Metocean Services International Pty Ltd (MSI) is pleased to confirm that it has secured two contracts for Total Indonesia (Total) through its Indonesian partners, PT Pageo Utama (Pageo).

The first project is a 12 month Metocean campaign offshore of Mahakam Delta, to the north of Balikpapan , in the Makassar Strait where waves, directional currents, water depths, water levels, sea temperature and conductivity will be measured at 5 locations over the course of the year. Meteorological data will also be observed at a shore station established at Pageo’s base in Handil.

The data collected will provide Total Indonesia with a reliable metocean database with which to calibrate numerical models and in the derivation of accurate and consistent metocean design criteria for extreme and fatigue studies, which may be carried out during Total’s future engineering development. The data will also be used to facilitate sage marine operations at and near the observation locations.

MSI successfully deployed the first set of moorings and the weather station in December 2007 and will recover and service them in March 2008. TRD Instruments 300 KHz Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, RBR tide gauge and CTDs and ORE acoustic releases are installed on a bottom mount frame and on a 60m wire mooring. 

The second project is the provision of real-time current measurements to support a drilling campaign offshore North Lombok . MSI will install a TRDI 75kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler to measure multi layer currents in 600m of water whilst the rig is drilling a single well. As well as being archived for future use, the data observed will also be displayed on MSI’s in house software, to assist the drilling engineers during the drilling and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) operations.

The rig is due to arrive at location in March 2008 but prior to this, the rigs anchors will be prelaid. Due to the lack of quality data for this location, once the first anchor is deployed, MSI will deploy the current profiler from a vessel moored to the anchor buoy to gather as much data prior to the rigs arrival. This is planned to be conducted in early February with the system being transferred to the rig on its arrival in the field. 

This is the first project that MSI are undertaking with Pageo, a fast growing Indonesian service based company focusing in the survey and subsea services field, following the signing of an exclusive agreement for the provision of Metocean services in Indonesia . Both companies are relatively young but they are backed by extensive owner and employee experience and an existing relationship between the senior management of both companies from their previous employers.

These two contracts are held by the MSI Australian office which was established by MSI in November 2006 specifically to secure and support work within the Australia and Asia region.

For more information contact us or visit www.pageo.co.id or www.total.com