Following previous surveys in the area, the Ice Bear survey will extend the existing WesternGeco West Loppa datasets to the North and West.
WesternGeco Europe & Africa GeoSolutions manager Phil Davey said the study area is located on the rim of the Bjørnøya Basin, on the west flank of the Loppa High and includes a large downthrown terrace in the North together with other Jurassic faulted structures, all of which have potential.
Building on previous 2D datasets, the Ice Bear survey will consist of approximately 2500sq km of 3D seismic data, acquired using 10X7km streamers.
Advanced acquisition techniques coupled with demultiple processing using the WesternGeco 3D GSMP General Surface Multiple Prediction technology will provide high-quality 3D data.
Acquisition started on 10 July 2011, and the fast-track data will be available in November 2011
