Sri Lanka is hoping for renewed offshore exploration activities this year led by French giant Total, which is likely to soon begin a major 2D seismic data acquisition campaign on two deep-water blocks, writes Nishant Ugal.

Schlumberger subsidiary Western­Geco is expected to carry out the 2D seismic campaign for Total in two joint-study deep-water blocks, J5 and J6, in the Ceylon offshore basin off the country’s east coast.