BULWARK-ION/GXT

Africa

With nearly 40 billion barrels of proven hydrocarbon reserves, Nigeria is a critical production center in the world’s energy economy. Located in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s primary oil town, Bulwark-ION/GXT has enabled ION to successfully navigate the local landscape, extend our operating footprint throughout West Africa, and offer advanced seismic services to E&P firms operating in Nigeria.

Combining the technological strengths of ION’s GX Technology (GXT) Imaging Solutions group and the local market knowledge of Bulwark, the alliance provides advanced imaging services and unique expertise to the region.  We provide a broad scope of services, across both marine and land environments, to help our clients tackle the toughest imaging challenges:

• Statics and data conditioning

• Velocity model building

• Kirchhoff imaging algorithms
  • PreSDM
  • PreSTM

• 3D SRME
• Reverse Time Migration (RTM)
• Full-wave processing
  

Since our opening, Bulwark-ION/GXT has increased our customer base, service offerings, and employee population, while continuing to handle some of the most challenging data processing jobs. In 2008, three years after the partnership began, Bulwark-ION/GXT was awarded a multi-year seismic data processing contract by Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) Unlimited, operator of the MPN joint venture with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation.  This contract, covering advanced imaging services for a series of 2C and 4C seabed seismic surveys, is the largest data processing award in ION's history and is a milestone in the collaboration between ION/GXT and Bulwark.

Successes such as this have made Bulwark-ION/GXT a leader in the market.

For more information about the services provided by Bulwark, visit the Bulwark website.