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Vessels mobilised for environmental surveys offshore Suriname
As oil companies start developing recent discoveries in Suriname, a US-based company is sailing vessels to the nation to conduct surveys and environmental services
Support vessels will be mobilised to Suriname to deploy monitoring buoys and undertake marine surveys for an environmental assessment programme ahead of development work on offshore oil and gas fields.
These vessels will observe and measure currents and waves, marine fauna, conduct seabed and water-column surveys and take samples for laboratory analysis for environmental and social-impact assessment (ESIA) programmes offshore Suriname.
Florida, USA-headquartered CSA Ocean Sciences has won several multi-year contracts with oil and gas operators in the country to provide these offshore environmental services.
CSA said several vessels will be mobilised to Suriname to perform field operations in a range of water depths up to 3,000 m to manage these ESIA programs.
CSA will provide environmental baseline surveys with sampling, metocean and passive acoustic monitoring in compliance with the Nationale Maritime Authority in Suriname, which is responsible for implementing the environmental framework and laws in Suriname to enable oil and gas project to achieve permits within environmental guidelines.
“The Suriname/Guyana region has been an exciting development in the oil and gas industry in recent years,” said CSA chief executive Kevin Peterson. CSA opened an office in Paramaribo, Suriname, in 2021.
TotalEnergies, Shell, Chevron and Petronas are all making plays in Suriname. TotalEnergies and its partners have decided to develop the GranMorgu project using an FPSO to produce oil and gas from the Sapakara and Krabdagu fields around 150 km off the coast.
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