IDSL was incorporated in 1988 as one of the eleven Subsidiary Companies of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to offer Geophysical and Petroleum Engineering Services in the Upstream Sector of the oil industry. It inherited facilities of the National HydroCarbon Reserves Evaluation Centre NHREC), the Seismic Data Processing outfit (DPD) and the 2-D Seismic acquisition crews then known as Seismic Party Y. The functions of these former outfits were taken over by IDSL. IDSL is a service company that represents the NNPC in the service sector of the oil and gas industry.
SERVICES
IDSL was set up to offer services in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry.
These services include:
Seismic Data Acquisition Seismic Data Processing
Reservior Engineering Services
Data Storage and Management Services
BUSINESS DIRECTION
In order to overcome some obstacles in the past, IDSL went into joint venture relationship with reputable international service companies operating in Nigeria, relationships which have in a short while enabled IDSL to overcome those problems and put it on a competitive edge.
IDSL has working relationships with two companies in the area of Seismic Data Acquisition as follows:
Acquisition of data on land and swamp. Joint Venture with United Geophysical Company (Nigeria) Limited (UGNL).
IDSL recently acquired Sercel SN 309 for its operation on the AGIP JOB, CREW 166.
IDSL is in process of acquiring 4D Seismic Data Acquisition Equipment Sercel SN 408 for SPDC Job for CREW 165.
Acquisition of Data Offshore (Marine).
Joint Venture with Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS).
On the other hand, IDSL/PGS Joint Venture have a vessel offshore acquiring data in the open acreage in the deep-offshore of Nigerian Waters. In Seismic Data Processing, IDSL has a Joint operation agreement with Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG). The agreement with CGG is to jointly provide Seismic Data Processing Services in Nigeria and run the IDSL Processing Centre in Port Harcourt.
IDSL and Geoquest (a Subsidiary of Schlumberger) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly offer Reservoir Engineering Services in Nigeria -IDSL/Geoquest Alliance Modelling and Management in Nigeria.
As of the end of year 2001, IDSL had the historic feat of having three seismic crews operating at the same time, with a fourth crew almost ready to go. IDSL plays a very strategic role for the NNPC in the training of technical manpower.
IDSL is working very hard to add to the port-folio of services it is rendering to the oil industry. The long term objective is for IDSL to be on its own to acqualize its vision of becoming the ultimate center for the provision of Geophysical and Petroleum Engineering Services in the world Oil and Gas Industry.
Contact Addresses:
Integrated Data Services Limited,
36 Ogba Road, P.M.B. 1003,
Cko Village, Benin City, Nigeria.
Tel: 052-253114, 256591
Fax: 052-253325.
Port Harcourt.
Tel: 084-612890-3.
Abuja Liaison Office:
(6th Floor), Abujci A,
IDSL Data Processing Centre, NNPC Towers, Abuja.
No.7 Woji Road,
Tel: 09-2348200-19,
Off Old Aba Road, 2343115, 5239151.