Fugro has acquired ERT (Scotland) Limited, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. The company employs around 25 people and has been providing services to the global oil & gas, renewable energy, and other industries for over 35 years. It will become part of Fugro GeoConsulting‘s integrated earth science consultancy and also complement Fugro's existing environmental survey service.
Marine Environmental Consultants ERT (Scotland) conducts survey, monitoring, consulting and reporting activities supported by in-house chemical & biological laboratories.
ERT's current revenues are approximately GBP 2.6 million per annum.
Members of the US Geological Survey were filmed while out on the Missouri River at Williston, North Dakota, USA, performing a hydrographic survey to monitor the state of riverbed erosion. They were using a multibeam echo sounder which transmits sound energy and analyses the return signal (echo) that has bounced off the riverbed or other objects. Multibeam sonars emit sound waves from directly beneath a ship's hull to produce fan-shaped coverage of the riverbed.
