We are proud to have supported Fugro as the lead scientist for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind and Leading Light Wind surveys offshore New Jersey, USA. The work scope included sediment grab sampling, towed camera transects, water column sampling, and habitat characterization.

One question often asked by clients is “How do seafloor heat flow measurements made within the upper few meters of the sediment column translate into temperatures at much greater depths?”

Heat flowing through sedimentary rocks dives the chemical reactions that transform organic matter into petroleum and has a decisive influence on the generation of hydrocarbons in sedimentary basins.

ROQ Geoscience was an integral part of Fugro’s successful multi beam, geochemical coring, and heat flow survey in the Red Sea. We used our heat flow probes to collect a new suite of high-quality data and validate a sparse dataset of existing measurements.

DIMAR (Dirección General Maritima) fabricated a custom launch and recovery system for heat flow operations aboard the Colombian survey vessel ARC Roncador.

ROQ Geoscience partnered with Fugro on a very successful seep hunting project offshore Suriname.

Between 2019 and 2022, Fugro and ROQ Geoscience partnered with Dimar (Dirección General Maritima) to conduct three surveys for ANH (Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos) on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts offshore Colombia. For these surveys, ROQ conducted the heat flow surveys and provided engineers and geochemical lab support technicians.

At the request of DIMAR (Dirección General Maritima - Colombian Navy), ROQ scientists traveled to Cartagena Colombia to conduct a four-day training course. Topics covered included safety of personnel and equipment, survey planning, introduction to seafloor seeps, multi beam acquisition and target picking, coring methods, and heat flow methods.

Learn about the search for Intraterrestrials (life below the seabed) at North Pond.