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Fugro commences metocean and ice data acquisition
Fugro has begun a three-year period of metocean and ice data acquisition as part of the Barents Sea Metocean and Ice Network Project. The data will help operators to better understand relevant operational uncertainties and risk factors in the region known as ‘The Far North’.
Early acquisition of data in frontier regions is key to reducing risk for operators which, in turn, offers potential cost savings, for example through appropriate selection of drilling assets for the metocean regime, and optimisation of the timing of drilling campaigns. In October 2015 five Fugro-manufactured Wavescan buoys (pictured), one current- and water level-monitoring mooring, and five ice thickness and current-profiler moorings were deployed at offshore sites between Hammerfest and Svalbard. The buoys are collecting raw wave, current, meteorological and seawater parameter data.
Source: Fugro
News Item details
Journal title: Petroleum Review
Subjects: Database Management, Risk assessment, Energy consumption, Oil, Primary energy production, Drilling
