{"id":15183,"date":"2025-09-03T07:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15183"},"modified":"2025-09-03T07:28:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:28:03","slug":"ghana-shearwater-to-undertake-first-deepwater-ocean-bottom-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/ghana-shearwater-to-undertake-first-deepwater-ocean-bottom-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"GHANA: Shearwater to Undertake First Deepwater Ocean Bottom Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shearwater Geoservices AS has been awarded a deepwater Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic survey in Ghana\u2019s Jubilee and TEN fields, operated by Tullow and its partners.<br>It will be the first deepwater OBN project offshore Ghana, following Shearwater\u2019s successful recent deployment of the SW<em>\u00a0<\/em>Tasman vessel and Pearl node OBN platform in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire and Angola. The two-month survey is scheduled to begin in the last quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SW Tasman and Pearl node platform have been continuously deployed offshore West Africa since late 2024, first executing the inaugural OBN survey offshore C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire before mobilising to consecutive surveys offshore Angola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese projects demonstrate Shearwater\u2019s role in pioneering new technology in new regions, delivering operational excellence and industry-leading survey efficiency and data quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By delivering the first OBN project in Ghana and other surveys across this part of Africa, we are opening new geophysical frontiers \u2013 combining precision, innovation and commitment to responsible resource exploration,\u201d said Irene Waage Basili, the CEO of Shearwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jubilee and TEN fields have been central to Tullow\u2019s operations for nearly two decades. This first OBN survey is expected to further enhance reservoir imaging, helping unlock deeper insights to inform field development and production strategies. It follows a streamer survey executed by Shearwater over the Jubilee and TEN fields in early 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shearwater Geoservices AS has been awarded a deepwater Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic survey in Ghana\u2019s Jubilee and TEN fields, operated by Tullow and its partners.It will be the first &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/ghana-shearwater-to-undertake-first-deepwater-ocean-bottom-survey\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15184,"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":[160,10645,997,8950,12103,12105,8322,12104,9198,2571],"class_list":["post-15183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-top-news","category-west-africa","tag-angola","tag-cote-divoire-2","tag-ghana","tag-jubilee","tag-obn-seismic-survey","tag-pearl-node","tag-shearwater-geoservices","tag-sw-tasman-vessel","tag-ten-field","tag-tullow-oil","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Shearwater-Tasman-ROV-For-PR.jpg?fit=1280%2C705&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3WT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15261,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-publishes-reserves-report-as-of-30-june-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":15183,"position":0},"title":"Tullow publishes reserves report as of 30 June 2025","author":"","date":"September 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has published its mid-year 2025 reserves report. Reserves estimates for Ghana have been extracted from a reserves report (dated 26 September 2025) prepared by the appointed external auditor, TRACS International Limited, based on data available to the end of June 2025. Reserves estimates for C\u00f4te d'Ivoire\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Tullow-Oil.jpg?fit=713%2C476&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Tullow-Oil.jpg?fit=713%2C476&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Tullow-Oil.jpg?fit=713%2C476&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Tullow-Oil.jpg?fit=713%2C476&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15346,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/ghana-tullow-oil-announces-november-trading-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":15183,"position":1},"title":"GHANA: Tullow Oil announces November trading update","author":"","date":"November 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Jubilee oil production in 2025 has averaged c.61 kbopd (c.23.9 kbopd net) to end-October. 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