PGS completes multi-client 3D survey in North Madura

By Rome S. Gurky

Norway?s seismic services company Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) said its seismic vessel PGS Apollo has completed a triple source multi-client 3D survey in North Madura and is now available for other acquisition projects, as part of PGS' support for the Indonesian government?s plan for licensing new areas in the North Madura / East Java Basin and beyond.

PGS said in a statement on Tuesday that the North Madura 3D is the first multi-client 3D that has been acquired in Indonesia for over six years. PGS Apollo towed a triple source configuration and an efficient spread designed to deal with operational constraints in the locality.

PGS said it has applied modern seismic acquisition methods, including acquisition-based wavefield deghosting, which allows a raft of tailored imaging solutions using dual sensor GeoStreamer? true broadband technology to be deployed.

?North Madura has never lacked drillable prospects, however, the key to success is understanding the petroleum system. In the past, this has posed a serious challenge. Older seismic data has suffered from limited offsets and restricted depth, making it difficult to image newer, deeper plays,? PGS said.

The new data is expected to revolutionize the understanding of the North Madura Platform and its associated grabens:
? GeoStreamer imaging of intra-carbonate reflectors will enable improved porosity estimations at the Kujung (Mid Miocene) level, where there are still a number of untested leads
? The modern broadband data will provide improved illumination under the carbonates to open up the deeper Ngimbang play as well as a potential basement play
? The Ngimbang play (re-proven by the recent Sidayu well) is prevalent in the survey area

PGS said the North Madura 3D multi-client data will be available for viewing in the first quarter of 2018.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak