Capabilities
FACILITIES AND SUPPORT BASES
UG(N)L has its registered head office and support base / workshop located in Lagos. All operations are managed from the Lagos office from where operational, technical, legal and financial support is provided to the crews as necessary. An established communications network enables direct communication with operating field crews, client offices and UG(N)L liaison / support offices in the UK and USA.
In the field, crew base camps are established according to the seismic programme priorities and safety requirements. All crew facilities are controlled by the Party Chief and comprise primarily of office, accommodation and workshop/maintenance facilities.
EQUIPMENT OVERVIEW
UG(N)L has two seismic crews in the field, one equipped for land and the other for transition zone (TZ), with the capacity to deploy more fully equipped 'state of the art' crews should the opportunity arise. With advances in technology and increased client demand for exploration in urban and transition zone frontiers, UG(N)L has invested heavily over recent years in new "state of the art' recording instrumentation. Below is a summary of key assets being deployed on operating crews in Nigeria;
LAND ASSETS
- GTI NuSeis N1 5Hz Nodes
- Boombox Autonomous Blasters
- Fleet of INOVA Univibe Vibrators with Force 3 Electronics
- Leica DGPS and Total Stations
- Inshore source boats
- SLB Vista in field processing systems
MARINE ASSETS
- PXGEO Manta Lite Ocean Bottom Nodes (OBN)
- Sonardyne Transponders
- Triggerfish Navigation System
- Offshore (MV Expedition) and Nearshore source boats
- SEAMAP Gunlink source controllers
- Mothership - MV Victory
- Deployment boats
- RHIB, logistic and security boats
- Hemisphere Altas and MiniPod GNSS
These acquisitions further illustrate UG(N)L's drive to deploy new technology in the most challenging environments and forms part of UG(N)L's ongoing investment program to provide world class seismic data acquisition services to the Oil & Gas industry in Nigeria.
