Corsica

Aug. 10, 2004
TGS-Nopec Geophysical Co., Naersnes, Norway, received a nonexclusive, preliminary authorization to run seismic surveys off Corsica in France's Mediterranean waters.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 10 -- TGS-Nopec Geophysical Co., Naersnes, Norway, received a nonexclusive, preliminary authorization to run seismic surveys off Corsica in France's Mediterranean waters.

Called Canal de Corse, the two-year authorization covers 4,170 sq km on France's continental shelf off the Corsican administrative regions of Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse, on the Italian side.