CGGVeritas has opened its regional headquarters and data processing and imaging center in Singapore. The event was officiated by the Minister of State for Trade & Industry, Lee Yi Shyan.


The decision to build the new Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore underpins CGGVeritas’ long-term commitment to its businesses in the region. With the fast-developing economies of Asia-Pacific and the increasing demand for natural resources, the location is strategic for CGGVeritas to serve its clients and better position the company to strengthen its business in the regional oil and gas markets.


The new four-story building has been built to CGGVeritas specifications in partnership with Ascendas, a premier provider of business space solutions and a subsidiary of JTC Corp., Singapore’s largest industrial landlord.


The facility was designed with an open-plan work environment to encourage teamwork and collaboration. CGGVeritas now employs 220 staff in Singapore from more than 10 nationalities and foresees increasing its staff strength by 10% to 15% by year-end. The company has been in Asia Pacific and Singapore for 37 years and is proud of its many long-service staff.


The building houses CGGVeritas’ data processing and imaging hub, which is the largest and most powerful computer facility in Singapore. Large volumes of seismic data are processed around the clock to support clients’ exploration and production projects in the region.


The hub features a highly sophisticated visualization center, powered by advanced compute capabilities, rapid data loading, high-speed networking and high-resolution graphics. The visualization center translates processed seismic data into graphic 3-D representations of the Earth’s subsurface to provide insight into the production potential of oil and gas reservoirs.


In addition to its data processing and imaging hub, the site is the region’s Marine Acquisition Headquarters, which supports and maintains the CGGVeritas seismic fleet operating throughout the Asia-Pacific region.


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