as ose emgs industry petroleum founded 1 february 2002 headquarters trondheim norway key people stig eide sivertsen ceo eystein eriksrud chair products geophysical services website www.emgs.com electromagnetic geoservices asa emgs is a norwegian geophysical services company using proprietary marine electromagnetic technology to support oil and gas companies in their search for offshore hydrocarbons . the administrative and research headquarters are located in trondheim . the company was established on february 1 2002 by the founders terje eidesmo st le johansen and svein ellingsrud . emgs pioneered marine electromagnetic technology with the first successful application and commercialization of controlled source electro magnetic surveying technology csem . marine em or csem is an emerging exploration method that uses electromagnetic energy to detect resistive bodies including hydrocarbon reservoirs beneath the seabed . the technique used by emgs was trialled in 1998 using a towed high power em source and a series of seabed receivers while the founders were working for statoil . 1 the company acquires 3d electromagnetic and marine magnetotelluric data which are used to assess formation resistivity before drilling and interpret and integrate this information with other geodata to aid exploration decision making . 3d em data is routinely used for lead generation prospect ranking and volume assessments . 2 main offices and research department are located in trondheim norway . the company was listed on the oslo stock exchange on march 30 2007 . 3 emgs also hold offices in oslo norway together with houston us and kuala lumpur in malaysia . in 2007 two of the founders of emgs terje eidesmo and svein ellingsrud were awarded the virgil kauffman gold medal from the society of exploration geophysicists in recognition of their pioneering work in applying controlled source electromagnetics to the detection of hydrocarbons . 4 references edit history . emgs . retrieved 18 august 2013 . a guide to csem and mt . emgs . retrieved 18 august 2013 . n har emgs blitt notert . konomisk rapport in norwegian . 30 march 2007 . retrieved 18 august 2013 . emgs wins award for seabed logging . rigzone . 22 may 2007 . retrieved 18 august 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title electromagnetic geoservices & oldid 677604761 categories companies established in 2002oilfield services companiespetroleum industry in norwaycompanies listed on the oslo stock exchangehidden categories cs1 norwegian language sources no navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschnorsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 24 august 2015 at 10 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view