Seabed Stability/Metocean Group
Goal
Provide Corporate Associates with rapid, reliable seabed stability and metocean dynamics information for cost-effective offshore exploration and production. Applications include: enhanced drill site selection; line orientation and spacing for seismic/exploration surveys; meteorological-oceanographic conditions affecting a facility within its lifespan.
Expertise
• Extensive offshore global experience including Brazil, eastern Canada, Mediterranean, West Africa, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean
• Shipboard geophysical/geotechnical/geochemical QA/QC
• Sea floor stability analysis and geohazard zonations
• Extreme wind/wave/current conditions; direct data and forecasting
• GIS-based environmental analyses and satellite-derived data
Example Research Projects
• Brazil Offshore Basins – Seabed Stability and Environmental Study
• Southeast Asia Seabed Stability and Metocean Initiatives
•Seabed Stability of the Western Africa Continental Margin – Constraints to Exploration and Production
Analytical Services
Metocean services at EGI encompass a broad range of topics:
• Analysis of seafloor studies in preparation for offshore drill site selection
• Exploration survey planning, quality control, supervision and analysis
• Combined geotechnical/geophysical/metocean studies
• Planning and interpretation of seep surveys
• Seismic survey planning to optimize orientation, timing and cost effectiveness Training
• Modern Depositional Systems – Keys to Reservoir and Source Rock Deposition
• Satellite Imagery Data – Evaluation and Forecasting Potential
• Geohazard Zonation Evaluations – Theory and Practice
For more information contact:
Dr. Marylin Segall (801)585-5730 mpsegall@egi.utah.edu