Searcher are delighted to announce that it has mobilised and commenced acquisition of its Pelotas Basin MC3D survey, Offshore Brazil. The 12,000 sq.km 3D survey will be acquired over two phases completed in 2024 and early 2025. The survey is being conducted by its partner Shearwater GeoServices and represents the fifth multi-client 3D survey project for the joint venture and the sixth by Searcher over the Atlantic Conjugate Margin.
The acquisition area of the 3D covers a significant amount of open acreage which is expected to be available in the 5th cycle of the Brazilian offshore Open Acreage Release and over existing acreage recently awarded in the 4th cycle of the same Open Acreage Release. The resulting data from the 3D will aid explorers in understanding the geological setting of the Pelotas Basin and reveal the relationship between the conjugate margin pairs of the Pelotas Basin and the Orange Basin in Namibia and South Africa, which is increasingly being recognised as an emerging super basin of global interest and significance.
“It is great to be kicking off exploration in the least explored tertiary-cretaceous delta on earth, the Pelotas Basin. We are delighted to be leading the way in the Basin and look forward to the acquisition on new seismic data will fast track exploration in this exciting area.
The shear size of our survey, acquiring such a large amount of open acreage in such an unexplored area is really exciting and we are driven by the possibilities that this survey will open up for further exploration opportunities in the near future.
This project is an excellent opportunity for us to extend the great work we have been doing in the Orange Basin across into the Pelotas Basin.” Said Alan Hopping, Managing Director, Searcher.
Searcher are forecasting that PostSTM Fast Track Stacks will be available in Q3 2024 and preSDM Stacks will be available in Q3 2025.
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