Norwegian seismic contractor Dolphin Geophysical will begin a 2D multi-client survey, offshore Brazil, for Spectrum this month.

The survey area includes blocks, to be announced for the 11th licence round in the second quarter of 2012, that contain recent discoveries in relatively unexplored basins.

The acquisition will focus on the Barreirinhas and Ceara basin, with additional regional tie lines.

Phase I of this programme will cover 12,000km.

The data will be processed at Spectrum’s processing centre in Houston, US.