Location: Cornborough, Devon, England Client: LMR Drilling / Southern Water Offshore Surveys Hydrographic survey of drill exit location, also mini ROV survey of location. Location: Isle of Man , Isle of Man Client: BG/METOC Offshore Surveys Marine survey of two locations for proposed landfalls and laybarge access. Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England Client: VSEL Offshore Surveys Bathymetric and side scan sonar surveys along the 15km length of the Walney Channel between Barrow Docks and Lightning knoll over a four month period. Location: River Mersey, England Client: Bechtel Water Offshore Surveys Bathymetric and land topography surveys for the extension of 2No outfalls and 2No new outfalls on the West Bank of the River Mersey. Location: Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland Client: Britannia Operator Ltd Offshore Surveys Pre-launch survey of inshore waters at Tain in preparation for the launch of 2No 7.5km long pipeline bundles. The work included bathymetric, side scan and magnetometer surveys of a 16km x 2km wide corridor. Further work included position fixing and control of the workbarge LM Balder during pipe bundle launching operations. Location: St. Fergus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Client: Britannia Operator Ltd Onshore Surveys Topographical survey of landline route for the Britannia Field connector between the beach landfall and the entry to the Gas Terminal complex at St. Fergus. Work included survey control of primary sand dune removal and replacement. Location: St. Fergus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Client: Britannia Operator Ltd Offshore Surveys Bathymetric, geophysics and magnetometer surveys of 2km x 1.5km wide area of the proposed Britannia Field gas pipeline landfall at St. Fergus. Further work included barge positioning and bathymetric monitoring surveys during the trenching operations to bury the inshore section of the pipeline. This work was carried out from the workbarge LM Balder supporting the trenching machine TMIV. Location: River Thames, England Client: British Gas Offshore Surveys and Site Investigations Hydrographic and geophysical surveys for a proposed 1.3km x 914mm dia gas pipeline crossing of the River Thames. Work also included geotechnical boreholes along the crossing route. Location: Lennox Field, Irish Sea, England Client: BHP Petroleum Offshore Surveys Barge survey management on board the LM Balder during hook-up and spool piece installation at the Lennox Field in Liverpool Bay. Location: Rosyth, Scotland Client: Ministry of Defence (s/c to Costain Taylor Woodrow) Offshore Surveys Bathymetric and side scan sonar survey inside dockyard basin for caisson tow-out route. Location: Liverpool Bay, Irish Sea, England Client: BHP Petroleum Ltd Offshore Surveys Bathymetric, side scan and magnetometer clearance survey with ROV inspections prior to installation of a CALRAM buoy for crude oil export at the Douglas Field Development. Location: Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales Client: Warwick International Onshore Surveys Land and foreshore survey for proposed development of the Ro-Ro terminal at Mostyn Dock. Location: Point of Ayr, Wales Client: Hamilton Brothers Oil & Gas Offshore Surveys Hydrographic, geophysical and geotechnical survey of the 9km shore approach at Point of Ayr for the proposed pipeline landfalls from the Hamilton and Douglas fields in Liverpool Bay. The work involved detailed surveying of a 2km wide corridor. Location: The Wash, Norfolk, England Client: MOD (Navy) Offshore Surveys Bathymetric and sonar surveys, including wreck sweeps in the area 100kms east of the Wash in the southern North Sea. This maritime charting survey covered approximately 800 sq kms and involved over 10,000 line kilometres of surveying. Location: Bideford Bay, Devon, England Client: South West Services Offshore Surveys Bathymetric, oceanographic, geophysical and environmental survey of Bideford and Morte Bay in connection with the Taw/Torridge Tidal Water Improvements. The scope of the work called for 400 sq kms of coastal waters to be surveyed. Location: Jersey, Channel Islands, UK Client: States of Jersey Offshore Surveys Marine and environmental surveys. Bathymetry, Geophysics, Oceanographic, Diving and Tracer Surveys for a proposed long sea outfall. |