Chinese National Petroleum Cooperation subsidiary, BGP, has named Marlink as its supplier of high quality and high capacity VSAT satellite communications for its fleet of advanced seismic vessels. The latest vessel to join the fleet is the 100m ‘BGP Prospector’ recently delivered from a leading Korean shipyard and equipped with Marlink's Sealink™ C-Band, SCPC VSAT. The BGP Prospector has a 1MB full duplex and dedicated satellite communication service to support a range of applications on board. BGP operates seismic vessels on a global basis to provide its customers with marine seismic data acquisition. The company’s fleet is able to acquire high-quality 2D, 3D, 4D, and OBC Marine Seismic Data using the latest, state-of-the-art technology. The vessels are operating in the Gulf of Mexico, South America, West Africa, the North Sea, the Red Sea, the Bay of Bengal and South-East Asia. BGP has a long term strategy in developing new technology to improve both acquisition and processing of seismic data and reliable connectivity is crucial to supporting this commitment.
