TGS and Schlumberger plan to carry out a 2-D seismic project offshore Egypt.

“Advanced new acquisition and imaging techniques will provide better illumination of complex subsalt structures,” Schlumberger said in a news release.

The project will comprise acquisition of a 10,000-km 2-D long-offset broadband multiclient seismic survey, according to a news release. The project will integrate all legacy seismic and non-seismic data.

Acquisition is set to begin in mid-December with completion anticipated in late first-quarter 2018.

The project is part of an agreement with South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Holding Co, the release said. Schlumberger and TGS have a minimum 15-year period of exclusive multiclient rights in a 70,000-sq-km open area offshore the Egyptian Red Sea.