Offshore staff
WEST PERTH, Australia – Searcher Seismic has entered an agreement with BP Canada and Hess Canada concerning brokerage of their Tangier 3D seismic offshore Nova Scotia, eastern Canada.
The Tangier 3D seismic survey comprises 8,502-sq km (3,282-sq mi) of wide-azimuth (WAZ) 3D data over the central portion of the Scotian basin.
According to Searcher, releasing the data will for the first time give geoscientists access to a high-resolution WAZ 3D dataset over the prospective province.
Prior to the Tangier 3D acquisition, the company added, imaging of thick Cretaceous and Jurassic clastic sequences in the lower slope and basin floor had been complicated by imaging issues below an extensive salt canopy – similar to experience in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
The 3D data and high-resolution Kirchhoff and RTM depth processed volumes are said to improve imaging of the subsalt sequences, their sand fairways and direct hydrocarbon indicators.
The survey was acquired in the central, sand prone portion of the Nova Scotia margin. In Searcher’s view, the Aspy D-11 well drilled within the Tangier 3D area proved a working oil-generative system, and further analysis has revealed additional potential in the basin.
Neil Hodgson, Searcher’s Vice President—Geoscience, said: “The recent release of BP Canada’s Tangier exploration license presents explorers with a unique opportunity to explore the plays imaged by this…dataset.”
Hodgson added: “With CNSOPB’s recent completion of the area’s Strategic Environmental Assessment, a call for bids is expected to be announced this year. Improved terms coupled with the need for easily accessible energy supply provides explorers with a series of world-class opportunities to target the huge potential and quick route to market.”
3/31/2022
