US-exploration firm Anadarko Petroleum has awarded French geoscience outfit CGG a contract to acquire and process a 16,314sq km 3D seismic survey offshore Colombia.
The survey will be the largest marine seismic program ever acquired in Colombia and follows CGG’s successful completion of Anadarko’s 5500sq km 3D Fuerte survey offshore Colombia in 2013.
The survey, covering portions of the Col-1 and Col-2 blocks, will be acquired by the Oceanic Sirius (pictured) and Oceanic Vega seismic vessels - CGG's flagships.
Each vessel will tow a 12 x 120 x 8100m spread using Sercel’s Sentinel steerable solid streamers and CGG’s proprietary DovetailTM efficient acquisition solution designed to achieve more regular sampling and reduce infill.
The survey will start in Q2 this year, subject to regulatory approval. The survey data will be processed in CGG’s Houston subsurface imaging center.
Jean-Georges Malcor, CEO, CGG, said: “We are very pleased to have been selected for this important contract, based on our advanced technology, the tight integration between our marine seismic acquisition and subsurface imaging groups and our deep in-country operational experience in Colombia. A project award of this magnitude underlines the confidence Anadarko has in our technology and expertise. We look forward to once again helping Anadarko reach its exploration goals in Colombia.”
Anadarko says its subsidiary Anadarko Colombia Company (ACC) is partnering with Colombia’s national oil company, Ecopetrol, in the early phases of deepwater exploration for oil and natural gas resources offshore Colombia. ACC holds interest in approximately 16 million acres across nine blocks offshore Cartagena.
ACC plans to drill two exploration wells in 2015, each in water depths of greater than 1600m (5250ft). The drilling program will be carried out by a state-of-the-art dynamically positioned drillship.
Colombia is among the top petroleum producing countries in South America, though ACC’s activities are among the first to test the country’s deepwater potential, says Anadarko.
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