In the past century, fossil fuels dominated as the chief source of energy. Among fossil fuels, crude oil has controlled almost all the aspects of the energy business. Crude oil is a mixture of compounds composed primarily of carbon and hydrogen in varying proportion, with presence of inorganic compounds such as nitrogen, sulfur and metals such as vanadium and mercury. Crude oil is found in specific rock formations, called reservoirs, in the earth's crust. The depth at which these reservoirs occur can vary significantly from pools that flow up to the surface to almost 15,000-meter underground. The method that is employed to get to these reservoirs of black gold is through drilling the surface till we reach the predefined depth.

PART 01: Executive summary

Highlights

PART 02: Scope of the report

Top-vendor offerings

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

PART 05: Market landscape

Market overview

Market size and forecast

Five forces analysis

PART 06: Market segmentation by type and services

Global offshore oil and gas seismic equipment and

acquisitions market by application

Global offshore oil and gas seismic equipment and

acquisitions market by 2D seismic survey segment

Global offshore oil and gas seismic equipment and

acquisitions market by 3D survey segment

Global offshore oil and gas seismic equipment and

acquisitions market by 4D seismic survey segment

PART 07: Geographical segmentation

Global offshore oil and gas seismic equipment and

acquisitions market by geography

Offshore oil and gas seismic equipment and acquisitions

market in the Americas

Offshore oil and gas seismic equipment and acquisitions

market in APAC

Offshore oil and gas seismic equipment and acquisitions

market in EMEA

PART 08: Market drivers

Increase in E&P activities post seismic survey

Migration of drilling into unconventional areas

Focus on reduction of non-productive time

PART 09: Impact of drivers

PART 10: Market challenges

Seismic vessel overcapacity problem

Decreasing investment in oil and gas industry

Global downturn in oil industry and crude oil prices

Reduction and optimization of seismic survey cost

PART 11: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 12: Market trends

Introduction of 4D seismic survey technology

Digitization of oil fields

Seismic integration to reduce exploration risk

PART 13: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

Other prominent vendors

PART 14: Key vendor analysis

SeaBird Exploration

PGS

PLCS

CGG

Schlumberger WesternGeco

PART 15: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 16: Explore Technavio