Shearwater Geoservices AS (Shearwater) has been awarded a seven vessel-months streamer contract by Oil India Limited commencing in the fourth quarter of 2025. The combined 3D and 2D seismic survey will employ two vessels from the Shearwater fleet.

The project covers the Mahanadi and Krishna-Godavari fields and includes the acquisition of approximately 5.000 square kilometres of 3D seismic and more than 4.000 line-kilometres of 2D data.

“Shearwater is returning India for our tenth consecutive season to acquire high-quality data. We are a significant contributor to India’s strategy of lowering the country’s energy deficit, having supported both the National Seismic Program and Indian oil companies with 2D, 3D and OBN data acquisition,” says Irene Waage Basili, CEO of Shearwater. “Building understanding of the geology in this promising region is key to unlocking future investment opportunities for our client.”

About Shearwater

Shearwater is a global marine geoscience and technology business that specialises in collecting data offshore. The organisation uses state-of-the art seismic vessels and equipment to explore beneath the seabed and processes the data using market-leading proprietary software. These insights help clients understand the Earth and make informed decisions about accelerating responsible use of its resources. Shearwater’s headquarters is in Bergen, Norway, with more facilities all around the globe. The company employs around 1100 people.

About OIL

Oil India Limited (OIL), a Navratna PSU, is a fully integrated E&P company in the upstream sector and is the second largest national oil and gas company of India as measured by total proved plus probable oil and natural gas reserves and production in India. OIL is engaged in the business of exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas, transportation of crude oil and production of LPG. It has vast experience in reservoir management and expertise in IOR/EOR operations. OIL also provides various E&P related services to make it a fully integrated E&P Company.

Besides having a Pan-India presence, OIL has Participating Interest in blocks in over eight countries overseas viz. Libya, Gabon, Nigeria, Venezuela, USA, Mozambique, Russia and Bangladesh. The Company also has stake in Numaligarh Refinery Limited, Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited and Assam Petrochemicals Limited. This completes Oil India’s presence in the entire hydrocarbon value chain. OIL also has its presence in Renewable Energy and City Gas Distribution.