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director, global imaging sales, explains TGS’s work on visual-

VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY ization technology development.

OE: Could you tell us what visualization software and depth imaging technology you use for pre-salt formations?

: The key visualization tool used to construct our depth

PGS imaging velocity models is a proprietary product called PGS holoSeis, which is developed and maintained by our in-house software group. In addition, PGS holoSeis is the front-end to accompanying technologies such as the PGS hyperBeam plat-

An industry look form that can deliver rapid cycle depth imaging using our Beam imaging algorithm. : The Petrel E&P software platform enables 3D and 2D

SLB visualization of any geological information, including pre-salt at visualization technology formations.

: TGS uses PRIMA software for time processing, visu-

TGS

Claudio Paschoa discusses alization and interpretation, and ImageZ software contains visualization technology the tomography and migration algorithms used during depth with representatives imaging. Both of these packages are TGS proprietary software.

A module known as PrimaViz provides full 3D workstation of TGS, Petroleum visualization and interpretation capabilities.

Geo-Services, and

Schlumberger.

OE: How does the quality of seismic acquisition a