Geological Consultancy and Geohazard Services

The Fugro Global Geohazards Group provides qualitative and quantitative geohazard analysis and risk assessment for offshore field developments, mainly in deep water environments. The geohazards group combines expertise from the survey, geotechnical and geoscience divisions, and includes geoscientists, engineers, and other specialists with extensive and varied offshore experience.

Offshore geohazards are described as natural processes or phenomena that may have an adverse effect on operations, siting, design and construction of offshore facilities. Examples of offshore geohazards are:

• slope instability
• active submarine channels and turbidity currents
• shallow (pressurised) gas and gas hydrates
• active faulting and seismicity
• mud volcanoes
• complex seabed morphology.

A global network of geohazard experts with extensive experience in the field of geohazard identification and analysis allows Fugro to provide comprehensive geohazard assessment for offshore field development anywhere in the world. Geohazard experts include those on Fugro's staff as well as specialist consultants from other organizations.

The Global Geohazards Group provides the following services, among others:

• Geohazard Mapping and Geological Site Characterization
• Fault Offset Analysis
• Quantitative Seismic Hazard Assessment
• Qualitative and Quantitative Geohazard Risk Assessment
• Gas Hydrate Modelling