ESD has engaged in several long-term,
large scale environmental services contracts. Here are just a few of our
projects, along with descriptions of the services provided:
Marathon
Oil (2001 - Present): For Marathon Oil's deep-water drilling program on
the Annapolis Block offshore Nova Scotia, providing oceanographic services,
weather forecasting services, provision and installation of meteorological
equipment for the drill ship West Navion. In addition to the operational
component Provincial will be providing environmental summaries and analysis at
the completion of the project.
Exxon-Mobil (2001 - Present): For
Exxon-Mobile drilling program at the Bandol field, in French Territorial waters
south of Saint Pierre, providing environmental services, regional ice
monitoring, and the provision and installation of meteorological equipment for
the MODU Glomar Grand Banks. In addition to the operational component Provincial
will be providing environmental summaries and analysis at the completion of the
project.
Hibernia Management & Development Co, Ltd. (2001 -
Present): Providing ice management services to assist Hibernia Management
and Development Co. This service included: data collection, ice analysis, and
ice situation briefings and reports.
Terra Nova Project (1999 -
Present): Providing ice and environmental services to the Terra Nova project
for all drilling to date, as well as providing and installing meteorological
equipment and ice reconnaissance services. Under this contract, Provincial
operates a joint industry Ice Centre that provides ice and environmental data
collection, analysis, and reporting.
Jean d’Arc Basin Operations (1998
- 2000): Provided ice and environmental monitoring services for a two-year,
multi-operator exploration program. Additional services contracted were:
provision and installation of meteorological equipment and ice reconnaissance
services. Ice/weather observers were situated on the drilling rig throughout the
drilling programs, providing helicopter weather reports, synoptic weather
reports, ice observing and management services, radar watch, current profiles,
marine bird surveys and other related services.
Husky Oil Ltd. (1999 -
2000): For Husky Oil drilling program on the White Rose field, provided ice
and environmental services for the rigs Bill Shoemaker and SEDCO 714. In
addition to the usual services provided, Husky Oil has designated Provincial as
their ice management information provider for the White Rose development
project.
Hibernia Management & Development Co, Ltd. (2000):
Provided emergency ice management services to assist Hibernia Management and
Development Co. during the 2000 ice season. This service included: data
collection, ice analysis, and ice situation briefings and
reports.
Canadian Ice Services, Environment Canada (1993 -
Present): Providing regional iceberg reconnaissance over the Canadian East
Coast and the Davis Strait. Under this contract PAL Environmental provide both
the reconnaissance platform and operations personnel along with first line data
analysis and processing.
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