Shearwater to conduct 2D seismic survey in Bay of Bengal

Norway’s Shearwater Geoservices has been awarded a large 2D towed streamer seismic survey contract by Oil India Limited (OIL), covering 14,500 line kilometers off India’s East Coast in the Bay of Bengal.

The survey, scheduled to begin in early 2025, is part of India’s National Seismic Program (NSP) and is expected to take approximately five months to complete.

“This contract marks the second NSP survey, and third towed streamer project awarded to Shearwater for this season in India, emphasizing our strong position in the Asia Pacific region,” said Irene Waage Basili, CEO of Shearwater.

Shearwater’s participation in the NSP underscores its growing footprint in the Asia Pacific region as the company continues to secure key seismic survey contracts.

Just recently, Shearwater GeoServices was awarded a major contract for a 2D seismic survey covering 15,500 line kilometers along the continental shelf margin off India’s west coast. 

In February, Shearwater GeoServices was hired to conduct a 3D seismic survey assignment off the east coast of India by the country’s government-owned energy giant, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), as well as to deliver an ocean bottom node (OBN) survey.

In August, the company secured a contract extension of the “major” deepwater OBN survey off the coast of India.