Offshore staff
HOUSTON – Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has awarded ION Geophysical Corp. an exclusive agreement for offshore 3D multi-client programs.
The agreement includes both 3D new acquisition over the Lamu basin and reimaging vintage data offshore Kenya.
According to the ION, offshore Kenya is an attractive area with a proven petroleum system; however, it has remained underexplored, in part due to lack of available 3D data. The final shape and size of new 3D programs will be dictated by client input and underwriting.
Joe Gagliardi, senior vice president of ION’s Ventures group, said: “The program will leverage our extensive data library and knowledge offshore Kenya and East Africa. In an increasingly competitive environment for seismic data, we have geographic exclusivity in a promising, underexploited geography to execute our 3D strategy, for both new acquisition and reimaging programs.
“Kenya represents a fourth significant opportunity to diversify our successful 3D reimaging, in addition to Mexico, Brazil and Mauritania.”
04/09/2021
