France-based geophysical services company Viridien and U.S.-headquartered technology player SLB are set to begin a large seismic acquisition and imaging program offshore Egypt that will help explorers and investors identify new opportunities for exploration and enhanced production.

Viridien and SLB entered into an agreement with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) to launch the multi-client ocean bottom node (OBN) program in Egypt’s Eastern Mediterranean offshore, a project said to be the largest of its kind in the region.