CSA wins environmental survey, sampling contracts offshore Suriname

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc., a global marine environmental consulting firm, says that it has been awarded several additional contracts to conduct marine and metocean studies offshore Suriname.

The company says that these awards include multi-year contracts from major oil and gas operators in the region.

CSA says that it will mobilize vessels of opportunity to perform field operations in a range of water depths down to 3,000 meters, and manage multiple environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) studies offshore Suriname.

These studies will in turn feed ESIA programs and will include environmental baseline surveys with sampling and laboratory analysis, long-term metocean deployments to measure currents and waves, marine fauna observations, and passive acoustic monitoring in compliance with the Nationale Milieu Autoriteit (NMA) in Suriname.

The NMA is responsible for implementing the provisions of the Environmental Framework Law in Suriname, to allow oil and gas project proponents to achieve permits within environmental guidelines.

CSA says that it has been serving the environmental needs of offshore oil and gas operators in Suriname since 2009 and formed an in-country office in 2021.