FUGROMETOCEAN SERVICESA 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 FROM FUGROFugro is a global leader in the provision of

metocean, structural and environmental

services and systems, provided on a fully

integrated worldwide basis to meet and

support specific client needs. Our broad

spectrum of services and systems includes:

■■ Desktop and feasibility studies

■■ Environmental impact assessments

■■ Weather, wave and ocean current

forecasting

■■ Numerical metocean modelling

■■ Oil spill modelling studies and

contingency planning

■■ Environmental baseline surveys

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■■ Habitat mapping and marine mammal

monitoring

■■ Metocean measurement services

■■ Real-time ocean current profiling

■■ Integrated real-time buoy monitoring

systems

■■ Real-time metocean, structural and

integrated marine monitoring systems

■■ Well head and riser monitoring services

■■ Platform structural online monitoring

systems

■■ Data integrity assessment, analysis,

presentation and management

■■ Derivation of metocean statistics for

operational and design support

■■ Web-based data solutions

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Ensuring customers are fully up-to-date with

changing conditions.

Informing and collaborating through project

development phases.

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METOCEAN SYSTEMSFugro designs, delivers and installs

reliable and secure real-time integrated

monitoring and information systems

tailored to meet all offshore

environments and requirements.

Each system combines flexible displays

and data management software with

state-of-the-art sensors. Systems include:

■■ Floating vessels monitoring - waves,

currents, winds, motions, stresses,

excursions

■■ Platform monitoring - waves, currents,

motions, stresses

■■ Helideck monitoring - weather and

motion (CAP 437 compliant)

■■ Berthing aid - shuttle / tanker

positioning and hawser tensions

■■ Port and harbour monitoring – weather

and environmental

■■ SPM monitoring - integrated

environment and mooring load

monitoring

METOCEAN SERVICESRegional and site-specific metocean

data, at all stages of coastal or offshore

developments, help verify environmental

conditions and better understand

metocean phenomena.

The collected data can be used to derive

offshore engineering design criteria, or provide

real-time monitoring of offshore operations for

enhanced safety and efficiency.

Our metocean measurement services cover

the entire range of parameters such as

currents, waves, water levels, wind,

pressure, air temperature, etc. To meet

clients’ requirements, we combine:

■■ The world’s largest commercial

inventory of state-of-the-art

oceanographic equipment

■■ Experienced field personnel

■■ Proven deployment & recovery methods

■■ Strong emphasis on safety and quality

■■ High data return statistics

■■ Strict quality control and technical

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.

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICESFugro’s comprehensive, fully integrated

package of environmental services

supports a wide range of nearshore

and offshore developments.

Experienced teams provide support and

expertise throughout the project lifecycle

from pre-consent, through to consenting,

monitoring and decommissioning.

With in-house consultancy, survey and

laboratories, we are able to acquire,

process and present the project critical data

you need from intertidal and sub-tidal areas,

to ultra-deep waters around the world.

Our services include:

■■ Environmental permitting and consenting

■■ Environmental baseline surveys

■■ Habitat mapping and marine mammal

monitoring

■■ Laboratory analysis and data reporting

& interpretation

■■ Oil spill modelling studies and

contingency planning

■■ Advice and assistance

STRUCTURAL MONITORINGMonitoring 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,

transportation and other activities

■■ 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 FORECASTINGAdvanced 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.

Fugro’s experienced meteorologists

and oceanographers work closely

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

■■ On-site forecasters for sensitive

operations

■■ Secure web access to data

■■ Worldwide coverage

Monitoring well head

and riser fatigue.

Enhancing offshore

operatings using

real-time integrated

monitoring.

Supporting offshore

engineering design

using metocean

forecast and

hindcast data.

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SEAWATCHWe develop and manufacture innovative

buoy-based technical solutions for the

collection of metocean and marine

environmental data to meet client

requirements and specifications.

The SEAWATCH real-time ocean network

system is an integrated, real-time marine

monitoring, forecasting and information

system for oceans, coastal areas, rivers

and lakes.

These multi-parameter systems are based on

directional wave buoy platforms, integrated

with a variety of sensors, to collect the

following parameters in real time:

■■ Surface currents and current profiles

to 1000 m

■■ Standard meteorological parameters,

including wind velocity, air pressure,

air temperature and humidity

■■ Other meteorological parameters,

including radiation, irradiation, PAR,

precipitation, visibility

■■ Wind profiles using LiDAR

■■ Tsunami detection using seabed

pressure gauges

■■ Sea temperature and salinity

■■ Other water quality parameters

including dissolved oxygen, turbidity,

chlorophyll, hydrocarbons, radioactivity,

CO2, pH and nutrients

SEAWATCH is a well-proven technology with

an extensive and successful track record in

all aquatic environments.

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