Private and independent company providing geological consultant services and products related to offshore petroleum exploration, field development, resource and environmental surveillance, diverse analytical and interactive IT-based geoservices. Head Office together with Akvaplan-niva located at the Polar Environmental Centre in Tromsø. Also represented in Stavanger. Since its establishment in 1990 the company has enjoyed close collaboration with the Institute of Geology at Tromsø University involving R&D, special expertise and lease of equipment. In addition to its 8 employees in 2004, the company has an extensive network of alliances and highly qualified advisers.