Site Assessment

Site Characterization/ Shallow Hazards Assessments

We offer a range of services to accommodate your permitting requirements. For offshore permitting, we offer:

  • Shallow Hazards Survey & Report.
  • Site Assessment Plan (for wind tower installation).
  • Archaeological Resource Survey & Report.
  • Benthic Community Assessment & Report.
  • Proposed Wellsite Clearance letters.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment letters.
Collage of four geological features for site characterization and shallow hazards assessments. Includes a seafloor mound, a mudflow, an oxbow lake, and a channel trace, representing services such as shallow hazards surveys, site assessments, archaeological resource surveys, benthic community assessments, wellsite clearance, and environmental impact assessments for offshore permitting.
Cross-section of the seafloor with a ship and wind turbines on top, illustrating site investigation surveys. Highlights services such as high-resolution geophysical surveys, multichannel seismic surveys, geotechnical surveys, Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) surveys, and benthic surveys for project supervision and data quality assurance.

Site Investigation Surveys

Our team works with the operators to provide project supervision and data quality assurance. We support many types of field acquisitions including:

  • High-resolution geophysical surveys.
  • Multichannel seismic surveys.
  • Geotechnical surveys.
  • Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) surveys.
  • Benthic surveys.

Cable/Pipeline Route Planning Surveys

Design and mapping supporting planning of cable and pipeline routes:

  • Review Existing Data and Preliminary Route Planning.
  • Reconnaissance Surveys.
  • Pre-engineering Geophysical, Geotechnical, and Environmental Surveys.
  • Geotechnical and Environmental Sampling.
  • Geophysical and Geotechnical Survey Onboard Client Representation.
  • Integrated Geophysical and Geotechnical Reporting.
3D topographic map of the seafloor with a profile graph showing elevation changes below it, illustrating cable and pipeline route planning surveys. Highlights services such as preliminary route planning, reconnaissance surveys, pre-engineering geophysical, geotechnical, and environmental surveys, geotechnical and environmental sampling, onboard client representation, and integrated reporting.
Graph of geological data featuring a vertical well log on the left and a pressure gradient plot on the right, illustrating predicted drilling conditions. Highlights services such as analysis of nearby wells, top-hole prognosis charts, pore-pressure estimates, and PPFG plots for riserless sections with pseudo and measured pressure data.

Predicted Drilling Conditions

As part of a very unique solution to well planning, we can provide a separate report from the SHA report that provides details directed more toward the drillers. Items included are:

  • Review of nearby wells with analysis of FITs, LOTs, MWIN, ESDmin, ESDavg, ESGmax, etc.
  • Tophole Prognosis Chart expanded from the SHA report to include pore-pressure estimates for the riserless section in PAD and EMW.
  • PPFG plot for riserless section with pseudo and measured pressure data.
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B-geO MILESTONES

Below are some examples of our achievements 

In 2008, we developed the first shallow hazards report submitted under new government regulations and approved by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) as part of the operators exploration plan.

In 2015, a Shallow Hazards Assessment (SHA) was completed and approved by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) utilizing a seismic depth volume

Successful execution of field investigations is critically dependent of proper planning.  In 2016 we facilitated a geophysical and ROV field program for a potential subsidence study in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

In 2016 the riserless section of a well was successfully drilled without any affect from significant shallow hazards based on our assessment of potential drilling conditions.

We are the exclusive provider of SHA work for several clients. This is based on our diligent work effort and timeliness.