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WesternGeco

WesternGeco
Owned by Schlumberger
Industry Energy Equipment and Services
Founded 1933 (in 2000, company took on current name)
Headquarters London Gatwick Airport
Crawley, West Sussex, UK
Key people
Tony Bowman, President [1]
Products Seismic Data Acquisition for both land and marine, Data Processing and Electromagnetics
Slogan None
Website www.westerngeco.com
Schlumberger House, the head office of WesternGeco at London Gatwick Airport

WesternGeco is a geophysical services company. It is headquartered in the Schlumberger House on the property of London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, in Greater London.

Contents

  • Background 1
  • Head office 2
  • Gallery 3
  • References 4
  • External links 5

Background

The company provides reservoir imaging, monitoring, and development services. The company, a business segment of Schlumberger, offers 3D and time-lapse seismic surveys, electromagnetic surveys, and multicomponent surveys for delineating prospects and reservoir management. It also provides geophysical, land and transition-zone acquisition, marine acquisition, electromagnetics, and data processing and reservoir seismic services. The company, formerly known as Western Geophysical Company, was founded in 1933.[2]

The company was formed by the merger in 2000 of two of the world's largest seismic contractors, Western Geophysical and Geco-Prakla. Schlumberger, owners of Geco-Prakla paid cash to Baker Hughes, which then owned Western, for a 70% stake in a joint venture of the combined companies.[3] In May 2006, Schlumberger bought out Baker Hughes' 30% stake for a reported $2.4 billion, making WesternGeco one of its subsidiaries.[4][5]

Head office

WesternGeco has its head office and its Europe/African offices in the Schlumberger House,[6][7][8] a 124,000 square feet (11,500 m2) building on the grounds of Gatwick Airport in Crawley, England,[6][9] in Greater London.[10]

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "Schlumberger Executive Management". 
  2. ^ "Business Week". 
  3. ^ Completed merger of the surface seismic data acquisition and data processing interests of Schlumberger Limited and Baker Hughes Incorporated, United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading, 2000-12-21.
  4. ^ Schlumberger Financial News, 2006-07-21
  5. ^ "2000s: Building on core strengths". Schlumberger. Retrieved March 18, 2011. 
  6. ^ a b "Regions." WesternGeco. Retrieved on 23 July 2009. "Corporate Headquarters" "Address: WesternGeco, Schlumberger House Buckingham Gate, Gatwick Airport West Sussex RH6 0NZ United Kingdom"
  7. ^ "Product line." WesternGeco. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. "Corporate Headquarters" "Address: Schlumberger House Buckingham Gate Gatwick Airport West Sussex, RH6 0NZ UK"
  8. ^ "Europe/Africa." WesternGeco. Retrieved on 26 December 2010. "Address: WesternGeco, Ltd. Schlumberger House Buckingham Gate, Gatwick Airport West Sussex, RH6 0NZ UK ."
  9. ^ Eade, Christine. "The market in minutes - Sussex." Property Week. 8 June 2007. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  10. ^ "Regions." WesternGeco. Retrieved on 23 July 2009. "WesternGeco is organized geographically, operating through a network of five regional offices around the world plus our headquarters in London, UK." and "Corporate Headquarters" "Address: WesternGeco, Schlumberger House Buckingham Gate, Gatwick Airport West Sussex RH6 0NZ United Kingdom"

External links

  • WesternGeco Website
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