Block operator Pitkin Petroleum’s seismic acquisition program which was originally scheduled to commence in April 2009 was deferred to November 2009 when weather conditions were more favorable for onshore seismic acquisition. They contracted BGP, a Chinese geophysical contractor, to acquire 2D seismic area over the Sablayan and San Jose areas in southern Mindoro. Actual recording started in late November 2009 and was completed on May 14, 2010. BGP acquired a total of 200 line–kilometers of onshore 2D seismic data.
Immediately after the survey completion, Pitkin Petroleum sent out tenders for the reprocessing of the acquired seismic data set. The processing contract was eventually awarded to PT Horizon Indonesia, a subsidiary of Fugro, which carried out the processing work from August to December 2010. Pitkin likewise started to reprocess about 200 line-kilometers of vintage seismic data in offshore Sablayan area with the Singapore-based CGGVeritas as geophysical contractor. As of time of writing, the offshore data reprocessing still continues in Singapore. |
