Australian Company Sets Pace in Ethiopia

Month Date, 2006: SpectrumData has signed a four-year contract with the Ethiopian Government to recover and reformat exploration data

The seismic data incorporates over 5,000 linear kilometres within Ethiopia’s Ogaden Basin and is currently stored through deteriorating magnetic reel tapes. The recovery process is set to enable the Ethiopian Ministry of Mine to increase the availability of information to companies interested in further exploring the region.

More then one million files require the rescue mission or risk being lost forever.

SpectrumData, a Perth based company, has signed on to recover and migrate the geophysical archive and in the process obtain distribution rights for a period of four years.

Chief Executive Officer at Spectrum Data, Guy Holmes, views the project as an opportunity to showcase its services to other African and Middles Eastern companies in need of similar recovery processes. “We have already received interest for similar projects in Mongolia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Peru,” he says.

The project will involve a specialist team from SpectrumData flying to Addis Adabe in Ethiopia to undertake the work. “As this data can not leave Ethiopia due to current prohibitions, which is the case with many countries, we have had to go to it,” says Guy.

SpectrumData is also working on projects in Japan, New Zealand and other parts of Africa.

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