EXPRESSIONS of interest are due in this month to state-owned Petrobangla for a survey vessel that the Bangladesh government is seeking to carry out its own 2D seismic shoots in the Bay of Bengal, writes Amanda Battersby.
The move to acquire its own vessel came after several years of Petrobangla unsuccessfully trying to appoint a third party to acquire multi-client seismic in its territorial waters that it hopes will prove gas-bearing.