TGS is to start Snipe Phase 52, a new long-offset 2D multi-client survey in the ultra-deep water, US Central Gulf of Mexico in Q3 this year.
The survey, which will take about 100 days, will include 12,000km of data exending to the US-Mexico international boundary.
The seismic data will be acquired by SeaBird's M/V Osprey Explorer, under a contract worth about $7.5 million, towing 12,000 meter cable length. Final data will be available to clients in Q4 2015.
"The new project will provide long-offset, high resolution data required to image potential reservoirs in the lower Tertiary and deeper, as our understanding of the basin and depositional processes continues to evolve," said Rod Starr, SVP Western Hemisphere for TGS. "The Snipe Phase 52 program will extend to the US-Mexico international boundary and will complement TGS' previously announced plans to acquire 2D data in the southern Gulf of Mexico waters, pending permits from the Mexican authorities."
