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Western Geco begins wide-azimuth survey in Bay of Campeche
WESTERN Geco, the geophysical services and subsurface data subsidiary of the global oilfield services giant Schlumberger, revealed last week that it had begun work on WAZ-6, a multi-cli- ent wide-azimuth survey offshore Mexico, in the Bay of Campeche
According to the company, the survey will cover a 5,080-square km area in the Salina del Istmo Basin. It will mark the first effort to collect 3D data from the target acreage, which includes the Zama oilfield. Talos Energy discov- ered oil in Zama-1, a well drilled within the site known as Block 7, in 2017. At the time, it said it had discovered a 335.3-metre contiguous gross oil-bearing area in Upper Miocene sandstones.
Western Geco did not name the clients that had hired it to carry out this project. However, it did state that it intended to deliver the results of the wide-azimuth survey before the end of 2020. It also said it would use cloud computing services in order to speed up the processing of
its 3D data.
The company further stated that it would
employ a variety of advanced imaging tech- nologies with the aim of improving reservoir continuity and ensuring reliable amplitude and quantitative interpretation analysis. This will reduce risk prior to drilling and improve explo- ration success rates, it said.
Maurice Nessim, the president of Western Geco, said his company was well positioned to execute the contract because of its previous experience in the area. “The WAZ-6 project builds on our vast subsurface understanding of Campeche and will help clients solve their illu- mination and imaging challenges in this geolog- ically complex area,” he said. “We have acquired and processed more than 72,000 square km of new WAZ data and reimaged around 95,000 square km in the Campeche Basin alone. This is part of our commitment to help our clients accelerate their exploration plans.” ™
COLOMBIA
SPEC LNG and partners to offer additional LNG services at FSRU in Cartagena
COLOMBIA’S Sociedad Portuaria El Cayao, known as SPEC LNG, has teamed up with three other companies to make additional services available at its LNG import facility, which is located in Cartagena.
In a statement, the company said it had final- ised a joint development agreement with Ave- nir LNG (UK), Calamari LNG (Colombia) and
Hoegh LNG (Norway).
The document states that the parties will pro-
vide several new services to customers directly from the Hoegh Grace, the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) that Hoegh LNG has deployed offshore Colombia.
SPEC LNG did not divulge full details of the agreement.
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SPEC LNG has a 20-year charter for the Hoegh Grace FSRU (Photo: Hoegh LNG)
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