PGS (Petroleum Geo-Services) is a technologically focused oilfield service company involved in providing geophysical services worldwide. Its

seismic Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (''seismós'') meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (''-logía'') meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other ...

service offerings help oil companies find oil and gas reserves offshore. Product offerings span from survey planning and data acquisition, through advanced imaging, to reservoir analysis and interpretation. PGS was founded in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...

in 1991. The company currently has: *8 offshore seismic vessels (6 active in winter season) *1 processing and imaging megacenters *3 main offices Oslo, London and Houston, plus a network of local offices employing around 60 nationalities PGS has a presence in over 10 countries with headquarters in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

. The company was headquartered at Lysaker until 2013 when it moved to nearby Lilleaker. PGS shares are listed on the

Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange ( no, Oslo Børs) (OSE: OSLO) is a stock exchange within the Nordic countries and offers Norway’s only regulated markets for securities trading today. The stock exchange offers a full product range including equities, der ...

(OSE:PGS).

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* {{Coord, 59, 54, 44.80, N, 10, 38, 23.71, E, type:landmark, display=title Oil companies of Norway Oilfield services companies Non-renewable resource companies established in 1991 Companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange Companies based in Bærum Companies based in Oslo Norwegian companies established in 1991