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PROBLEM? - SOLVED!


ESCALATING COSTS OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION


PROBLEM


With the move to deeper water, how does a risk-adverse industry control the escalating costs of meteorological data collection?


ANGLIA OFFSHORE PROJECT The recent completion of two met masts for Anglia Offshore for a staggering £17M surely calls time on any further pile and jacket structures as the industry moves to deeper water, with floating Lidar still mistrusted by many investors, the need for true game-changing innovation becomes increasingly urgent.


SOLUTION


In 2012 in response to increasing industry anxiety, Ocean Resource developed and proposed the Sea Met concept to the industry; whereby a traditional 100M mast based on proven offshore Gravity Buoyant Foundation technology could not only be initially deployed for a fraction of the recent industry spends, but could also be subsequently re-deployed many times over its design life of 25 years, at a few hundred thousand pounds each time.


Despite considerable interest, it quickly became apparent that Ocean Resource alone did not have the resources required by many of the interested parties to provide insurance and assurance that Sea Met could be supported in the long-term.


EXPERIENCE FROM OIL & GAS INDUSTRY


With a long history of innovation in oil and gas, Ocean Resource looked to that sector to secure a partner who could provide acceptable experience and financial strength to meet the risk requirements demanded by offshore wind. After meeting with several interested groups, Ocean Resource found what it was looking for in Ekspan of Sheffield, a company with a long history in offshore construction and installation.


JOINT VENTURE


Ocean Resource CEO, David Bone, stated that Ekspan immediately understood the fundamental strength of the Sea Met design based upon their own experience offshore and financially when compared to any competition; it was obviously a win-win situation for everyone, so a joint venture was quickly agreed.


The new joint venture tentatively named Ocean Ekspan is intended to offer Sea Met on a supply only basis right through to turnkey solutions of long-term data supply over multiple locations depending on client requirements, hence ‘problem solved’.


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