Fugro and the Colombian Maritime Authority (Dirección General Maritima, DIMAR) have completed a joint environmental seep hunting study to help assess the country’s resource potential in the Caribbean Sea.
Fugro and the Colombian Maritime Authority (Dirección General Maritima, DIMAR) have completed a joint environmental seep hunting study to help assess the country’s resource potential in the Caribbean Sea.
The study involved shallow water seabed sediment coring, geochemical analyses, and seabed heat flow measurements. Fugro also provided classroom and vessel-based training to DIMAR personnel.
The field programme was conducted in two phases onboard DIMAR’s new multipurpose hydrographic vessel, ARC Roncador. Fugro provided two self-contained laboratories and a heat flow probe.
Fugro claimed that the ability to perform preliminary geochemical analyses at sea is unique to the company and results in the rapid identification of high-potential cores. ‘This service can significantly reduce project delivery schedules: on this DIMAR project, our offshore analyses shortened the project by some two months,’ said Fugro in a statement.
