PGS has named its new 106m 3D seismic vessel the PGS Apollo, which has just been completed at a Spanish shipyard in Vigo.
PGS Apollo is equipped with 10 full-length streamers and 12 streamer reels and is aimed at the medium-capacity segment of the survey market.
Petroleum Geo Services says the vessel will be a valuable supplement to its existing high-capacity Ramform fleet, in which there has been significant recent further investment.
With a transit speed of 18 knots, the Apollo is designed to move rapidly between jobs, cutting non-productive steaming time by several days.
PGS says several new equipment-handling features and maritime components are implemented on this ship, including a “low-resistance hull” for increased fuel efficiency; a new acoustic source handling solution, and central location of the streamer reels.
In addition to the state-of-the-art seismic and maritime equipment, the new vessel is rigged with processing nodes, disk storage and tape drives capable of supporting full onboard seismic data processing.
The PGS Apollo will enter production, after a brief shakedown, with a 10-streamer project in the North Sea.