Fugro has completed a seep hunting study in the Caribbean Sea with the Colombian Maritime Authority.
(Courtesy Fugro)
Fugro and DIMAR personnel onboard the ARC Roncador.
Offshore staff
LEIDSCHENDAM, the Netherlands – Fugro has completed a seep hunting study in the Caribbean Sea with the Colombian Maritime Authority (DIMAR).
This involved taking cores of shallow water seabed sediment, geochemical analysis, and seabed heat flow measurements.
In addition, Fugro provided classroom and vessel-based training to DIMAR personnel.
The program was conducted in two phases onboard ARC Roncador, the authority’s new multi-purpose hydrographic vessel. Fugro mobilized equipment that included two self-contained laboratories and a heat flow probe.
Performing preliminary geochemical analysis at sea is a unique capability, Fugro claimed, allowing it to rapidly identify high-potential cores, thereby shortening project delivery schedules - in this case, by around two months.
