DENVER, Colorado, October 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Compagnie Generale
de Geophysique (ISIN: FR0000120164; NYSE:GGY) set a new trend at today's SEG
2004 Annual Meeting in Denver by officially announcing its decision to offer
its WaveVista Advanced Wave Equation Migration for the same economic
conditions and turnaround as the Kirchhoff method.
    WaveVista is a high-end no-compromise wave equation migration solution,
delivering superior quality depth images. Applicable to all acquisition
geometries, it addresses the complex wavefronts associated with high-velocity
layers, such as the salt in the Gulf of Mexico, and also delivers improved
quality and resolution in less complex environments. A significant feature is
the ability to produce full pre-stack angle gathers to allow amplitude
analysis with angle, velocity model update and post-migration processing. The
benefits for imaging are improved resolution, clearer fault definition,
greater signal continuity and accurate positioning, leading to reduced
uncertainty in defining reservoirs.
    Guillaume Cambois, CGG's Executive Vice President for Data Processing &
Reservoir Services, explains: "As the search for reservoirs moves into deeper
and more complex environments, wave equation migration offers superior
imaging results over the previous state-of-the-art Kirchhoff method, and
generates a much clearer window into the realm of subsalt geology. Our
harnessing of PC cluster technology has not only made it affordable on
routine projects, it has paved the way for it to be the new standard. Our
decision to offer our wave-equation solution for the same conditions as
Kirchhoff is in direct response to the needs expressed by our clients. It
further underlines our commitment to setting the pace in the seismic data
processing and reservoir services market."
    http://www.cgg.com

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