Aminex PLC has commenced a 208 miles (335 kilometer) 2D seismic survey in the Nyuni Area License, offshore Tanzania.

The survey will target the transition zone (shelf area) of the license between the coast and the deep-water section of the block. A combination of ocean bottom cable ("OBC") and a marine seismic source will be used in the shallow water and a land-based seismic source on the emergent reefs and islands.

This is the first time that the OBC technique has been used for a license-wide survey in the transition zone environment in this part of East Africa, where conventional shallow water seismic has proven to be less effective due to the number of reefs and islands restricting access to seismic vessels towing streamers.

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