Seismic Survey Standards and EIA for Seismic activities, Greenland

Seismic Survey Standards

The “Seismic Survey Standards” are applicable to all offshore exploration activities, excluding exploration drilling. The document outlines the documentation the licensee shall submit to the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (BMP) for approval; and the requirements that the BMP expects to include in an approval for seismic operations.

Chapter 1 and Appendix A of the document indicates the documentation to be submitted to the BMP for approval of offshore seismic operations. Chapters 2 to 10 of the document indicate the provisions that the BMP expects to include in an approval for offshore seismic operations.

Seismic survey standards 2003

Guidelines to environmental impact assessment of seismic activities in Greenland Waters

This report is meant as a guideline for companies preparing environmental impact assessments of seismic surveys in ice free Greenland waters. The current knowledge on impacts on marine mammals, fish and invertebrates of seismic surveys is reviewed and a set of ‘best practice’ actions for conducting these surveys in relation to marine mammals is given. A number of protection zones for sensitive marine mammals (walrus and narwhal) are designated and maps indicating the most important offshore fishing grounds are provided.


NERI report 785: Guidelines to environmental impact assessment of seismic activities in Greenland Waters 2nd edition, 2010