The company’s 2008 Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) seismic activity is expected to cover around 6,000 sq km of 3D and 2,500 sq km of 4D surveys.
The seismic acquisition vessels secured through the deal include three petroleum geo-service vessels. They are the Ramform Challenger, the Ramform Sovereign and the Atlantic Explorer. The remaining three veseels are Fugro Geoteam’s Geo Celtic, Wavefield Inseis’s Geowave Commander and Western Geco’s Geco Triton.
Bjarte Ydstebo, Statoil’s vice president for drilling and well acquisitions, said: The six vessels allow us to map large areas and the seismic data will give us a better foundation for finding drilling targets on the NCS.
The deal is estimated to be worth NOK1.8 billion.
