Fugro Metocean Services

SERVICE SHEET METOCEAN SERVICES

FUGRO METOCEAN SERVICES

A thorough understanding of metocean and marine environmental conditions reduces uncertainty in engineering specifications, assists operational planning, reduces costs and enhances safety and efficiency. High quality regional oceanographic, meteorological, structural and environmental data is the first step in developing offshore, coastal engineering and renewable energy projects.

GLOBAL SOLUTIONS ■■ Habitat mapping and marine mammal FROM FUGRO monitoring

Fugro is a global leader in the provision of ■■ Metocean measurement services Informing and collaborating through project

metocean, structural and environmental ■■ Real-time ocean current profiling development phases.

services and systems, provided on a fully ■■ Integrated real-time buoy monitoring integrated worldwide basis to meet and systems

support specific client needs. Our broad ■■ Real-time metocean, structural and spectrum of services and systems includes: integrated marine monitoring systems

■■ Desktop and feasibility studies ■■ Well head and riser monitoring services

■■ Environmental impact assessments ■■ Platform structural online monitoring

■■ Weather, wave and ocean current systems

forecasting ■■ Data integrity assessment, analysis,

■■ Numerical metocean modelling presentation and management

■■ Oil spill modelling studies and ■■ Derivation of metocean statistics for contingency planning operational and design support Ensuring customers are fully up-to-date with

■■ Environmental baseline surveys ■■ Web-based data solutions changing conditions.

WWW.FUGRO.COM 1 METOCEAN SYSTEMS METOCEAN SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES Fugro designs, delivers and installs Regional and site-specific metocean Fugro’s comprehensive, fully integrated reliable and secure real-time integrated data, at all stages of coastal or offshore package of environmental services monitoring and information systems developments, help verify environmental supports a wide range of nearshore tailored to meet all offshore conditions and better understand and offshore developments. environments and requirements. metocean phenomena. Experienced teams provide support and Each system combines flexible displays The collected data can be used to derive expertise throughout the project lifecycle and data management software with offshore engineering design criteria, or provide from pre-consent, through to consenting, state-of-the-art sensors. Systems include: real-time monitoring of offshore operations for monitoring and decommissioning. enhanced safety and efficiency. With in-house consultancy, survey and

■■ Floating vessels monitoring - waves, laboratories, we are able to acquire, currents, winds, motions, stresses, Our metocean measurement services cover process and present the project critical data excursions the entire range of parameters such as you need from intertidal and sub-tidal areas,

■■ Platform monitoring - waves, currents, currents, waves, water levels, wind, to ultra-deep waters around the world. motions, stresses pressure, air temperature, etc. To meet Our services include:

■■ Helideck monitoring - weather and clients’ requirements, we combine:

motion (CAP 437 compliant) ■■ Environmental permitting and consenting

■■ Berthing aid - shuttle / tanker ■■ The world’s largest commercial ■■ Environmental baseline surveys

positioning and hawser tensions inventory of state-of-the-art ■■ Habitat mapping and marine mammal

■■ Port and harbour monitoring – weather oceanographic equipment monitoring

and environmental ■■ Experienced field personnel ■■ Laboratory analysis and data reporting

■■ SPM monitoring - integrated ■■ Proven deployment & recovery methods & interpretation

environment and mooring load ■■ Strong emphasis on safety and quality ■■ Oil spill modelling studies and

monitoring ■■ High data return statistics contingency planning

■■ Strict quality control and technical ■■ Advice and assistance review procedures

We combine measured and model datasets, advanced analysis and presentation tools and our understanding of conditions to characterise and quantify operational and design conditions.

2 METOCEAN SERVICES STRUCTURAL MONITORING Monitoring systems and services are provided for design verification, construction and operational phases of a structure’s life.

By measuring the dynamic responses of fixed and floating structures, pipelines and risers, compared with input loadings from the environment, the safety and cost effectiveness of offshore operations can be enhanced. Specialist services include:

■■ Well head and riser monitoring service (WARIS)

■■ Platform response integrity monitoring (Online Monitoring) of ageing jackets

■■ Optima® system for planning deepwater drilling riser operations

■■ Monitoring during float-over, heavy lift, Monitoring well head transportation and other activities and riser fatigue.

■■ Measurement of stress, fatigue and settlement on subsea infrastructure

■■ Riser and pipeline load and Vortex Induced Vibration (VIV) monitoring

■■ Jack-up platform movements

■■ Pipelay vessel motions

■■ Mooring monitoring

METOCEAN FORECASTING Advanced and reliable weather and ocean forecast information allows efficient day-to-day planning and enables offshore project teams to make decisions on an informed basis to reduce operational risk. Enhancing offshore operatings using Fugro’s experienced meteorologists real-time integrated and oceanographers work closely monitoring. with operational personnel, providing site-specific forecasting services for any type of project, anywhere in the world. Weather forecasting services include:

■■ Site-specific and route/tow forecasts

■■ Customised forecast format and updates

■■ Tropical storm forecast track relative to the client’s location

■■ Squall warning forecasting service

■■ Customised regional atmospheric wind and ocean wave model data

■■ Ocean current forecasts and advisories

■■ Metocean reports for investigations into weather related issues

■■ 24/7/365 access to duty forecasters for personal consultation Supporting offshore

■■ On-site forecasters for sensitive engineering design operations using metocean

■■ Secure web access to data forecast and

■■ Worldwide coverage hindcast data.

WWW.FUGRO.COM 3 SERVICE SHEET METOCEAN SERVICES

SEAWATCH ■■ Surface currents and current profiles We develop and manufacture innovative to 1000 m

buoy-based technical solutions for the ■■ Standard meteorological parameters, collection of metocean and marine including wind velocity, air pressure, environmental data to meet client air temperature and humidity

requirements and specifications. ■■ Other meteorological parameters, including radiation, irradiation, PAR, The SEAWATCH real-time ocean network precipitation, visibility

system is an integrated, real-time marine ■■ Wind profiles using LiDAR

monitoring, forecasting and information ■■ Tsunami detection using seabed system for oceans, coastal areas, rivers pressure gauges

and lakes. ■■ Sea temperature and salinity

■■ Other water quality parameters These multi-parameter systems are based on including dissolved oxygen, turbidity, directional wave buoy platforms, integrated chlorophyll, hydrocarbons, radioactivity,

with a variety of sensors, to collect the CO2, pH and nutrients following parameters in real time: SEAWATCH is a well-proven technology with an extensive and successful track record in all aquatic environments. © FUGRO 10 2015 / FCST