OREANDA-NEWS. November 10, 2010. Integra Group (LSE: INTE), a leading FSU-based oilfield services provider, announced that it finalized its exclusive seismic joint venture with WesternGeco, the seismic business segment of Schlumberger. The companies announced plans in July, 2010 to create a joint venture to provide seismic acquisition services as well as interpretation and data processing in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan and their respective transition zone waters. The JV has already been working successfully on joint projects in Russia and Kazakhstan and has secured work for this winter.

The name of the joint venture holding company is IG Seismic Services Limited. Integra owns 75% of the new company and will continue to provide day-to-day management of the company, while WesternGeco owns 25%. In addition to nearly 40 land and transition zone seismic crews and combined data processing capability the business now benefits from proprietary Q? technology and Omega? data processing software. Integra Group has received a cash payment of USD 48 million from WesternGeco as part of transaction agreement in addition to contributed crews and technology.

Antonio Campo, Integra’s Chief Executive Officer, commented at the announcement of the joint venture:

“We are very excited about expanding our capabilities by joining forces with WesternGeco. The agreement will boost the service range and expand the market presence of our core seismic segment. With the introduction of WesternGeco personnel and technology, the new venture will ensure efficient development of our joint seismic operations while the combination of our processing centers in Russia and Kazakhstan will substantially increase our data processing capabilities. We believe this move is in line with our strategy to increase our presence in businesses with higher added value and further improve our technology.”