
TGS to enhance seismic survey for Timor-Leste and Australia offshore licensing rounds
The company is reprocessing the Kyranis 3D seismic survey, which covers blocks in current exploration license rounds offshore Timor-Leste and Australia.
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The company is reprocessing the Kyranis 3D seismic survey, which covers blocks in current exploration license rounds offshore Timor-Leste and Australia.

The two-and-a-half-month project will commence in April 2021 and will be conducted by the SW Vespucci.

The wildcat wells will be drilled about 10 km west of the Fram field.

The contract is for Velesto’s jack-up rig NAGA 4 to drill seven firm wells, with an estimated contract value of US$17.68 million.

The agreement includes both 3D new acquisition offshore the Lamu Basin and reimaging vintage data offshore Kenya.

The duration of the survey is approximately four months and will be executed in 2021 using the company's ZXPLR deepwater ocean bottom node technology.

The agreement with BP will allow Petrobras to hold a 100% interest in the six blocks.

The Maersk Viking drillship will drill four development wells at the Gumusut-Kakap project offshore Malaysia.

The discovery in Block 15/06 is estimated between 200 and 250 million barrels of oil in place.

Qatar Petroleum will hold a 45% participating interest in the PEL 39 exploration license pertaining to Block 2913A and Block 2914B, while Shell (the operator) will hold a 45% interest, and the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR) will hold the remaining 10% interest.

The latest version of the map browser is the result of a year-long process of data conditioning and geological interpretation to supply customers with the most up-to-date and comprehensive interpreted well and map data suite available for the region.

Deltic estimates that the Pensacola Prospect contains gross P50 Prospective Resources of 309 billion ft3 (with a P90-P10 range of 39 billion ft3 to 1181 billion ft3).