Private company

TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company

Logo: TGS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Energy data and analytics company

TGS, formerly TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA is an energy data and analytics company. It gathers, interprets, and markets seismic and geophysical data regarding subsurface terrains worldwide in order to evaluate oil and gas formations for drilling operations.2 It employed 50 people in 2026.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1
  • Industrymineral exploration1
  • HeadquartersOslo1
  • Websitewww.tgs.com
  • Legal formallmennaksjeselskap1
  • Listed onOslo Stock Exchange (TGS)1
  • LEI549300NUPLAXPB0WYH903
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressLilleakerveien 4C, 0283 Oslo, Norway3
  • Registered withThe Brønnøysund Register Centre, 9766953723

TGS, formerly TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA is an energy data and analytics company. It gathers, interprets, and markets seismic and geophysical data regarding subsurface terrains worldwide in order to evaluate oil and gas formations for drilling operations. TGS is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, was founded by a 1998 merger of TGS (Tomlinson Geophysical Services Inc.), Calibre Geophysical Co. Inc (founded in 1981), and NOPEC (Norwegian Petroleum Exploration Consultants) International ASA founded in 1981, with financial headquarters in Oslo, Norway and operational headquarters in Houston, Texas.2

Corporate structure

TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company sits at the top of its group. 6 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company Oslo, Norway
    • TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (United Kingdom) Subsidiary · Surbiton, United Kingdom
    • 4C Offshore Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • PETROLEUM GEO-SERVICES AS Subsidiary · Oslo, Norway
    • PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS Subsidiary · Oslo, Norway
    • PGS SHIPOWNER AS Subsidiary · Oslo, Norway

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • 4C Offshore

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 2026501

Timeline

  1. 1998Founded Founded1

Sources

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