TDI-Brooks wraps up survey off Equatorial Guinea

TDI-Brooks International has completed a geophysical and geotechnical campaign for Trident Equatorial Guinea in the Elon field off the coast of Equatorial Guinea.

The site survey work was performed off Proteus, a research vessel owned and operated by TDI-Brooks.

The goal was to assess seabed conditions prior to the emplacement of a drilling rig at three proposed locations (previously drilled) together with reconnaissance survey work at two additional platforms and along a number of proposed cable/pipeline routes.

Survey objectives included the following:

• Undertake a debris clearance survey (DCS) at each of the locations.
• Identify and establish areal nature of the previous spud can footprints.
• Establish the nature of the shallow soils, within the top five metres and to a depth of more than 20 to 25 metres.
• Acquire deep CPT data at over 20 metres at two locations.
• Acquire representative data at nominal proposed relief well locations (RWL).
• Reconnaissance of existing platforms and along proposed routes (single lines).