The Sovgeo joint venture enterprise in Russia has opened a computer centre in Moscow to provide computer processing of geophysical data on oil, gas and coal deposits in the Russian Federation: the venture will provide analysis of existing deposits and do interpretation of data from potential new fields; a spokesman for the centre says all data produced will be compatible with the accepted international standards; the joint venture is also one of Moscow’s few reseller’s of workstations, offering Russian geophysical enterprises IBM Corp RS/6000 and Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstations, plus training and support, with payment possible in roubles; Landmark Sovgeo was formed in 1992 by Landmark Graphics Corp, which ash 60%, Jebco Seismic (UK) Ltd, 10%, the Rosvneshgeo corporation, 15% and the VNII Zarubezhgeologiya research institute 15%; it is capitalised at $360,000.
