Metocean Services International (Pty) Ltd was formed in 2003 to provide meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) services globally. With a management team of over 40 years experience in the offshore oil and gas industry, MSI has already conducted operations in over 23 different countries.
With offices in South Africa and Australia, and using state of the art equipment, MSI provides professional, cost effective global solutions in response to our clients requirements for accurate metocean information. This not only makes us an alternative service provider, but it is establishing MSI as a supplier of choice for the provision of metocean services globally.
MSI is pleased to announce the sale of two RBR TWR-2050P Tide and Wave Recorders that, although a small sale on its own, is a significant milestone in terms of Australia. This sale, to the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth, takes MSI passed the $1 million dollar mark of RBR product sales in Australia since acquiring the agency
To commemorate the event, MSI presented Dr. Ryan Lowe (pictured) of UWA with a bottle of Single Malt Whisky from the Tasmanian Lark Distillery.
AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS), together with its Australian representative Metocean Services International Pty Ltd, have recently supplied Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) with a TRIAXYS™ Sensor to be used as part of Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS).
The TRIAXYS sensor is installed on the Southern Ocean Flux Station Weather Buoy (pictured right courtesy of http://imos.org.au/), designed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), located at -46.915; 142.217, south of Tasmania, in 4,323 metres of water.
MSI is pleased to announce it has won the 2011 Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Tasmanian Export Award for Small Business.
In its 49th year, the Australian Export Awards program comprises a series of eight State and Territory Export Awards recognising excellence and innovation in exporting in a range of industry sectors. The Tasmanian program is recognised as one of the most important events on the business calendar and is the state’s highest recognition of excellence for Tasmanian companies exporting goods and services. It is also held in high regard throughout the world.
Metocean Services International (MSI) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a 2 year multiple location metocean measurement project offshore Mozambique for Anadarko Moçambique Area 1, Limitada (Anadarko).
Employing over 4,700 people, Anadarko is among the world’s largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies with approx 2.42 billion barrels of oil equivalent in proved reserves (at end 2010).
MSI is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed mobilisation of a current mooring, as well as a metocean buoy, for Maersk Oil Angola in Block 16 offshore Angola in approximately 1,200m water depth.
The primary objective of the project is to collect site specific current, wave and meteorological data through the entire water column in sufficient detail to ensure that the design of a floating production system can be optimised.
The current mooring comprises a combination of current profilers, current meters and CTD, while the metocean buoy (an Axys 1.8m Watchmate) comprises wave, surface current and meteorological sensors.
Metocean Services International (MSI) has been awarded a current measurement programme by Alpha in Tanzania. This project marks the 30th country of operations since the company’s inception in 2003 and involves deployment of 5 current moorings between mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.
For the measurements, MSI deployed 3 moorings fitted with acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCPs) and 2 moorings fitted with Nortek Aquadopp current meters. Water depths at the locations vary from 20m to 60m.
Metocean Services International (MSI) has completed a near 14 month deep water current measurement programme for Chevron North Sea Ltd (on behalf of itself and the Rosebank co-venturers: Statoil (U.K.) Ltd., OMV (U.K.) Ltd., and DONG E&P (U.K.) Ltd) in the Rosebank Field – safely and on schedule.
MSI has just completed 12 months on the road attending 5 major international trade shows – the most in a single year since our formation 8 years ago.
MSI is pleased to announce that it has recently ordered an AXYS WatchMate™, an oceanographic and meteorological data collection buoy, to support a long term contract it has been awarded. The AXYS WatchMate™ buoy will be added to MSI's extensive equipment pool and will be initially used to provide meteorological and oceanographic data to MSI in a project for a major international oil company. It will be deployed in 1,000m of water alongside a deepwater subsurface mooring providing a through column current profile.
Metocean Services International (MSI) is pleased to announce that it’s contract with Tullow Oil in Uganda has been extended for another year.