Polarcus starts multi-client project offshore Australia
DUBAI -- Polarcus has announced the commencement of a new RightBAND multi-client project over the Vulcan Sub-basin, offshore the North West Shelf, Australia.
The Cygnus 3D Survey is being acquired with joint investment from Spectrum and DownUnder GeoSolutions, and it is supported by industry funding. The survey will comprise a minimum of 4,000 km2 and is designed to provide exploration companies with a high-quality, basin-wide broadband seismic dataset over this proven hydrocarbon province.
Historically, sub-optimal acquisition and processing strategies have not been able to address the geological and geophysical challenges including the energy absorption and multiple issues caused by the thick Late Cretaceous-Tertiary carbonates.
Polarcus will acquire this survey using a XArray configuration: 10 x 112.5 m x 8,100 m with a 12.5 m triple source shot interval and continuous recording, delivering 33% improved cross line sampling with real data (no interpolation). Processing will be done by DownUnder GeoSolutions through a broadband Pre-SDM workflow and final processed data will be available from the third quarter of 2016 with Pre-STM fast track data available from the first quarter of 2016.
