TGS, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Arcis Seismic Solutions, has acquired the Chickadee 3C-3D multi-client survey covering 190 sq km, according to a news release.

The Chickadee survey, located in West Central Alberta, represents an expansion of TGS’ existing coverage along the Duvernay fairway and is adjacent to the 722-sq-km Kaybob-Bigstone 3D survey which was acquired in 2015, the release said.

The program is designed to assist in the evaluation and development of multiple zones from the Cretaceous to Devonian, including the prolific Duvernay and Montney. Secondary objectives within the prospective fairway include the Swan Hills, Gething, Notikewin and Gilwood formations, according to the release.

The survey will be acquired as full-azimuth multi-component (3C) data volume with advanced interpretation products forming part of the deliverables. TGS said recent advances and processing applications developed by TGS will be an integral part of final deliverables and should enhance the value of the seismic for exploration and development purposes. Initial data will be available to clients in second-quarter 2016.

In addition TGS has entered an agreement, effective Dec. 31, 2015, with a group of oil and gas companies to acquire an existing onshore 3D seismic project in Oklahoma called Kingfisher. The Kingfisher 3D spans approximately 500 sq km over Kingfisher, Blaine and Canadian counties.

Kingfisher 3D was acquired utilizing similar parameters to TGS' existing Loyal 3D survey. The Loyal and Kingfisher 3D surveys will be merged and will cover approximately 2,000 sq km in the core of the oil window targeting the prolific Meramec, Cana Woodford, Woodford Shale, and Hunton intervals within the commonly referenced STACK play fairway, TGS said in the release.

Separate PSTM volumes of both surveys are available to our clients immediately. The merged volume of the two projects will be available in second-quarter 2016. Data processing will also be performed by Arcis Seismic Solutions and the resulting data will be exclusively owned by TGS, the release said.