Environmental Services for Oil and Gas Industry
Applied Marine Sciences, Inc. (AMS) and its principals
and associates have been providing regulatory and environmental
support services to the oil & gas industry for the past 25 years.
These services are directed at Exploration & Production (E&P)
activities in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) regions of the United
States and various international locations.
As a result of AMS’ reputation for performing scientifically
rigorous and cost-effective studies and projects, AMS has managed
to work not only for national and state regulatory agencies who
oversee oil & gas leasing activities, but also for industry
as well. AMS’ professionals have studied highly complex “fate
& effects” relationships of E&P activities, conducted
faunal characterization baseline assessments, and provided regulatory
and permitting support in the US Outer Continental Shelf (Alaska,
California and the Gulf of Mexico), Russia, Kazakstan, the Middle
East (Dubai, Qatar), South America and the North Sea.
The professional training, experience and capabilities
of the personnel at AMS allows us to provide a full range of baseline,
ecological monitoring, regulatory permitting, due diligence and
impact assessment services to industry and regulatory agencies.
AMS has established cooperative working arrangements with environmental
consulting firms in many of the countries it works, to assist its
scientists in providing cost effective local personnel and expertise.
Our close working relationships with both sides of the industry
and our familiarity with highly contentious issues allows us to
provide a unique level of support and consultation to our clients.
Recent Projects in Environmental Services
for Oil and gas Industry
Hard-Bottom Communities of the Northeastern
Gulf of Mexico
This detailed study for the US Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management
Service was designed to investigate the physical and biological
factors controlling distribution of macrofanual organisms inhabiting
rocky outcrops in water depths >200 feet.
Effects of OCS Oil & Gas Production
Platforms on Rocky Reef Fishes and Fisheries
This study, funded by the US Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management
Service, was designed to determine the effects of petroleum platforms
on the distribution, trophic relationships, tissue concentrations
of petroleum hydrocarbons, and histopathological abnormalities in
commercially important fishes.
Use of Sand Islands in Mertvyi Kultuk:
Environmental Technical Review
AMS reviewed the environmental issues associated with the proposed
construction of sand islands for exploratory oil drilling in a nearshore
region of the northern Caspian Sea of Kazakstan for Arctic GeoScience,
Inc.
Effects of Nearshore Structures on
Arctic Anadromous Fishes
In support of the proposed construction of a nearshore support base
in the Barents Sea of Russia’s Arctic coast where the endangered
Atlantic Salmon annually migrate
Permitting and Environmental Project
Support for Exploration Drilling in Kazakstan
In support of an exploratory drilling program in the Mertvyi Kultuk
region of the Caspian Sea of Kazakstan, Oryx Kazakhstan Energy Co.
contracted AMS to provide regulatory permitting and environmental
services for the project.
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