Fugro OCEANOR Products

Environmental Monitoring Systems are designed for long-term unattended operation, collecting oceanographic, meteorological and vessel performance data from a wide range of instrumentation. Clear displays provide results in engineering units wherever required, onboard or onshore.

WeatherMonitor - a real-time event-driven, web-based, metocean monitoring software package integrates the real-time collection, display and archiving of this data in one system.

Input parameters are flexible to meet client needs:

Meteorological - wind speed, direction, gusts; air temperature and pressure; relative humidity and dew point temperature; visibility and cloud height
Oceanographic - current speed and direction, current profiles, wave parameters, platform air gap, seawater temperature
Vessel and Platform - pitch, roll, heave, sway, surge and yaw; construction and platform structure inputs; motion reference sensors; dynamic positioning systems

Helideck Motion Monitoring Systems

The Helideck Motion Monitoring system has been tested under extreme conditions over several years of operation in the North Sea. Fugro have installed more than 40 systems worldwide.

The Helideck systems:

Meet stringent Norwegian helicopter operators' standards
Comply with the CAA, UKOOA and UK helicopter operators guidelines
Give direct access to helideck conditions for flight crews
Are adaptable to a range of existing sensors

More information may be found in the datasheet.

Current Monitoring-RIGADCP Systems

RigADCP has been developed specifically to alleviate exploration-drilling disruption caused by harsh and complex metocean phenomena such as strong and highly variable ocean currents.

This Rig-mounted ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) is a real-time current profiling system that provides data throughout the water column to alleviate this disruption and enhance the safety and efficiency of offshore operations, such as:

Diver and ROV activities
Station holding
Operational planning
Riser handling
Oil spill monitoring

In addition, the current profile data collected during exploration operations is a valuable data source to monitor riser fatigue and refine future design of risers, moorings and production facilities.

RigADCPs can be adapted to meet clients exact requirements.

Other ADCP systems:

SeisADCP - real-time current profiling in support of seismic operations.
RovADCP- near real-time current profiling throughout the water column using ROVs as the ADCP platform. (US Patent No. 6,820,008 B1)

SPM/CALM Buoy Monitoring Systems

The Single Point Monitoring system (SPM) is specifically designed to monitor dominant metocean conditions experienced at CALM (Cantenary Anchor Leg Mooring) Buoys, which operate in hazardous areas with low power and low maintenance requirements.
This monitoring system whilst integrated into the CALM Buoy is able to provide accurate metocean measurements in support of marine operations. The system comprises of various sensors providing the following measurements:

Wave height & period
Current speed and direction
Wind speed and direction
Mooring hawser tension
Buoy heave, pitch and roll

Data is collected, processed and then transmitted at regular intervals to portable receivers onboard loading tankers and vessels. This information assists pilots when approaching the buoy and helps them to make critical operational decisions.

More information may be found in these datasheets:

Integrated Marine Monitoring Systems

Integrated Marine Monitoring Systems measure accurately any physical environmental parameters and the structural response to such environmental forces. By integrating the information from various different sensors into one system they provide clear, accurate information that can be used for:

operational planning for marine operations,
maximising operational windows,
installation control,
fatigue and long-term integrity assessment,
design and performance verification,
predicting responses to extreme environmental force,
calculation of observed response amplitude operators,
environmental early warning systems.

Surveillance Camera Systems

Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) and Subsea TV (SSTV) Systems

Camera systems are specially designed to be:

Modular, and easily extended or maintained
Easily integrated into complete systems
Reliable
Flexible in configuration
Easy to use
The best cost choice over the system's lifetime

Standard or tailor-made systems are offered. Some typical configuration elements are outlined below:

Cameras and pan/tilt units, for indoors, outdoors, hazardous areas and underwater
Pendulum crane boom cameras
Subsea TV systems, including all components such as winches, cables, subsea frames etc
Central equipment, such as CPU matrixes and video selectors. Systems also include all required components, such as multiplexers and recording devices, and integration with other systems and networks
Peripherals, such as monitors and operator's keyboards for indoors, outdoors and hazardous areas

These crane camera systems are simple to install and ensure the operator has the best possible view of the area under his load.

More information may be found in these datasheets:


		More information about the Laserbased Object Distance Measuring System (EEXD) may be found here.