The Cambridge, England-based imaging specialist said that the multi-client shoot would take in unlicensed areas to be offered by Oslo’s Norwegian Petroleum Directorate in its 23rd round.

As Upstream reported last month, some 34 of the 61 blocks set to be on offer in the round are located in the south-eastern Barents.

The territory - highly sought after by oil companies - had previously been held in dispute with Russia and is being opened up for the first time, although while also drawing