Shearwater has won a contract from TGS for a big ocean bottom seismic deepwater ROV project in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Shearwater has won a contract from TGS for a big ocean bottom seismic deepwater ROV project in the US Gulf of Mexico.
This will be Shearwater’s first OBS ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) survey.
‘Shearwater has an extensive track record of innovation and commercial success in ocean bottom seismic. By adding deepwater OBS ROV operations we are now the only company able to offer a complete portfolio of towed-streamer and ocean bottom seismic marine acquisition and processing geophysical services,’ said Irene Waage Basili, CEO of Shearwater GeoServices. The company will have three OBS crews operating in 2020.
Two Shearwater vessels, the SW Diamond and SW Emerald, will be used for the project, equipped with three high-capacity sources, each composed of three sub-arrays. This investment in a new source configuration will allow two source vessels to be used instead of three for the survey, with a consequent increase in efficiency and reduction in operational greenhouse gas emissions.
The survey will commence in Q2 2020 and is scheduled to be completed over four months.
