After three years of continuous seismic acquisition in the expansive Subkara Desert of Oman, AGS LLC’s STRYDE Compact System concluded operations and departed the site for the final time in November 2024.
During this period, STRYDE's cutting-edge seismic nodes were deployed across 5.7 million receiver points, spaced just 10 meters apart. This innovative approach enabled the collection of exceptionally high-density seismic data, achieving an unprecedented trace density of 16 million traces per square kilometer. The vast dataset is now undergoing processing by DUG.
Commissioned by CCED, this project stands as one of the largest onshore nodal seismic surveys ever undertaken, spanning an impressive 29,219 square kilometers across Oman’s Blocks 3 and 4.
Erik Jersing, Exploration and Appraisal Director at CCED commented on the survey: "This nodal technology approach (c.165,000 channels) provides multiple benefits to CCED, by cutting down on data acquisition costs, minimizing HSE footprints in the field (less manual handling, reducing vehicle count from c.160 to c.40, reduced field crew size 600 to c.220 etc.), and expanded land access in our sabkha-dune environment, all to acquire high quality, operationally efficient (high density, point receiver geometries providing increased spatial sampling density, with no compromise to data quality) outcomes."