Charles Keiller &
Associates Limited

Services

Specific Services

2D and 3D Seismic Acquisition and Processing

• Planning, costing, survey design
• Regulatory issues, environmental constraints
• Tendering, evaluation, contract award
• Selection and briefing of offshore QC personnel
• Day to day management, cost control and reporting
• Management of processing projects

Site Surveys and Soils Investigations

All work required at offshore well sites prior to the arrival of the rig:

• Initial site assessments, identification of regulatory and environmental hurdles
• Tendering, cost estimates, contract evaluation and award
• Dealing with CSON 35 (Coast Protection Act 1949), traffic studies etc.
• Coordinating environmental surveys and applications
• PON 14a applications
• Day to Day management of survey projects
• Following survey completion, production of summary reports for management

For Jack-up rigs:

• Identification of soils information needed
• If required tendering and contract management of soils borings
• Production of summary reports to rig owners/insurers.

Geodetic and Mapping Advice:

• Helping clients set up geophysical workstation projects where there is confusion about the correct geodetic parameters
• Resolving data mismatches (wells fail to tie etc) caused by errors and misunderstandings regarding the loading of seismic and well data, perhaps where data is supplied in different datums or coordinate systems
• Advising clients on the correct systems to use for new projects
• Advice regarding international boundaries (particularly offshore) and the impact of possible assumptions as to where a boundary will ultimately be agreed.

Fisheries Liaison Officer (FLO)

• In the UK and Republic of Ireland, as well as in many other offshore provinces, it is a requirement of exploration and production licences to nominate a FLO to be responsible for ensuring good relations with fishermen affected by the company´s activities.
• As this is a very specialist area many companies engage the services of an experienced FLO to act for them. This is a service we are happy to provide and as we also act for a number of North Sea operators there are economies of scale to be made in, for example, meeting with national fishing organisations.
• The main roles of the FLO are to advise operators on the likely impact of their operations on particular fishing activity, proposing ways of minimising such impacts and in some cases (particularly in the southern North Sea) agreeing a compensation scheme if fixed gear (lobster pots etc) needs to be moved to allow operations to take place.
• The FLO would also deal with claims for loss or damage allegedly caused by oil industry activity and if thought valid propose a settlement.

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