UK hydrocarbon player United Oil & Gas has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with US-based offshore surveyor TDI-Brooks for a specialist survey vessel. The vessel will be used for a planned piston coring and surface geochemical programme on the Walton Morant licence offshore Jamaica. The vessel has not yet been selected, and the execution of the binding agreement for the vessel will be done soon. The work is set to start in the fourth quarter of 2025. Field operations are expected to last two to three weeks. Initial analytical results are expected in the late fourth quarter of 2025 to early first quarter of 2026. The campaign is a key part of United’s forward work programme under its extended licence to January 2028. The programme will collect 40-60 seabed cores across the Walton and Morant basins, alongside bathymetric, multibeam, and heat-flow surveys. Execution during this window enables material cost savings, as the TDI Brooks vessel will transit via Jamaica en route from Trinidad. Delaying the survey beyond the agreed time slot would risk higher costs, loss of vessel availability, and schedule slippage into 2026. The data will be analysed for geochemical and thermal signatures to confirm the presence of thermogenic hydrocarbons and enhance the definition of key prospects, including Colibri and Oriole. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsJamaica United Kingdom United States