Stability operations company Sterling Global Operations (SGO) has announced the completion of unexploded ordnance detection and clearance project for new Kurdistan oil and gas exploration.
SGO conducted the project for seismic survey contractor Terraseis so as to clear mines and other unexploded ordnance from areas located within a 400km² section of Kurdistan, Iraq.
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SGO chief executive officer Matt Kaye said Kurdistan has potential for oil and natural gas production.
"Terraseis chose SGO for this project because we’ve proven our ability to carry this type of work out successfully and within schedules that enable the client to perform its tasks quickly," Kaye said.
The region has seen a great deal of warfare and economic development such as oil and gas exploration can only occur only if safety precautions are taken, Kaye noted.
Iraq fought an eight-year war with Iran in the 1980s, and the US and its coalition partners were involved in operations in 1991 and 2003.
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By GlobalDataThis triggered high potential for unexploded ordnance in the area, which Terraseis selected SGO to provide safety for its teams and find and remove those threats.
According to SGO, the area cleared was located close to the city of Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, near the Iraq-Iran border about 200 miles north-east of Baghdad, Iraq’s capital city.
UAE-based Terraseis provides data acquisition services to international exploration and production companies in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, with its most recent focus in the Middle East.
Image: SGO conducts demining in area of Kurdistan. Photo: courtesy of Sterling Global Operations.
