Nordic Maritime awarded new 2D seismic survey contract

By Romel S. Gurky

Singapore-based Nordic Maritime Pte. Ltd., a leading offshore service operator, announced on Wednesday it has been awarded the contract to provide 2D seismic survey work in Indonesia by MultiClient Geophysical (Pte) Ltd. (MCG).

This survey is expected to commence in December 2014 and will take approximately 60 days to complete.

The vessel to undertake this contract will be the S/V Nordic Bahari and the survey will consist of two parts: a regional long offset program of minimum 1,753km offshore Lombok and smaller program of minimum 1,014km offshore East Sulawesi.

Nordic Maritime?s Executive Director, Kjell Gauksheim said: ?We are delighted to announce this new contract from MCG just before the end of the 2014 for our vessel, S/V Nordic Bahari. With our established track record in successfully completing similar projects, our client can be assured of our professionalism and high quality standards in servicing them. We look forward to acquiring more of such seismic surveys contracts in the coming year. ?

Nordic Maritime also offices in Jakarta, specialising in the operation and management of Indonesian flagged vessels.

Nordic operates in strict compliance with International Maritime Organisation?s (IMO) International Safety Management Code (ISM) and to secure the best environmental operations (ISO 14001:2004) is accredited by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, and Indonesia Classification (BKI) respectively.

Nordic is a member of the International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC).

Editing by Johannes Simbolon