Spectrum has been granted the Tender Area 2 Broadband 2D multi-client seismic survey encompassing the southern Rovuma and north-eastern Zambezi Basins, offshore Mozambique.

The company was chosen based on an offer to put forward proposals for Tender Areas 1 - 7 for new multi-client data acquisition projects offshore Mozambique. The invitation was issued by the Government of the Republic of Mozambique, via the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy and the Instituto Nacional de Petróleo.

According to Spectrum, the new seismic data will image the subsurface potential in open areas of the southern Rovuma Basin and the western flanks of the Kerimbas Graben, west of the Davie Fracture Zone, showing the prospectivity in the region for the first time.The company added that the 2D data will help in pointing out the hydrocarbon potential of the area and fast track the hydrocarbon exploration activity in oil-dominated region offshore Mozambique, Offshore Energy Today reports.

Anita Fatunji