Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Fugro was awarded a contract by Shell in East Africa to conduct a survey. The company will acquire a seabed survey offshore Kenya to detect natural leakages of hydrocarbons.
Under the contract, Fugro will undertake a four-week campaign of multibeam data acquisition and precise sampling, mobilizing its specialized survey vessel, Fugro Discovery, to Kenya in March.
The company will carry out seabed sampling using a drop corer and multibeam data will be acquired with a deepwater high resolution multibeam echo sounder, installed in a newly designed gondola on the vessel hull.
The seeps survey complements a seismic exploration program that was completed recently offshore Kenya, the company said.