The Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) has kicked off the 2024 Bangladesh Offshore Bid Round. It is the first bid round since 2012 to offer offshore acreage, comprising fifteen deep water and nine shallow water blocks.

TGS, a leading provider of energy data and intelligence, in partnership with SLB and Petrobangla, has acquired a 2D multi-client seismic data survey that has widespread coverage across offshore Bangladesh, encompassing over 75,000 square kilometers across all 24 blocks on offer in the bid round. Acquisition of this 12,636-line kilometer 2D seismic survey was completed in April 2023. The final PSTM-processed products are available now, and the final PSDM products will be available in May 2024.

“The Bengal Fan is one of the world’s largest deep-water fans with significant evidence of working petroleum systems. It is widely considered one of the most extensively underexplored frontier regions. With limited existing offshore Bangladesh data, this new high-quality seismic, combined with the revised Production Sharing Contract 2023 (PSC), is a critical component for companies to evaluate and submit competitive bids for the blocks on offer in the Bid Round,” David Hajovsky, Executive Vice President of Multi-Client at TGS, said.

Interested parties are invited to submit bids over the following six-month period post-announcement.