A consortium comprising of three major seismic data companies have won a tender for rights to carry out a seismic program offshore Malaysia.
The program, to be run by PGS, TGS and Schlumberger WesternGeco, will be the first time the waters, offshore Sabah, have been open to the MultiClient model.
The move follows an initiative by Petronas to stimulate offshore exploration. Through Malaysia Petroleum Management, Petronas opened up the Sabah waters to the MultiClient model.
Offshore Sabah sits in an active fold-and-thrust province that hosts a number of proven hydrocarbon accumulations, says Schlumberger WesterGeco. An extension of the Brunei Baram Delta play, the primary exploration target has been Miocene deltaics with some younger Pliocene.
"With exploration and drilling progressing into deeper frontier waters, there is potential for new plays in the carbonate and syn-rift section," the firm says. "This large basin will benefit from modern, high resolution broadband 3D seismic necessary to understand both the existing play concepts and new potential plays."
The consortium is planning to apply a combination of the industry's most advanced technology solutions including multi-sensor acquisition using PGS' GeoStreamer and WesternGeco IsoMetrix marine isometric seismic technology, PGS' Towed Streamer EM technology and advanced broadband 2D acquisition and processing techniques.