Real Time Remotely Operated Ocean/Subsea Data Acquisition
Established to satisfy a growing requirement for in-situ ocean data collection, BLISSTON Nigeria Limited in technical partnership with Blue Ocean Monitoring Pty. Ltd. specializes in the design, implementation & operation of real-time ocean data collection systems for the Environmental and Oil & Gas sectors using long-duration autonomous underwater gliders.
Persistent, real-time ocean data from autonomous gliders provides timely in-situ information and can be used to inform / validate operational models, ground truth satellite measurements and satisfy environmental compliance monitoring requirements.
Systems can be readily deployed in response to incidents to provide rapid environmental assessment capabilities helping provide a high level of situational awareness, vital for effective decision-making.
Advantages
- Real-time information - to support decision making & inform/validate models in real-time
- Real-time control - can be re-tasked remotely to address changing situations and objectives
- Persistent data collection - able to operate 24 / 7 / 365, and in extreme conditions
- Safe - autonomously collect data without the need to have personnel in the field
- Cost effective - significant savings compared to traditional vessel based sampling
- Low logistics requirement - can be deployed from small boat or vessel of opportunity
Applications
With expertise in observational oceanography, autonomous underwater vehicle operations and remote data delivery, application of this technology include:
- Long-term ocean observation & environmental monitoring
- Baseline environmental / oceanographic investigation
- Dredge plume monitoring - Monitor effects of dredging near sensitive regions to quantify impacts
- Produced formation water survey - Satisfy environmental compliance requirements with long term remote monitoring infrastructure monitoring
- Oil spill response - Rapid mobilisation for oil spill mapping
- Hydrocarbon detection - Pipeline leak detection
- Marine mammal awareness - Real-time passive acoustic detection & notification
- Tagged shark detection - Real-time detection & notification
- Communications gateway - Low cost, persistent communication link between bottom mounted instrumentation and shore station
- Metocean Studies
- Oil & Gas Exploration (Natural Seeps)
- Infrastructure Monitoring (Leak Detection)
- Decommissioning Studies
- Soliton Detection
- Radiation Monitoring