Fugro supporting BHP’s deepwater operations in Trinidad, GoM

Offshore staff

HOUSTON– BHP Petroleum (Deepwater) Inc. has awarded Fugro three contracts to deliver a range of specialist services to support exploration and production operations in Trinidad and Tobago and the Gulf of Mexico.

Within Trinidad’s block 3(a) Fugro is providing geophysical and geotechnical services from dedicated vessels to support the Ruby field development.

From its deepwater survey vessel,Fugro Searcher, Fugro will conduct 3DHR seismic surveys, seabed clearance and shallow hazards surveys, a flowline corridor survey, and a shallow geotechnical survey. For the geotechnical site investigations, the work scope includes drilling, laboratory analysis and engineering reporting.

To service a long-term contract, Fugro has installed its FCV 3000 ROV equipment onboard Transocean’s ultra-deepwater drillshipDeepwater Invictus for subsea ROV support at drilling campaigns in Trinidad and Tobago, the US Gulf of Mexico, and Mexico. These operations began in June and will continue until May 2020.

09/06/2018