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MIDDLE EAST well-considered diversification which has now put it in a position to offer a range of services to an expanded list of clients . Great progress has been made and Al Akeel expects even more to be achieved in the coming years .
ARGAS was established in 1966 as a Limited Liability Partnership ( LLP ) between the Industrialisation & Energy Services Company ( TAQA ) which owns 51 percent of the shares and Compagnie Générale de Géophysique ( now CGG ) which owns the remaining 49 percent .
ARGAS ’ surveying and data acquisition capabilities now cover land , shallow water where it is able to conduct Ocean Bottom Cable ( OBC ) and open marine surveys . Since 2006 the company has operated four Land Vibrosies 3D and one Land 2D Vibroseis seismic crews acquiring over 47,000 square kilometres of seismic data . At sea , ARGAS has completed a 15 month 3D two component ( 2C ) transition zone survey and is currently acquiring a 2D- 2C shallow water survey off Kuwait utilising

‘ Since 2006 the company has operated four Land Vibrosies 3D and one Land 2D Vibroseis seismic crews acquiring over 47,000 square kilometres of seismic data ’

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