Due to the increasing demand by its clients, GeoQuest has now established an Environmental Department, headed by Senior Environmental Scientist - Dr. Ulf Pettersson.

GeoQuest (either alone or with associates) is now able to offer the following environmental services to its clients:

• Environmental Impact Assessments
  Environmental Project Briefs (EPB)
  Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)
• Environmental Auditing
• Environmental, Health and Safety Management Plans
• Water Resource Studies
• Environmental Monitoring Programmes
• Pollution Control Studies
• Sociological Studies

Examples on sectors where environmental services from GeoQuest are applicable:

Mining / Exploration, Energy / Power, Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Water, Waste Disposal, Transport and Communication, Building and Construction - for Large and Small Scale Industries, Government and NGOs.

Dr. Ulf Pettersson received a PhD in Geochemistry from the Luleå University of Technology Sweden. His thesis comprised a Hydrogeochemical study of the Kafue River, draining the Copperbelt area, Zambia.

Further work experience includes:

• Setting up a water quality monitoring program for Lake Kariba, Zambezi River Authority.
• Proposing a national water resources information system, Department of Water Affairs, Zambia.
• Evaluating Environmental Impact Assessments with a focus on the mining sector and implement the European Water Framework Directive, County Administrative Board of Norrbotten, Sweden.
• Environmental Manager for the consortium Al Rashid, Laing O' Rourke and Mitsui, "North-South Railway", Saudi Arabia.