Entries by Bob Basili

inApril’s Ocean Bottom Node technology successfully tested

inApril is happy to announce that our proprietary Venator technology has passed further field trials. As part of a prequalification process a number of inApril’s A3000 nodes, along with other Ocean Bottom Seismic technology, was tested during a field trial. The nodes were deployed by ROV and recorded continuous data during approximately 45 days in the field. The subsequent […]

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Pierre-Loïc Laizet to begin as Vice president Technical

Oslo, August 20, 2018 inApril is pleased to announce the appointment of Pierre-Loïc Laizet as Vice President Technical, effective September 1.  Pierre started his career assembling wireline tools with Schlumberger in Paris, then moved to Norway and Malaysia with WesternGeco in engineering and manufacturing of marine and land seismic hardware.  Combined with experience in sourcing […]

Venator highlights

Oslo, June 27 2018. After a few requests during and after the EAGE exhibition, we are now publishing the following animation highlighting the main benefits of our Ocean Bottom Seismic system, Venator.    

More focus on Ocean Bottom seismic from TGS

As reported by DNB  and published on Bloomberg chat June 7. “TGS CEO Kristian Johansen held an industry talk/webcast this afternoon. One of the focus points was on new technology and he spent a considerable time on the node/ocean bottom seismic development. TGS see a trend of new ocean bottom seismic companies emerging with lower […]

We´re recruiting

May 4, 2018 VP Technical inApril is currently recruiting for a senior level technical position to our offices in Lillestrøm, Norway.  The position, reporting to the CEO, will be responsible for the oversight and management of manufacturing, system delivery and further development of our Ocean Bottom Node solutions. Responsibilities Oversee internal technical developments and deliveries […]

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New study reveals increasing demand for node-based seabed seismic

We are posting here a summary of an OBS market study by Oslo-based independent consultant Arkwright Consulting AS. It confirms the expectation on which inApril was established in 2012, namely that increasingly cost-effective ocean bottom seismic (OBS) acquisition technology will continue to gain market share for marine seismic surveys. Arkwright´s research indicates that OBS will grow […]

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Full-scale North Sea trial proves inApril’s game changing seabed seismic system

The Norwegian seismic equipment supplier inApril AS announces that it successfully carried out a full-scale sea trial of its fully integrated node-based seabed seismic acquisition system, Venator. The company says the trial confirmed that Venator is the first seabed-based exploration tool to provide data far superior to conventional towed streamer solutions at competitive terms. The […]

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Published paper on seabed seismic: from reservoir management to full-azimuth exploration

4-6 September 2017 Beijing, China Following is our abstract paper presented by Ronny Bøhn at the SEG OBN Technologies and Applications Workshop in Beijing. The paper considers the high cost and operational inefficiencies traditionally associated with ocean bottom seismic (OBS) acquisition that have deterred wider industry adoption of this compelling technology. A case study is […]