In May, 3000 landowners in the Greenstore area received a letter from Ramboll and Harbour Energy in their e-Boks about the seismic survey. In the letter, they were asked for consent for their land to be included in the survey. From the beginning, there was great interest in the project and many landowners gave their consent. Advisors from Ramboll and surveyors LE34 have been in close dialogue with Harbour Energy throughout the summer to answer questions and adapt the final design of the survey to fit the individual landowners’ conditions and plans.
Among other things, this has led to a change in the project schedule, which has been pushed back a month to take into account activities in the fields in the coming period. Laying of geophones – the small receiving units – will begin from mid-October, while driving with vibration trucks will start around November 1st. The entire survey is expected to be completed before Christmas.
“We have the opportunity to complete the survey faster than originally anticipated, and at the same time, several landowners have requested that we postpone the work for the sake of field activities. Therefore, we have adjusted the schedule so that we start laying geophones in October and carry out the seismic measurements in November and December,” says Henrik Busk, Exploration Manager at Harbour Energy and responsible for the seismic survey.
Dialogue with landowners
Throughout the period, landowners have had several opportunities to get answers to their questions about the survey. They have been able to call and write to Ramboll, and specialists from Ramboll and LE34 have been in the field to visit the landowners.
Now Project Greenstore is launching another initiative: Landowners can stop by the Asferg Training Centre between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on 20 and 21 August. Employees from Ramboll will be on hand with access to an online mapping system, so they can show the individual landowner where geophones will be placed on their property and where a vibration truck may be used.
“At the same time, we will take note of local conditions that S3 – the French company conducting the survey – must take into account when the survey starts. We may have to avoid a chicken coop or a horse paddock, or perhaps avoid a planned hunt,” says Henrik Busk.
If a landowner does not want to be visited by a large vibration truck, it is possible for S3 to use a smaller vehicle. The most important thing is that S3 is allowed to place the small geophones on the properties. In addition to not harming fields, animals or otherwise disturbing them, geophones are so advanced that they can pick up vibrations from a long distance.
“This means that in some cases we can adapt the survey so that the vibration lorries stay on the roads around the fields. The most important thing to get the best results from the survey is that we have the geophones out in the area,” explains Henrik Busk.
See you in Arena Randers
Before the seismic survey gets underway, Project Greenstore will host an Open House where citizens and families can come and learn more about the activities, see and hear the vibration trucks in action and meet representatives from Harbour Energy, Rambøll and S3, among others.
Greenstore will also have a small stand at the lifestyle fair in Randers on 11 and 12 October and encourages interested parties to follow the website www.greenstore.dk and subscribe to the project newsletter, where more information about the various events and activities will soon be available.
