services for the exploring oil
and gas industry, the mining industry, the construction industry
as well as in the environmental sector. With the divisions seismics,
potential methods and geotechnics Geophysik GGD is a leading German
enterprise which offers the almost complete spectrum of geophysical
services world-wide with focus on Europe, Central Asia, North Africa
and Middle East.
The company history started in 1951 as Geophysikalischer
Dienst. After the re-unification of Germany the present Geophysik
GGD mbH was founded by privatisation. Geophysik GGD was recently
extended by Geophysik IGS to enhance the international activities.
Geophysik GGD is running several acquisition units, a computing
centre for seismics, potential methods and GIS plus a laboratory
with facilities for petrophysical investigations. With more than
50 years of geophysical services the company preserves the great
variety of methods, utilises state of the art equipment, applies
leading edge processing techniques and hence is able to provide
a complex methodical approach and a profoundness of geological interpretation.
Geophysik GGD supports investigations and studies for the exploration
of oil, gas, potash, lignite, ground water and raw materials as
well as for of underground storages and in engineering geophysics.
Beyond that, the company investigates foundation ground for buildings,
railway/road traffic alignments and executes tasks in environmental
protection.
In oil and gas exploration emphasis is laid on 2D/3D seismic interpretation
with GeoFrame or SeisWorks, including reservoir characterization
with Hampson Russell, and on 2D/3D seismic processing and reprocessing
with ProMAX. Seismic data acquisition, 2D/3D workstation based field
processing, field quality control and supervising, complex studies
of weathering zones for seismic surveys, VSP and log processing
as well as gravity and magnetic surveys, including 3D modelling
and a joint interpretation, are further important activities in
the field of oil and gas exploration. |