Sea Spring Water

Sea Spring Water is founded on the principle that where technical matters are concerned, only the best human resources and technology should be adopted. We therefore look further than just the water industry. Our team consists of experienced professionals from a variety of industrial E&P and scientific R&D backgrounds ranging from hydrology, chemistry and water management, to geology and geophysics, to engineering, (turn-key) project execution and environmental management. Experience comes from numerous domestic and international postings with Royal Dutch Shell, SGS Horizon, Royal Haskoning - IWACO, Wintershall and NASA, and from the Acacia Institute of the Vrije University Amsterdam.

We supplement this by working with key scientific and industry specialists, both in the public and private domain. This may range from very specific engineering tasks, to cutting-edge scientific knowledge or equipment. Only in this way can we guarantee the Client access to the very best resources.

Oil & Gas
Huge budgets have allowed the oil industry to developed sophisticated knowledge and tools for hydrocarbon exploration and development and certain of these skill sets realise significant added value if applied to groundwater scenarios. For instance, the much tighter grip on lithological and diagenetic factors that control reservoir performance are beneficial for deeper paleogroundwater. Other qualities lie in basin analysis, drainage basin analysis, and well assessment and interpretation beyond the well bore.

Similarly, for complex strata and extensive data sets the industry's static and dynamic modelling tools become very worthwhile. In addition to specifically hydrological software we therefore also use software packages such Eclips, Petrel and Kingdom.

Where production comes from offshore aquifers or from deep onshore aquifers, conventional water drilling and production practices and techniques are not fully suited. To some degree they must be combined with technologies from mainly the petroleum industry, while maintaining their low - non oil & gas - cost.

Scientific Research & Development
Science plays a crucial role in groundwater exploration. On one hand it develops knowledge and technology that may be adopted for commercial use, while on the other hand it represents a quality control on commercial results. For example, science has driven the discovery of offshore paleogroundwater, which was unknown in the water industry up to several years ago. Our team has an extensive scientific track record: an overview of groundwater publications may be viewed here.

Sea Spring Water values its extensive scientific network, and collaborates with scientists on research and commercial projects. Specific qualities lie in the fields of paleoclimatology and -geography, Remote Sensing and isotope geochemistry.