Fugro World Wide

Business

Fugro collects processes and interprets data related to the earth's surface and the soils and rocks beneath. On the basis of this data the company provides advice, generally for purposes related to the oil and gas industry, the mining industry and the construction industry.

Fugro operates around the world at sea, on land and from the air, using professional, highly-specialised staff and advanced technologies and systems, many of which have been developed in-house.

Fugro was founded in 1962, has been listed on Euronext N.V. in Amsterdam since 1992 and has been included in the Amsterdam Midkap index since 2002. With the acquisition of Thales GeoSolutions on 19 November 2003, Fugro now has over 275 offices and over 8,000 staff stationed in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Organisational Structure

Fugro comprises three divisions: Geotechnical, Survey, and Geoscience.

Geotechnical Division

ONSHORE GEOTECHNICAL

Engineers and gelogists work with scientists in other disciplines to interpret and synthesise geological and geotechnical information for a complete site portrayal for assessing design requirements.

OFFSHORE GEOTECHNICAL

Specialised tools have been developed for the offshore environment that enable cost effectieve investigation to be performed in any water depth and from the widest range of vessels and rigs.

Survey Division

OFFSHORE SURVEY Fugro Offshore Survey Division are market leaders in offshore surveys of every type, operating a vessel fleet in excess of 20 survey ships, a fleet of underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) and a high accuracy differential GPS positioning network which provides world-wide coverage.

ONSHORE SURVEY Fugro's onshore survey business is conducted from bases in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Australia. Fugro provides conventional land survey and also offers solutions and services relating to the acquisition, interpretation and presentation of geo-spatial referenced information.

POSITIONING Fugro's positioning business involves the development and operation of satellite based, position and tracking systems and the provision of related services world-wide. Accurate real-time positioning is a crucial element of services in the fields of survey, geoscience and geotechnics.

Geoscience Division

DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION Fugro provide a full service for marine gravity and magnetics data. Proprietary software solutions are applied both on board and in full processing centres.

AIRBORNE SURVEY

The airborne group has over 25 aircraft world-wide equipped with magnetometers and gamma ray spectrometers, a further five aircraft with dedicated electromagnetic (EM) systems, as well as numerous helicopter EM and magnetometer installations.

Further information

http://www.fugro.com