Florida-headquartered marine environmental consulting firm CSA Ocean Sciences has completed a comprehensive environmental baseline survey off the coast of Mozambique for a major oil and gas company. The extensive 180-day project included water column profiling, environmental sampling, seafloor imaging, plankton net tows, sediment coring, biodiversity observations, and passive acoustic monitoring of vocalizing marine mammals.
CSA’s personnel also installed and recovered metocean moorings, conducted current analysis, and carried out air quality measurements using gravimetric and spectral absorbance methods to capture aerosolized particulates and gaseous contaminants. The validated data will be examined for operator effectiveness and compliance over time. The company provided all necessary equipment, instrumentation, and field personnel before chartering and mobilizing a dynamically positioned vessel for the survey operations.
“CSA prides itself on the planning and execution of comprehensive marine survey work scopes that support responsible offshore energy development through scientifically robust data analysis,” said Gordon Stevens, CSA’s President. He noted that over the past five years, CSA has managed more than 400 projects for offshore oil and gas companies around the globe.
Stevens emphasized that the company’s blend of operational experience and scientific expertise places CSA in a unique position to guide clients through local environmental and regulatory landscapes while prioritizing the need for sustainable exploration and production activities amid growing global energy demand. The company is currently running several other similar long-term ocean monitoring campaigns in waters offshore East Africa, West Africa, South America, and the Pacific Ocean.
Source: offshore-energy.biz