{"id":15140,"date":"2025-07-03T06:33:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15140"},"modified":"2025-07-03T06:33:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:33:58","slug":"sao-tome-principe-shearwater-awarded-3d-contract-by-totalenergies-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/sao-tome-principe-shearwater-awarded-3d-contract-by-totalenergies-in\/","title":{"rendered":"SAO TOME &amp; PRINCIPE: Shearwater awarded 3D contract by TotalEnergies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shearwater Geoservices AS has been awarded a 3D marine seismic acquisition contract by TotalEnergies in Sao Tome &amp; Principe on the STP-02 Block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two-month exploration survey off the coast of Western Africa will start early in the third quarter of 2025 using the SW Empress, one of the world\u2019s most capable 3D seismic vessels. TotalEnergies entered the offshore exploration block STP02 in 2024 and operates the block on behalf of its partners, ANP-STP and Sonangol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shearwater CEO Irene Waage Basili commented: \u201cThis award marks the initiation of our extended collaboration with TotalEnergies, as it will be the first project after the recently announced seismic capacity agreement, which is an important strategic platform for both companies, providing Shearwater with long-term visibility on future demand, while also supporting TotalEnergies\u2019 global exploration strategy with industry leading geophysical technology and assets\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shearwater Geoservices AS has been awarded a 3D marine seismic acquisition contract by TotalEnergies in Sao Tome &amp; Principe on the STP-02 Block. The two-month exploration survey off the coast &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/sao-tome-principe-shearwater-awarded-3d-contract-by-totalenergies-in\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,11,7444],"tags":[12084,2272,8322,12085,12086,9339],"class_list":["post-15140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-top-news","category-west-africa","tag-sao-tome-principe-2","tag-seismic","tag-shearwater-geoservices","tag-stp-02-block","tag-sw-empress","tag-totalenergies","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Shearwater-BW-Empress.png?fit=1175%2C530&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3Wc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14382,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/sao-tome-principe-totalenergies-acquires-an-offshore-exploration-license\/","url_meta":{"origin":15140,"position":0},"title":"SAO TOME &amp; PRINCIPE: TotalEnergies Acquires an Offshore Exploration License","author":"","date":"July 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"TotalEnergies has signed an agreement to acquire a\u00a060% interest and operatorship in Block\u00a0STP02, offshore Sao Tome and Principe, from the Ag\u00eancia Nacional do Petrol\u00e9o de S. 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