TGS announced on March 29 a multi-year strategic agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), naming AWS as its preferred cloud provider. The company said it will use AWS high-performance computing and generative artificial intelligence to build solutions aimed at transforming how the energy industry explores and extracts resources.
The collaboration is expected to bring significant changes to geoscience by speeding up data analysis and reducing uncertainty for TGS customers. According to TGS, this partnership will help accelerate AI-driven seismic imaging and analytics, modernize its Imaging AnyWare platform, and optimize processing workflows through the scalability of AWS cloud services.
TGS Chief Executive Officer Kristian Johansen said, “This partnership represents the moment when the power of Generative AI meets the complexity of geoscience. By moving TGS Data Verse, the largest subsurface seismic library, and the TGS Imaging AnyWare platform to AWS, we are co-innovating to deliver an exploration-ready atlas of the subsurface. This collaboration translates subsurface data into strategic intelligence with unprecedented scale and speed, marking a fundamental shift that will accelerate prospect generation and create competitive advantages for our customers.”
The company is also deploying a Subsurface Foundation Model built on Amazon Bedrock technology and powered by SageMaker HyperPods. This model aims to process multiple types of data simultaneously for improved understanding of subsurface conditions.
Uwem Ukpong, vice president at AWS Industries, said, “TGS’ selection of AWS as their preferred cloud provider demonstrates how industry leaders are leveraging cloud computing and generative AI to transform energy exploration.” Ukpong added that combining advanced computing from AWS with TGS’ expertise can help energy companies extract more value from seismic data while improving integration across workflows.
TGS has already migrated large volumes of data onto AWS infrastructure and delivered projects such as elastic full waveform inversion in Brazil using local GPU capabilities. Both companies say these efforts ensure secure operations while meeting regional requirements for data handling.
