Shearwater Geoservices: A Gamut of Innovative MarineTech Solutions

The marine tech industry is constantly pursuing cost-effective technologies and business solutions to ‘future proof’ its assets and fleets. The constant operational change to meet the evolving customer requirements is putting ship operators under pressure to improve their operational efficiency without affecting the environment. Induced by the emerging shift in trade fragmentations and geographical configurations—there is heavy competition amongst solution providers to exhibit competence in the sector to deploy innovative technologies and make shipping more flexible, efficient, and sustainable as the industry continues to grow. As a result, Shearwater GeoServices—a Norwegian based global provider of powerful geophysical marine seismic acquisition and processing services is disrupting traditional business models with its modern fleet, experienced imaging teams and innovative solutions combine to offer results.

Shearwater’s processing and imaging department provide agile, responsive teams of industry qualified experts, available anytime at the client’s convenience and for however long needed. This enables clients to procure high-quality data rapidly and reduce costs. The company offers an extensive range of tools for any marine seismic processing task and is an innovative global provider of 3D and 4D marine seismic data, imaging products and data processing software. Shearwater's flagship product a seismic processing software—Reveal is a modern, highly interactive, efficient and user-friendly platform for all aspects of processing and imaging in the market.

The Reveal platform provides time and depth processing and imaging for both land and marine environments from within a single user interface. Using advanced processing and imaging algorithms in real-time on vessels, it helps to model build and conduct depth imaging, within a flexible, intuitive interface. Reveal's interactive nature facilitates faster and more accurate decision-making. The platform is built to be user-friendly with its advanced batch job management, parallel processing, and cluster scalability— allowing geophysicists to achieve highly efficient results.

Besides, the platform Shearwater offers an extensive range of tools for any marine seismic processing task and the option to perform real-time QC onboard a seismic vessel, 2D SRME and PSTM, for those seeking to optimize and leverage their marine data. In addition, the company provides advanced marine and depth imaging options that include the latest de-ghosting and 3D SRME tools to extract the highest value from a conventional or broadband data. Furthermore, Shearwater’s powerful fleet is equipped with cutting-edge technology and is manned by experienced crews—capable of operating safely and efficiently in all weather conditions to deliver a cost-effective and high-quality service to clients.

Since its establishment in 2016 the company has become a major player in the field and boasts an impressive track record of garnering a list of elite clients. Recently, the Norwegian geo-services company acquired a multi-project marine seismic 3D and 4D acquisition contract by Anglo- Dutch energy giant Shell. “We are very pleased with the award of this significant acquisition contract for exploration and production seismic by Shell,” states Irene Waage Basili, the CEO of Shearwater GeoServices. The company's headquartered in Bergen, Norway and has offices located across the globe with a 24/7 field support hub with a fully equipped laboratory that can be configured to replicate the acquisition systems used by Shearwater’s fleet. "Together our acquisition teams, processing geophysicists, Engineering and R&D group provide our clients with the tools they need to de-risk their exploration and maximize their production efficiency" concludes Irene.