TGS details frontier seismic aims offshore Australasia

July 31, 2014
TGS will acquire its largest 3D seismic survey to date in the Asia/Pacific region offshore South Australia.

Offshore staff

ASKER, Norway ā€“ TGS will acquire its largest 3D seismic survey to date in the Asia/Pacific region offshore South Australia.

Nerites Season 2 will cover 13,000 sq km (5,019 sq mi) in the Great Australian Bight over blocks EPP44 and EPP45, located mainly in thedeepwater Ceduna sub-basin.

Dolphin Geophysicalā€™sPolar Duchess and another of the companyā€™s vessels will start acquiring the data in either 4Q 2014 or 1Q 2015. TGS will process the data using its proprietary broadband technology Clari-Fi, and aims to deliver final data to clients in 2Q 2016.

Offshore northwest New Zealand, TGS has begun the regulatory approval process to perform a 17,000-km (10,563-mi) 2D survey over the Reinga, Northland, and Taranaki basins.

It aims to conduct the program between 4Q 2014 and 2Q 2015, with the M/VAquila Explorer acquiring the data and TGS handling processing.

West of Shetland, the company will complete its 2014 European acquisition season with a new 900-sq km (347-sq mi) 3D survey, to be acquired by the M/VNaila towing 12 streamers at 6,000 m (19,685 ft) cable length.

TGS will process the data using Clari-Fi and will issue the results to clients next spring.

07/31/2014