The company was originally established
in 1996 by Jan Ostby, Don Pyke and Odd Arne Larsen
(called Seismic Australia) and was then acquired by
the Fugro Group
in July 2000. Fugro Multi Client Services (FMCS) provides
oil companies with high definition, quality seismic
data that can be interpreted over large basin wide
areas. This involves acquiring new data or fully reprocessing
data using techniques incorporating knowledge of the
various basins and their prospectivity.
The
data is the proprietary asset of FMCS and is available
for licence by interested parties on a non-exclusive
basis.
FMCS have reprocessed existing open-file seismic
data and compiled these into large consistent Grand
basin-wide data sets, known as FMCS's Grand Reprocessing
Projects. Much of the data being reprocessed has
not previously been recycled since the original
exploration phase, almost 30 years ago.
We are primarily involved in offshore Oil & Gas
exploration with the newest most extensive 2D reprocessed
seismic database in Australia (350,000 kms) which
along with nearly 30,000 kms of recently acquired
2D seismic data gives oil companies data over all
the major basins offshore Australia.
In the year 2000 we expanded into Brazil and now
have over 185,000kms of 2D reprocessed data and
over 20,000 sq kms of 3D reprocessed data in offshore
Brazil.
We also have seismic data available in Indonesia
which consists of over 55,000 kms of reprocessed
2D data and 1,993 kms of acquired 2D data.
We
have available for licence data in Norway.
As an independent operator, we have formed project
alliances with some of the largest contractors in
the world and have joint projects with such companies
as Robertson Research Australia, Western Geophysical,
GHD Gardline, Greville & Associates, Western Geco
and Fugro-Geoteam.>
We are in a joint agreement with Western Geco to
assist in the development, management and marketing
of TQ3D surveys in Australia and have finalised
the largest multi-client 3D survey ever acquired
in Australia of some 12,750 sq kms in the Northern
Browse region.