据海上工程师网2021年9月23日报道，挪威著名能源研究和商业情报公司雷斯塔能源公司（Rystad Energy）发现，今年第三季度，全球海上油气地震数据采集公司的地震船只使用率已达到新冠肺炎疫情爆发前的水平。
总部位于挪威奥斯陆的Rystad表示，在疫情造成的几个灾难性季度之后，地震船队的休眠状态现在已经结束，全球大约68%的地震船只正在勘测或进行地震数据采集作业，只有三分之一的地震船只仍处于闲置状态。
Rystad说，地震船只恢复地震数据采集作业意义重大，因为它与去年第一季度的使用率相当，当时的地震作业还没有受到新冠肺炎疫情大流行导致的地震作业放缓的打击。地震船队最糟糕的时间是从去年第三季度到今年3月，当时全球46%的地震船队处于闲置状态(在港口待命或积压)。
Rystad说，“事实上，在今年8月份，我们监测到的全球闲置地震船只比例是近两年来最低的，只有29%的地震船队被闲置。 上一次地震船队如此活跃是在2019年10月，当时只有四分之一的地震船队处于待命或积压状态。”
Rystad表示，该公司监控着全球106艘地震船的活动，这些船只约占全球地震船队的四分之三，包括大多数提供地震作业船只的主要服务供应商和销售商。
李峻 编译自 海上工程师网
原文如下：
Offshore Seismic Vessel Utilization Hits Pre-pandemic Levels, Rystad Says
Vessel utilization in the offshore oil and gas seismic data acquisition sector has reached pre-pandemic levels in the third quarter of 2021, Rystad Energy has found.
Rystad, a Norway-based energy industry intelligence firm, said that, after several devastating quarters caused by the pandemic, the seismic fleet’s hibernation is now over, with around 68% of the fleet now surveying or underway, while align="justify"> "The fleet’s comeback is significant as it matches the utilization levels of the first quarter of 2020, before the seismic industry was hit by the pandemic-induced slowdown. The worst time for the fleet was from the third quarter of 2020 through March 2021, when 46% of the global fleet was inactive (either standby in port or stacked)," Rystad said.
"In fact, in August 2021 we monitored the lowest monthly percentage of inactive vessels in almost two years, with align="justify"> Rystad Energy says it monitors the activity of 106 seismic vessels, which represents about three-quarters of the global fleet, including most major service providers and vendors that offer vessels for seismic jobs.