Naval forces had seized SapuraKencana’s Teknik Perdana(built 1974) on Thursday while it operated in waters Venezuela disputes withneighbouring Guyana.

The Panama-flagged vessel was escorted to MargaritaIsland where its 36 crew were questioned and documents scrutinized to verify ifthey were carrying out a geological survey as claimed.

SapuraKencana says the vessel has now been freedalthough it did not say whether it has resumed its original survey work.

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