TASKS

GENERAL PROFILE OF THE PARTNER

GEUS is a research and advisory institute of the Danish Ministry of Environment. The Survey also operates in the private sector. GEUS's overall mission is to provide, to use, and to disseminate knowledge of geologial materials, processes and relations that is important for the use and protection of geological resources. Part of this mission is to support administrative and legislative work in the Danish Ministry of Environment by providing state-of-the-art geoscientific knowledge of international standard. GEUS' main tasks are geological mapping, data collection and storage, to carry out research projects, to give advice, and to disseminate geoscientific knowledge. GEUS cooperates with, e.g. EuroGeoSurveys (EGS), the Forum of European Geological Surveys (FOREGS), and the European Environmental Agency (EFA). GEUS gives advice to the Ministry in all geological matters concerning exploration, exploitation and extraction of hydrocarbons.

url: http://www.geus.dk

Contact:

Dr. Troels Laier e-mail: tl@geus.dk