PGS has completed the acquisition of a GeoStreamer X survey in the UK sector of the North Sea over the Kraken field, East of Shetland.
PGS has completed the acquisition of a GeoStreamer X survey in the UK sector of the North Sea over the Kraken field, East of Shetland.
The vessel Ramform Vanguard acquired the multi-client survey, covering two new azimuths of 200 km2, in July 2021. First GeoStreamer X data will be available Q2 2022.
The GeoStreamer X survey was prefunded by the P1575 group in order to fully evaluate the development potential of a new western area and nearfield opportunities (ILX).
The Kraken field lies in Blocks 9/2b and 9/2c within the P1575 licence. The reservoir is in oil-bearing Paleocene Heimdal sands. Kraken North, Central, and South are produced using an FPSO. P1575 group comprises EnQuest as operator, owning a 70.5% interest, and Cairn Energy (29.5%).
Sónia Pereira, PGS vice-president data sales Europe, said: ‘With GeoStreamer X data, both exploration and production teams achieve better illumination in their targeted areas, which enables much-improved fault definition and saves drill time with accurate targeted positioning. A key part of this project was to see any nearfield potential that could be explored and tied back to the Kraken field.’
