Hartshead Resources NL (ASX:HHR) has issued an invitation for industry contractors to tender for a geophysical survey across the Anning and Somerville fields in the UK as it looks to advance the Phase I project towards production.
The main objectives of this geophysical survey will be to provide HHR with an understanding of the condition and integrity of the seabed at the Anning and Somerville field locations.
It will also provide vital information about a pipeline route and third party transportation infrastructure.
The company is focused on its 100%-owned Production Seaward Licence P2607 comprising of five blocks which contain four existing gas fields in the UK Southern Gas Basin.
HHR expects to award the contract, with a vessel secured to complete offshore operations, between July and September this year.
The survey will consist of the following components:
- A pipeline route survey and seabed core sampling in the vicinity of the Anning and Somerville fields for the purpose of future pipelines between the Anning and Somerville platform jackets and to third-party transportation infrastructure.
- The collection of geophysical and seabed feature data to assist platform design and installation contractors, jack-up rig owners and insurers.
- A shallow gas and top hole hazard survey.
- An environmental seabed assessment of sediment chemistry and conditions alongside the identification and location of any prioritised marine habitats.
Hartshead expects tenders to be received by the end of May and a technical and commercial bid evaluation process will be conducted in June.
Offshore operations are expected to be completed during the summer weather window of July-September 2022.