Fugro is carrying out its third year of integrated site characterisation services for the New Jersey-based developer Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind.
The current work scope covers geophysical, metocean and environmental, while geotechnical services will start later this month, using a newly commissioned Fugro C30 mobile rig.
The Fugro C30 mobile rig will work from a third-party vessel to deliver Atlantic Shores heave‑compensated drilling capabilities, as well as downhole sampling, coring and in situ testing data.
Fugro has also equipped the vessel with an automated launch and recovery system to use in conjunction with its Fugro Seacalf DeepDrive system for performing seabed cone penetration tests.
Fugro director of marine geotechnics in the Americas Jeff Scott said: “We are thrilled to continue our integrated site characterisation work with Atlantic Shores this year, and we are excited to deploy our new Fugro C30 rig on the project.
“We are confident it will deliver Atlantic Shores the timely, high-quality soils information needed to optimise foundation and cable design ahead of the target 2024 construction date.”
All project geo-data will be delivered in near real-time to Atlantic Shores via Fugro’s Gaia.Hub web-based platform.
Gaia.Hub provides a single source of information for the entire Atlantic Shores project team and stakeholders, allowing users to access Geo-data any time, from any location.