Shelburne Basin Venture Exploration Drilling Project: Sound Source Characterization, 2016 Field Measurements of the Stena IceMAX
April 2017 — Nova Scotia, Canada
Client: Shell Canada
A sound source characterization study for Shell Canada to comply with regulatory conditions issued under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act for exploratory drilling 250 km off the coast of Nova Scotia. JASCO measured and analyzed underwater sound from support vessels and the Stena IceMAX, including mechanical and vibration sound, thruster cavitation from dynamic positioning, and direct drilling sound, to verify the noise levels predicted during the environmental assessment. Results from opportunistic measurements are also provided, which were captured by another JASCO recorder that happened to be deployed nearby for an unrelated project.
