Shearwater to shoot seismic over Woodside’s SNE field

Geoservices player Shearwater has been awarded a contract for a 3D seismic survey over the SNE field area located in Senegalese waters. 

Australia’s Woodside is the operator of the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD) joint venture, which contains the SNE field development. Other partners in the field are Cairn Energy, FAR Limited, and Petrosen.

In a 1Q 2019 update on Tuesday, FAR said that, subsequent to the quarter, Shearwater had been awarded a high-definition 3D marine seismic survey contract to improve reservoir definition supporting SNE well positioning and optimization.

FAR also added that the survey is scheduled to start in June 2019. However, the company has not the revealed further details about the contract.

As previously reported, Woodside has also recently awarded well-based contracts for drilling at the SNE field development to two Diamond Offshore-owned drillships. The work scope includes 18 wells with options for eight additional wells over a combined duration of four years……

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