Shearwater secures two North Sea seismic campaigns

Shearwater GeoServices will deploy two vessels for four new ocean bottom seismic surveys this summer in the Norwegian North Sea.

Feb 6th, 2019
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BERGEN, Norway – Shearwater GeoServices will deploy two vessels for four new ocean bottom seismic (OBS) surveys this summer in the Norwegian North Sea.

Aker BP has awarded the company a multi-year OBS contract, with the first three surveys to be acquired over the Frosk, Ivar Aasen, and Valhall fields over a four-month period.

The first campaign is due to start in 2Q.

Equinor has commissioned a one-month OBS survey over the Gullfaks field, scheduled to begin in 3Q.

02/06/2019

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