Scheduled to be carried out in conjunction with project partner MAGE, the survey is due to start in March 2015 and will include the Goban Spur, Porcupine and Slyne Basins. It will include well-tie to more than 30 exploration wells.
The 2D seismic survey will also include the Connemara and Burren oil fields and the Spanish Point gas discovery.
Searcher Seismic Norway country manager Jan Gunnar Opsal said the rift systems associated with these basins are among the most interesting exploration targets in the North Atlantic, with recent drilling results indicating considerable oil potential.
Gunnar said: "The Flemish Basin on the Canadian side of the Atlantic Rift was located adjacent to the Goban Spur / Southern Porcupine Basins until Aptian time, suggesting the possibility that similar play types may be revealed within the Echidna survey area."
"The survey will cover the Goban Spur, Porcupine and Slyne Basins, and includes well-tie to more than 30 exploration wells."
A +8 km streamer will be used to undertake the Echidna survey and standard deliverables will include both time and depth image processing.
