A contract covering automated handling systems for three-dimensional seismic surveying has been awarded to ODIM ASA by Eidesvik Seismic Vessels. Worth NOK190 million (USD37.28 million), this delivery will be made to the CGG Veritas/Eidesvik grouping for installation on two seismic ships to be built at Ulstein Verft in western Norway.
These Ulstein SX120 vessels will be equipped to tow 16 seismic streamers. The ODIM systems are due to be delivered in the third and fourth quarters of 2009.
Hydrology Application Specialists, Nick Martin and Lee Pimble, use the SonTek RiverSurveyor to make discharge measurements with the help of a kayak on the Rivern Severn at the Ironbridge in the Ironbridge Gorge (Shropshire, UK).