The International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC) confirms to support 2nd Deep Offshore West Africa Congress 2017 Meanwhile, their Vice-President Communications & External Affairs, Gail Adams-Jackson will present as a speaker on the event. About IAGC As the global trade association representing more than 150 member companies from all segments of the geophysical industry, IAGC is the global leader in geophysical technical and operational expertise for both land and marine operations. Through advocacy, outreach and development of industry guidelines, the IAGC focuses on issues that affect the core businesses of the geophysical industry: data acquisition, data processing and data ownership.

It’s expected deepwater expenditure globally will total $120 billion over the next five years, and offshore West Africa will take much of the focus in the initial period via the mega-projects like SNE (Senegal) etc.

The recent new 3D seismic data interpretation has unlocked “numerous, highly attractive, oil prospects” on the Cairn Energy-operated acreage offshore Senegal. New license rounds are expected in the emerging regions like Gabon, Equatorial Guinea with positive data.