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TDI-Brooks International, Inc. has recently completed Environmental Baseline Studies (EBS) for both Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (CAGBOC) for the Republic of Angola and ExxonMobil. TDI- Brooks safely and efficiently deployed the R/V Proteus to blocks 0 and 14 for CAGBOC and Block 15 for ExxonMobil offshore Angola to complete these programs. For CAGBOC water

In the Fall of 2020, B&B Laboratories earned ISO 17025 accreditation for poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) analyses in water, soil/sediment, and tissue samples. These novel analyses are some of the company’s first to employ liquid chromatography/triple quadrupole mass spectrometry, or LC/MS/MS. PFAS are highly durable compounds, giving them the moniker “forever compounds”, and as a

Dr. Bernie Bernard’s presentation titled  “Near-surface Hydrocarbons as Indicators of Subsurface Petroleum Generation and Entrapment: The Evolution of Sample Collection, Analysis, and Interpretation”, presented last year at the Hedberg Conference in Houston, has now been published. “Oil and gas seeps gave the first clues to many of the well-known onshore and offshore petroleum bearing basins

TDI-Brooks International, Inc. has completed a geophysical and geotechnical (G&G) campaign for Trident Equatorial Guinea off the coast of Equatorial Guinea in the Elon Field. The site survey work was performed off the R/V Proteus, a research vessel owned and operated by TDI-Brooks. The goal was to assess seabed conditions prior to the emplacement of

The year 2020 marks the 16th Anniversary of “Aggie 100” honoring the 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or -led businesses across the world. The McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship announced the awards ceremony held on Friday, November 6, 2020 via Live-Stream. Congratulations to the two founders of TDI-Brooks International, Inc. and world-renowned geochemists Dr. James Brooks (’75

TDI-Brooks and B&B Laboratories recently teamed up to present a glow-themed workshop “Get Your GLOW On” for over 30 Girl Scouts from Central Texas eager to learn more about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The virtual event took place on Saturday, October 24th where we provided scientific demonstrations. The presentation highlighted all areas of science:

TDI-Brooks International, Inc., teamed with the French environmental firm Créocéan and Benthic Solutions, has completed an Environmental Baseline Studies (EBS) for TOTAL E&P Côte d’Ivoire, Ivory Coast. TDI- Brooks safely and efficiently deployed the R/V Proteus to blocks CI-705 and CI-706 to conduct seawater sampling and profiling (CTD rosette) as well as planton sampling (bongo

TDI-Brooks recently mapped the Liberty Ship George Vancouver off Freeport, Texas while out on a seabed survey project with the R/V Brooks McCall. The multiple multi-phase geophysical and geotechnical site surveys program consisted of pipeline routing and subsea structures to facilitate route and project design for offshore developers. Equipment used to map the ship was

TDI-Brooks recently completed two (2) EPOS projects in Mexico for TOTAL in Blk. 2 (Perdido) and Capricorn Energy Mexico (CAIRN) in Blk. 9 (Sureste Basin). The Blk. 2 EPOS program was in deep-water (~3,300 m) offshore northern Mexico, while the CAIRN project was a shallow water project. These were the first EPOS programs completed in

The R/V Miss Emma McCall has recently joined the TDI-Brooks’ fleet of offshore research vessels. The Miss Emma is a multi-use oceanographic research vessel outfitted for a wide variety of oceanographic research duties for operations in the Northern/Southern Gulf of Mexico (GOM), US East Coast and elsewhere in the Americas. The Miss Emma is equipped