Norway's Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has been awarded a US$5 million contract to acquire 3D EM data in the Asia-Pacific region.
The contract, with US oil firm Apache, will see the the BOA Thalassa (pictured)start operations in northwest Australia on 25January.
Apache’s holdings in Australia are focused offshore western Australia, in the Carnarvon basin, where it has operated since acquiring the gas processing facilities on Varanus Island, and adjacent producing properties in 1993, in the Exmouth basin, and in the Browse basin. Production operations are located in the Carnarvon and Exmouth basins.