The first one, in Santos, is from Spectrum (TGS) and has an acquisition area of 9,555.67 km². It covers 10 Open Acreage blocks adjacent to a portion of the basin which received a lot of interest in the past two cycles, with 5 blocks acquired on the 2nd Cycle and another 8 on the 3rd. According to a schedule on Ibama’s portal, activities are being planned to take place between January 2023 and July 2023.
CGG also requested a seismic acquisition license with 4,610.53 km², on an area in Espírito Santo which covers a block from Repsol and partially covers a block from CNOOC, as well as some open acreage. This acquisition is set to begin in October 2022 and should take around 150 days.