SeaBird Exploration Plc received a contract award to use the MV Harrier Explorer for a 2D seismic survey in West Africa.
The letter of award is for a survey with a minimum size of 2000 km, valued at approximately US$2million. The project is expected to start this month, November 2014, and will have an estimated duration of 20 days.
The 81m-long MV Harrier Explorer is a 2D long-offset/source vessel that was built in 1979 and joined the Seabird fleet after renovations in 2007.
The vessel carries a 12,000m-long ION Solid 2Hz Digistreamer equipped with Teledyne T-2BX geophones. It has six airgun subarrays capable of generating pulses up to 8000cu in.
It was used for a survey off Barbados in 2012-2013, then for a 6000km survey in the Barents Sea in the first half of 2013, followed by a 5000km multiclient survey. This past summer, it was used to acquire 2500km off southwest Ireland, one of two multi-client surveys off northwest Europe.
SeaBird is a global provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, and associated products and services to the oil and gas industry. SeaBird specializes in high quality operations within the high end of the source vessel and 2D market, as well as in the shallow/deep water 2D/3D and 4D market. Main focus for the company is proprietary seismic surveys (contract seismic).
Related news for Seabird in West Africa:
SeaBird awarded Gulf of Guinea contract, 25 August 2014
SeaBird nets new Gulf of Guinea survey, 5 February 2014
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