Fugro has won a contract from Equinor to perform a deepwater geo-data site investigation in Canada’s Flemish Pass, 500 km off the coast of St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, in water depths of 1200 m.
Fugro has won a contract from Equinor to perform a deepwater geo-data site investigation in Canada’s Flemish Pass, 500 km off the coast of St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, in water depths of 1200 m.
From July until August Fugro will perform a seabed survey, an environmental survey and a soils investigation. Data will be delivered in September.
The seabed and environmental surveys will be performed using Fugro’s newest autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), Echo Surveyor VIII, which is designed to capture engineering-grade bathymetric, imaging and shallow geological feature data in deep water. The environmental survey will also utilize proprietary 3D photogrammetric methods for improved delineation of cold-water corals and other benthic habitats. The soils investigation will be performed using Fugro’s Seacalf Mk IV seabed cone penetration test (CPT) system, which uses a coiled push rod and compact continuous thrust machine.
Mike Cole, country manager for Fugro in Canada, said: ‘This project will allow us to showcase our locally developed digital 3D photogrammetric mapping methods to augment traditional geophysical sensors, which allows more quantifiable target definition.’
