Abstract：The Mozambique Basin has favorable hydrocarbon potential based on the analysis of regional geology and geological conditions. However geology analysis has been limited due to the low exploration in the basin. In 2012,the Mozambican government called for bids on multi-client projects. BGP has successfully obtained a multi-client license for onshore project in the Mozambique Basin. Seismic survey deployment design is very important for the project itself and for data package sales in the future. Based on a comprehensive analysis of hydrocarbon potential,exploration status,and existed issues in previous exploration of the area,we put forward in this paper an idea of seismic line design for regional reconnaissance. This idea gets positive responses from a few companies. TGS and BGP have signed a cooperation agreement of the project. EXXON,SHELL,DELONEX and other oil companies accept also this idea. This seismic design has laid a favorable foundation for later data package sales.
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