Deep Offshore Services

Deep Offshore EIA and Seabed Survey

Mosunmolu Ltd has successfully carried out for major oil and gas multinational companies, EIA's as well as Seabed Surveys in the deep offshore of Nigeria (West Africa).  The projects were implemented at depths exceeding 4,800 feet of water and included in situ measurements of environmental parameters as well as bottome sediment sampling. The primary objective of the project was to gather the necessary baseline data for an Environmental Impact Assessment & Seabed survey as mandatory requirement for the government permitting process before the commencement of exploration and production activities.

Sample Administration

Major Oil & Gas companies also look to Mosunmolu Ltd for Geological Sample Storage and Administration services as well as the storage of sensitive E&P documents. Exploration assets such as ditch cuttings and core samples are accessioned, treated, dried and stored within a climate controlled environment. We can also arrange for the transportation of these valuable assets from the offshore platform and the inland swamps to the repository.

Exploration Support Services

Mosunmolu Limited provides exploration support services to Oil and Gas clients in the areas of High Resolution Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy.  We have in-house experts in foraminiferal, palynological and Calcareous nannofossil studies. Petroleum geochemical and basin evaluation studies are carried out by in-house seismic interpreters working in close alliance with reputable international partners. 

From inception to date, we have implemented hundreds of projects for major oil and gas multinationals. As one of the leading service providers in Nigeria, we help clients gain a better understanding of sub-surface geology and structure of their fields enabling them to make better decisions and optimally manage valuable oil and gas assets throughout the oilfield lifecycle.

Basin Evaluation

Integrated and comprehensive exploration solutions are often needed for a proper understanding of basin characteristics whether work is in a relatively unknown frontier basin such as the Chad Basin, the Nigeria-Sao Tome Joint Development Zone (JDZ) or in a mature basin such as the Niger Delta. Often, the required expertise straddles diverse disciplines such as geology, geophysics, petrography, petrophysics, geochemistry, biostratigraphy, seismic and log interpretation, reservoir geology and engineering. It is almost impossible to find such a wide variety of skill under one roof. The solution for such high priority projects is to find experienced Prime Consultants that can coordinate, manage and quality control the input of the various team players and/or sub-contractors.

Basin Evaluation is one of our core strengths.  With a deep knowledge of not only the Niger Delta but also the intracratonic basins of West Africa and their petroleum systems, we are able to help our clients develop road maps for future exploration and production (E&P) activity.  Our expertise led to the exposition of the commercial importance of the vast bitumen deposits of Nigeria.

Mosunmolu recently completed the Integrated Study of the Chad Basin, a major Basin Evaluation awarded by the Federal Government through NAPIMS/NNPC. Because of our long history of working and cooperating with foreign technical partners, we were able to put together -on short notice- an international team that spans three continents and five countries.  The project was concluded in 2006.

As E&P activities moves into the deep and ultra deep offshore areas, the challenges and risks mount, so too have we worked harder to provide the solutions that help our clients to adapt and overcome these obstacles.

Hazardous Waste Management

Mosunmolu provides on-going services that includes the collection, management and disposal of hazardous mercury compounds in spent fluorescent tubes and other high intensity discharge bulbs used by major Oil & Gas clients.  The Company installed and manages the operation of a highly efficient lamp crushing machinery that crushes the used fluorescent tubes and bulbs.  The mercury in crushed materials is extracted using a state-of-the art Mercury Distiller.

In Nigeria and indeed much of Africa, spent fluorescent light bulbs are disposed freely at unlined waste dumps. The careless disposal of the broken fluorescent and other light bulbs is accompanied by the release of highly toxic mercury-containing compounds in the environment. It is estimated that about 10 - 15 million bulbs are discarded annually in Nigeria. Mosunmolu was the first company to pioneer this technology in Nigeria. We hope to help Nigeria safeguard its environment by providing this service across the country.

Water Resource Development & Management

Mosunmolu Limited has implemented a wide variety of rural and urban water supply projects around Nigeria.  Key staff of Mosunmolu Ltd have also served as consultants and advisors to various State governments on water related issues but also in capacity building. Our expertise  includes but is not limited to borehole development, water works engineering, dams, water storage and materials supply.

Mosunmolu is currently concluding a major water project in Western Nigeria. This project will provide clean water for over 250,000 people. The project deliverables include the installation of a 264,000 gallon (1,000 m³) water storage tank and laying of over 12 km of water pipeline.

Hydrocarbon Pollution Monitoring

Hydrocarbon pollution of the environment, especially through oil spills is one of the major problems in the Niger Delta.  The mapping of the subsurface contaminant plumes and the quantification of contaminated soils and waters requiring remediation has always proved to be difficult.  Mosunmolu Limited pioneered and has sustained the use of the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey techniques in the non-intrusive mapping and quantification of HC pollutants in non-saline soils of the Niger Delta.  The techniques has been successfully used in the sub-soil contaminant mapping and forensic determination of the source(s) of hydrocarbon pollution of several production sites including: