Engineering & Environmental Research

DF Dickins Associates Ltd.

Founded in 1978, DF Dickins Associates Ltd. is an engineering consulting company with experience covering hundreds of projects for international resource development companies and government agencies. Specialties include engineering and environmental studies associated with offshore oil exploration and development, coastal mine sites, and marine transportation. Consulting services cover a wide range of project areas:

• Analysis of marine climatic conditions affecting offshore structures, pipelines and vessel operations
• Development of spill response strategies in ice and open water
• Global warming impacts on Arctic oil exploration and development
• Risk assessment of accidental spills and extreme events
• Air Cushion Vehicle (Hovercraft) applications
• Environmental Assessments

Government and private clients include: ExxonMobil, BP Exploration (Alaska), Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Shell International Exploration and Production, Sakhalin Energy Investment Corporation, US Minerals Management Service, ConocoPhilips Petroleum, StatoilHydro (Norway), Agip KCO and the Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI).

Joint project partners include:  SL Ross Environmental Research Limited, and SINTEF

Marine project areas include: Alaska North Slope, Chukchi Sea, Caspian Sea (Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan), Sakhalin Island (Russia), Labrador Sea, British Columbia Coast, Canadian East Coast, Aleutian Islands, Canadian Beaufort Sea, Canadian High Arctic and Northwest Passage, Norwegian Barents Sea (Svalbard), and the Northern Sea Route (Russia).