• The largest Austrian 3D seismic campaign in OMV history
• Researching the subsurface of the Weinviertel, Lower Austria
• Surveying around 600 sq kms

OMV, the international, integrated oil and gas company headquartered in Vienna, has started the largest Austrian seismic campaign in the company’s history. The requisite indicators for a discovery and the subsequent testing for economic feasibility should ensure the sustainable security of supply of natural gas well into the future.

The latest seismic survey will explore the geological subsurface at depths of 4,000 to 6,000 meters and will provide information on the layers of the earth that potentially contain gas. In the winter months of 2018 a total of around 600 sq kms will be measured on an area stretching from the north-east of Vienna via the majority of the Marchfeld through to north-east of Schönkirchen.

Following the successful preparatory work, the actual survey has already started with up to four fleets, each with three impulse generator vehicles. These special vehicles generate impulses that are reflected by the geological layers in the subsurface and recorded by geophones.

Once the seismic survey is complete, the data will be processed and a three-dimensional image of the subsurface produced. This image will be evaluated and supports the OMV geologists to discover possible accumulations of natural gas.