TGS, CGG and BGP have signed a multi-client agreement to acquire data in Suriname with the state-owned Staatsolie .
TGS, CGG and BGP have signed a multi-client agreement to acquire data in Suriname with the state-owned Staatsolie.
The deal will enable the consortium to acquire, promote and license multi-client seismic programmes, including new 3D acquisition and legacy data reprocessing, in the shallow water acreage offshore Suriname.
Suriname’s shallow offshore acreage includes three blocks recently awarded, and current open acreage slated to be offered in a competitive bid round for 2023. It is hoped that the new seismic data from the consortium’s multi-client programmes will be instrumental in delineating the prospectivity and potential of this underexplored area – which is on trend with the recent material discoveries announced on the prolific block 58.
Plans are in place to start acquiring the 3D seismic data in the shallow offshore area from Q4 2021 with first products being made available during H1 2022.
BGP will deploy its 3D vessel BGP Prospector on phase one of the project.
Sophie Zurquiyah, CEO, CGG, said: ‘This major new programme marks our return to the Guyana-Suriname basin after our successful campaign in the Stabroek block. The resulting data will bring new insight and potentially extend the trend of recent significant discoveries to the shallow waters of Suriname.
