Karim Lassel interviewed by Oil Review Middle East about Viridien’s activity in the MENA region

Paris, France | Dec 5, 2024

To coincide with ADIPEC 2024 Karim Lassel discusses Viridien’s bold rebrand and its commitment to drive innovation for the energy industry.

In an exclusive interview in issue 7 of Oil Review Middle East, Karim Lassel, SVP, Global Business, Viridien, explains how the company’s new name, Viridien, aligns with its strategic goals.

“Our new Viridien brand reminds us of where we come from and encourages us to move forward with momentum. It represents a big step for our company.”

Viridien has conducted activity in the MENA region for many decades and Karim underlined the potential for future growth:

“Industry requirements for ultramodern seismic data and higher-resolution seismic images, to better understand increasing reservoir complexity while reducing prospect-to-barrel cycle time, play to our core strengths. Kuwait, KSA and Algeria are examples of growth opportunities for us.”

Viridien is using elastic full-waveform inversion (FWI) to deliver breakthroughs in seismic imaging and provide a greater subsurface understanding of the complex geology in the Middle East.

“The next frontier is further advancing elastic FWI towards ever higher frequencies and multi-parameter elastic FWI – which will require massive HPC capabilities. 4D elastic FWI will also continue to evolve for better reservoir monitoring and is currently being tested in the Middle East.”