Fugro Sial Airborne Surveys Inc. has performed an Aeromagnetic
Survey in the last quarter of 2001 over the coastal plain and
shallow water area of Suriname with the aim of detailing fault
trends on the shelf.
The survey consisted of a total of more than 42,500 line km of
traverse lines oriented NS with 2,000 m line spacing and more than
4,200 line km of control lines oriented EW with a spacing of
20,000 m. Detailed surveys were acquired over the Tambaredjo field
area and over the Nickerie graben area. with 500m and 5000m
spacing between the NS and the EW lines respectively. The Total
Magnetic Field map was interpreted by Paterson Grant and Watson
Limited.