Logo of Phnom Penh Post newspaper Phnom Penh Post - KrisEnergy survey completed

KrisEnergy survey completed

Content image - Phnom Penh Post
Shearwater Geoservices deployed its vessel, the SW Vespucci, to carry out a 1,200sq km 3D seismic survey of Cambodia’s offshore Block A for Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd. Shearwater Geoservices

KrisEnergy survey completed

Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd, which operates Cambodia’s offshore Block A, has completed a 1,200sq km 3D seismic survey of the block, according to the company’s press release on Friday.

The survey was completed on time and without any health, safety or environmental incidents said the release.

On June 25, KrisEnergy announced Shearwater Geoservices Singapore Pte Ltd had been awarded the turnkey broadband seismic contract through the wholly-owned subsidiary, KrisEnergy (Apsara) Company Limited.

Shearwater Geoservices deployed its vessel, the SW Vespucci, to carry out the survey.

KrisEnergy investor relations and corporate communications vice-president Tanya Pang told The Post on Sunday that the survey data has been sent for processing.

“The data will provide valuable information of the subsurface over two distinct areas – partially the Apsara development area and also a large portion of Block A where there has been very little data so far and has good potential for further hydrocarbon discoveries,” she said.

She said the data from the Apsara development area will be used to refine the drilling of the development wells in the field.

However, Pang could not provide the exact date that the Kingdom’s first drop of oil would be extracted.

“We cannot state a definite date for the first oil as there are many stages to the project that are interdependent, notwithstanding issues outside of our control such as weather. But we will continue to work all processes in parallel,” she said.

KrisEnergy claimed in March that it will be able to meet its schedule to extract its first drop of oil “late this year”.

The company owns 95 per cent of the Apsara oil field in Block A, while the Cambodian government owns the remaining five per cent.

MOST VIEWED

  • Joy as Koh Ker Temple registered by UNESCO

    Cambodia's Koh Ker Temple archaeological site has been officially added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, during the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 17. The ancient temple, also known as Lingapura or Chok Gargyar, is located in

  • Famed US collector family return artefacts to Cambodia

    In the latest repatriation of ancient artefacts from the US, a total of 33 pieces of Khmer cultural heritage will soon return home, according to the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. In a September 12 press statement, it said the US Attorney’s Office for the

  • Tina rebuffs ‘false claims’ over falling paddy price

    Agriculture minister Dith Tina has shed light on the trade of paddy rice in Battambang – Cambodia’s leading rice-producing province – in a bid to curb what he dubs a “social media fact distortion campaign” to destabilise the market. While acknowledging that the prices of paddy

  • Cambodia set to celebrate Koh Ker UNESCO listing

    To celebrate the inscription of the Koh Ker archaeological site on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, the Ministry of Cults and Religion has appealed to pagodas and places of worship to celebrate the achievement by ringing bells, shaking rattles and banging gongs on September 20. Venerable

  • Kampot curfew imposed to curb ‘gang’ violence

    Kampot provincial police have announced measures to contain a recent spike in antisocial behaviour by “unruly’ youth. Officials say the province has been plagued by recent violence among so-called “gang members”, who often fight with weapons such as knives and machetes. Several social observers have

  • PM outlines plans to discuss trade, policy during US visit

    Prime Minister Hun Manet is set to meet with senior US officials and business leaders during his upcoming visit to the US for the UN General Assembly (UNGA), scheduled for September 20. While addressing nearly 20,000 workers in Kampong Speu province, Manet said he aims to affirm