Seismic specialist Spectrum is underway with a multi-client 3D survey in the Levantine basin offshore Lebanon in the eastern Mediterranean.

The 2,200 sq km survey will cover both the northern part of the frontier Levantine basin and the basin margins, and is located directly north of Spectrum’s recent 3,052 sq km multiclient 3D shoot acquired last year. New survey lines fall within Blocks 1, 3, 5 and 6 of the first Lebanese offshore licensing round, as announced by the Lebanese government in the official round opening on 30 April.

The 12-streamer Polarcus vessel Adira has started acquisition and is scheduled to finish in early June, with a fast-track product being made available for delivery to clients by mid-July this year. The final processed product will be available by the end of August.

Successful interpretation of existing 3D data acquired by Spectrum last year has triggered the execution of its further acquisition to the north of the original survey, said the company. The 2012 data indicate that these areas offshore Lebanon have a high likelihood for generation and trapping of thermogenic hydrocarbons. It also indicates large, simple structures with a compelling reservoir case, suggesting that exploration drilling should provide good results.

The Lebanese sector lies close to where major deepwater gas finds such as Tamar, Leviathan and Cyprus A have been made offshore Israel and Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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