Marine Survey Services

 

The Marine Institute vessels and ROV can be provided on a time-charter basis to support a wide range of survey activities in the marine sector. For certain applications the Marine Institute can offer complete “turn-key” marine survey solutions, which include the provision of the vessel(s), crew, surveyors, and equipment. Shore-based services include, post survey data analysis and interpretation, environmental analyses, and the production of final survey reports.

Marine Survey Services  

The Marine Institute provides a range of survey services using its two state-of-the-art research vessels. Both vessels are fitted with the latest bathymetric, geophysical and positioning equipment to facilitate the acquisition of high-quality geophysical and hydrographic data.  

The availability of an extensive range of hardware and software packages for the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data, combined with the provision of skilled survey personnel, allows the Marine Institute to offer a range of survey solutions to the oil and gas, energy and telecommunications sectors.  

Services provided to the Maritime Sector:

Seismic Spread for "2-D High Resolution Rig Site Survey onboard the RV Celtic Explorer"

Seismic spread for a "2-D High Resolution Rig Site Survey onboard the RV Celtic Explorer"

 

 

 


 

 

  • Analogue and digital geohazard rig site surveys
  • High Resolution 2D seismic surveys
  • Pipeline and cable route surveys (acoustic and work class ROV)
  • Bathymetric surveys
  • Pipe inspection surveys  (acoustic and ROV)
  • Borehole coring down to 50m bsf
  • Environmental monitoring and baseline surveys 

Previous clients include:  

  • Marathon Oil Ltd
  • Island Oil and Gas PLC
  • Lundin Exploration BV
  • Providence resources PLC
  • EcoServe Ltd.

Charters to Research Institutes and Universities

Both Marine Institute vessels and the deepwater ROV are available for charter to research organisations throughout the world. Over the past 6 years the Marine Institute has built a very successful track record for providing the vessels to other European research organisations.    

Previous clients include:  

  • CEFAS Fisheries research service Scotland (FRS)
  • University of Bremen
  • University of Hamburg
  • Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
  • UN Food and Agriculture organisation  
  • IFM - Geomar
  • Bundesamt fur Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH, Germany)
  • Bundesanstalt fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR, Germany)

For charter rates and quotes for marine survey projects please contact the Research Vessel Operations team on +353-91-387200, or email rv@marine.ie.