Marine work

Deep-sea research vessels:

• R / V “Akademik Primakov” (3D vessel)
• R / V “Akademik Nemchinov” (3D vessel)
• R / V “Akademik Lazarev” (vessel 2D)
• R / V “Akademik Nametkin" (vessel 2D)

Shallow research vessel:

• R / V “Professor Ryabinkin" (vessel 2D)

In Russia today it is the largest fleet of research vessels equipped with modern navigation and geophysical complexes from leading world manufacturers. SMNG is dynamically developing and flexibly responding to changing market conditions of marine geophysical services, modernizing the fleet taking into account its needs. The main priority of the company is the high quality of all types of work in accordance with international industry standards.

SMNG has many years of experience providing a full package of services for 2D and 3D marine seismic surveys, including work in deep-sea and shallow water areas of the oceans, as well as in transit zones. The work is carried out in various climatic and geographical conditions. SMNG has been widely recognized in professional circles in the Russian and Western markets due to the quality of work.

The shallow research vessel Professor Ryabinkin can operate both in deep water and at sea depths of 5 meters or more.

Deep-sea vessels have an enhanced ice class, and shallow ones have an ice class. Most of the ships were built in 1986-1989 at the shipyards of Poland and Finland.

The R / V “Akademik Primakov”, acquired by SMNG in July 2017, was built in 1999 in Norway. In 2019, the ship underwent a five-year scheduled repair at the Tallinn Shipyard.

Design and operational management of marine seismic work at all stages of their implementation is carried out by the service of the marine work department.

SMNG is investing heavily in the modernization and re-equipment of its research fleet. In 2013, the R / V “Akademik Lazarev” and the R / V “Akademik Nametkin” underwent modernization of navigation and geophysical complexes. These ships are equipped with the latest SEAL-428 systems and Sentinel SEAL 24 bit digital seismic solid-state digital streamers. The maximum working length of a seismic bar is 12,000 m. The volume of sources is up to 6,000 cubic meters. inches (4 lines of 8 pneumatic sources in each). Ships can provide high-end High End services.

The R / V “Akademik Nemchinov” is equipped with the reception system of the Sercel company, which includes the Seal Digital System 24 bit recording station and the Seal Fluid digital streamers (4 x 6000 m). The maximum volume of sources is 8,000 cubic meters. inches (6 lines of 8 pneumatic sources in each).

The shallow vessel NIS “Professor Ryabinink” is a unique vessel in terms of its technical data and mobility. within 2-4 weeks it is able to arrive on all the inland shipping routes of the European part of Russia to the Azov-Black Sea basin, the Caspian Sea, the Barents, Pechora and Kara Seas, as well as the Baltic Sea. In 2013, Professor Ryabinkin successfully completed an object in the Laptev Sea under difficult ice conditions.

On board all research vessels, quality control and processing of the obtained seismic data is carried out at the workstations SGI Origin 2000, IBM RISC 6000, Sun ULTRA and Sun SPARC with ProMax 2D / 3D software.

In the summer of 2017, the R / V “Akademik Nemchinov”, the R / V “Akademik Lazarev” and the R / V “Akademik Nametkin” underwent a 5-year renovation for a class in Kaliningrad at the Pregol Shipyard. Now these vessels have all valid certificates and are ready for offshore seismic work for the next 5 years.

In July 2017, within the framework of a consistent policy of modernization and updating of the Russian seismic survey fleet conducted by Rosgeologiya JSC, SMNG acquired a new 3D seismic survey vessel Akademik Primakov, equipped with the modern Q-Marine navigation and geophysical complex. The vessel is capable of towing up to 16 seismic streamers, providing high daily productivity, which is extremely important for work in the short field season on the Arctic shelf. Acquisition   The R / V “Akademik Primakov ” marked the beginning of a new stage in the domestic offshore exploration due to the possibility of using a hi-tech vessel that has no analogues in Russia and the equipment installed on it.

Sevmorneftegeofizika JSC (SMNG), part of the Russian geological holding Rosgeologiya, has been successfully working on the world market for 40 years and is the leader in marine geophysics in Russia. During this time, more than 1 million km of 2D seismic work and more than 50 thousand square meters were worked out worldwide. km of 3D seismic work. Marine geophysical studies on the Arctic shelf of the Russian Federation, carried out by SMNG specialists, played a decisive role in assessing the prospects for the oil and gas potential of the Arctic - a 2D survey of more than 500 thousand linear meters was carried out. km and 3D-shooting of 20 thousand square meters. km