PGS has won a contract for a high-fidelity 3D exploration programme from a supermajor offshore Egypt.
PGS has won a contract for a high-fidelity 3D exploration programme from a supermajor offshore Egypt.
The survey will be acquired using an extended long offset (ELO) configuration with Ramform Tethys towing a wide multi-sensor GeoStreamer spread with an additional source vessel several kilometres ahead. This will enable efficient recording of offsets up to 16 km, critical for imaging deeper complex exploration targets, said PGS. The source vessel will be towing a specially designed low-frequency source.
The ELO survey design combines optimal spatial sampling for better subsurface imaging together with long offset acquisition for accurate velocity model-building.
‘This contract secures PGS vessels to operate in Egyptian waters until May 2021, building on an extended campaign for several supermajors since July 2020. In a rapidly changing energy market, exploration seismic requires increasingly advanced survey designs, such as the ELO configuration, to generate high-quality seismic data in complex geologies,’ said Nathan Oliver, EVP sales and services at PGS.
The deal is expected to be completed in mid-2021.
