The geophysical support ship Teknik Perdana (built 1974) wasescorted to a Venezuelan port on suspicion of carrying out an illegal seismicstudy along the border between the two countries.
Sapura Kencana owns the vessel which was chartered to US oilfirm Anadarko Petroleum.
Venezuelan authorities say the Panamanian-flagged ship wasoperating in its territory on Thursday when it was intercepted by naval forcesand taken to the island of Margarita.
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