CGGVeritas is a French

France

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-based geophysical

Geophysics

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 services company, resulting from the 2007 combination of Compagnie Générale de Géophysique

Compagnie Générale de Géophysique

Compagnie Générale de Géophysique was a geophysical services company, providing seismic data acquisition, processing and interpretation services, as well as related processing and interpretation software to clients in the oil and gas exploration and production business...

 (CGG) and Veritas DGC Inc.

CGG

CGG was founded in 1931 by Conrad Schlumberger and acquired its first seismic survey in 1932. In 1966, CGG opened its first seismic data processing center in Massy, France.

Veritas DGC

Veritas Energy Services, a geophysical services company, was established in 1974 in Calgary

Calgary

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, Canada

Canada

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 with the purchase of Rafael B. Cruz and Associates Ltd. by D. B. Robson.

Digital Consultants Inc. had been established in Houston, Texas in 1965 with a vision to apply digital computing to the geophysical industry. In 1969, Digital Consultants reincorporated as Digicon Inc. (DGC), becoming a public company on the American Stock Exchange

American Stock Exchange

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In 1996, Veritas DGC was formed from the merger of Veritas and Digicon.

Activities

CGGVeritas activities range from acquisition on land/shallow water, deep water, seabed, borehole and near-surface, to processing and interpretation of seismic data and well-logs. CGGVeritas also owns a large library of recent and technologically advanced multi-client data for licence in the World’s most prospective locations. The company is known in the geophysical industry for its strict adherence to HSE protocols.