The 3D shoot will cover an area of 1800 square kilometres in the western Barents, complementing Spectrum’s existing data coverage that will span a total of nearly 20,000 square kilometres over potential and prospective acreage to be offered in the round.

The survey is aimed at enhancing imaging of Palaeocene-Eocene and Jurassic-Cretaceous structures, as well as Late Cretaceous marine sands, according to the Oslo-listed contractor.

Spectrum,