Innovative Solutions Across the E&P Lifecycle.

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Innovative Solutions,from Access to Production

ION is committed to helping oil and gas companies solve their toughest challenges, throughout the Exploration and Production lifecycle. Our experienced team of geophysicists, geologists, engineers and other professionals – some of the smartest and most innovative minds in the industry – strive to push the limits of geoscience and engineering, every day. Our goal is to help our customers gain a clearer picture and understanding of the earth’s subsurface so that they can locate and produce hydrocarbons, safely and efficiently.

ION Integrated Solutions

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Ocean Bottom Seismic Fully integrated OBS services, from survey design through interpretation, delivering superior imaging and reservoir characterization

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BasinSPANTM Basin-wide, deep, geologically driven regional 2D multi-client programs designed to evaluate the potential of new frontiers or identify new play concepts

ResSCANTM Onshore 3D imaging, reservoir characterization and microseismic monitoring programs to help E&P companies better understand unconventional reservoirs to maximize production efficiency

Arctic Full-scope solution for imaging and operations management in an ice environment

Regionally Calibrated 3D Offshore 3D programs leveraging geological knowledge from BasinSPAN programs to deliver high-quality 3D imaging

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Whether assessing the prospectivity of

a frontier basin or trying to maximize

production in a mature reservoir, global E&P

companies rely on ION solutions to help them

reduce risk and maximize their assets.

BasinSPAN™ At the beginning of the lifecycle, in the early Exploration phase, oil and gas companies

rely on ION’s 2D multi-client BasinSPAN programs to help them evaluate the potential

of new frontiers and identify new play concepts. Since we introduced GulfSPAN in 2002,

our BasinSPAN library has grown to include approximately 400,000 km of basin-wide,

deep, geologically driven data covering virtually all of the major frontier basins around

the world. Depth imaged by ION’s GX Technology (GXT) group using the most advanced

geophysical processing techniques and tools available, each BasinSPAN program is

custom designed to provide critical insight into the geologic evolution, deep-basin

architecture, and depositional and structural history of the petroleum system.

Arctic SolutionSince acquiring our first survey in the Arctic in 2006, ION has developed and applied

innovative technologies and solutions to help E&P companies eliminate barriers

to successful exploration and production in one of the world’s most challenging

environments. We offer specialized procedures, tools and equipment to safely and

efficiently collect high-quality seismic data under the ice, often in areas where no other

data exists. To date, we have acquired over 60,000 km of 2D seismic data in the Arctic,

including over 30,000 km under ice, and we are now ready to meet the challenges of 3D

acquisition. The newest addition to our Arctic toolkit, Narwhal™ for Ice Management, is

a system that integrates all available data to help operators better visualize and predict

ice conditions for safer, more efficient operations.

ResSCAN™Our ResSCAN onshore 3D imaging, characterization and microseismic monitoring pro-

grams help E&P companies better understand unconventional reservoirs to reduce cost,

risk and uncertainty, while maximizing production. ResSCAN programs integrate the

disciplines of geology, petrophysics, rock physics, geomechanics and geophysics with

reservoir engineering to characterize shale reservoirs. As a result, operators can better

assess acreage, prioritize drilling locations, optimize completion strategies and steer

horizontal wells to stay in zone, minimizing drilling and completion costs and maximiz-

ing the number of high performance wells.

Ocean Bottom SeismicThe use of ocean bottom seismic (OBS) continues to expand, driven by the need for

higher quality data to make better exploration and reservoir development decisions,

including for 4D monitoring of mature fields. This growth has been accelerated by

a step-change improvement in OBS acquisition efficiency and high end reservoir

characterization and quantitative interpretation techniques. With the addition of

OceanGeo, ION’s OBS acquisition services company, ION now offers a full suite of

OBS services, from survey design to data processing and reservoir services by ION’s

GX Technology experts.

Regionally Calibrated 3DLeveraging geologic insights from our rich 2D BasinSPAN library, our 3D multi-client

Regionally Calibrated programs deliver high-quality, fast track 3D imaging to

companies in the Exploration and Appraisal phases.

ION Technology Toolkit – Our leading technologies fuel our innovative solutions

Integrated geophysical and geological expertise and technologies

> Full-scope 2D and 3D seismic surveys

> Integrated multi-measurement and multidisciplinary

regional interpretation

> Proprietary under-ice data acquisition technologies

Advanced data processing and reservoir services> Best-in-class velocity model building

> AZIMTM azimuthal anisotropy

> Industry-leading extended frequency Reverse Time Migration (RTM)

> WiBandTM broadband processing

> PrecisIONTM compressed sensing seismic inversion

> Advanced full waveform inversion

> Expert multicomponent processing

Industry-leading software and services> MESA® advanced survey design tools

> RioTM quality control and fast track delivery

> Orca® and Gator® command and control systems

> Survey optimization services

> NarwhalTM for Ice Management

Integrated ocean bottom services> Advanced survey design

> Safe, efficient acquisition via OceanGeo

> Exclusive use of the ION Calypso® ocean bottom cable system

> Real-time seismic QC

> Data processing and reservoir characterization

Proven, reliable seismic data acquisition systems> DigiBird II® and DigiFIN® positioning systems

> DigiSTREAMERTM acquisition system

> High-quality SENSOR geophones and testers

ION is a leading provider of technology-driven solutions to the global

oil & gas industry. Our offerings are designed to help companies

reduce risk and optimize assets throughout the E&P lifecycle.

To learn more, visit us at iongeo.com

ION Geophysical Corporation

2105 CityWest Blvd., Suite 400

Houston, TX 77042 USA

Phone: +1 281 933 3339

Fax: +1 281 879 3626

iongeo.com

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