Uruguay 3D Reimaging

Identify exploration risk and new production targets with high-quality images

Recent discoveries offshore Namibia have shed a renewed light on the Uruguay conjugate margin, where similar formation conditions have reproduced similar plays.

Viridien has finished the reprocessing of 25,000 km² of legacy seismic 3D data offshore Uruguay using the most advanced imaging technologies, such as TL-FWI, to enhance existing data and provide previously unseen details of the deepwater formations of the South American nation.

This multiclient project has been completed, and full-track least squares-KPSDM images are now available. Contact your Viridien representative to book a data viewing session.

Reducing geological uncertainty with advanced imaging

Still considered a frontier basin, deepwater Uruguay has similar geological elements at basin scale to Namibia’s high-potential Orange Basin, plus unique aspects at prospect scale that could help to achieve exploration success at Cretaceous stratigraphic levels. For more, read our recent GeoExpro article: Exploring deeper in Uruguay: Could Namibia’s successful Cretaceous play be chased in Uruguay’s deepwater?

Legacy imaging (before) compared to reimaging using Viridien's advanced time-lag FWI imaging (after).

Video: Uruguay Offshore Reimaging

Reprocessed data helps improve geological understanding of the progressive subsidence of the Uruguayan offshore margin, structure interpolation and amplitude fidelity, thus helping reduce exploration risks and generate potential new targets in this exciting frontier basin.