2007 sees MSI involved in 3 separate projects in Sakhalin, Russia, working for BP Rosneft and Saipem on behalf of Romona, Inc.

Real-time measurements for Saipem

In July / August 2007, MSI provided equipment and an engineer for real-time wave, current, tide and wind measurements for Saipem in connection with the the PA-B Platform installation in the Piltun Field, approximately 20km to the east of the Sakhalin Island coast, in 30m water depth. In addition, MSI facilitated weather forecasting services that were provided by Aerospace & Marine International (AMI) from the UK.

Equipment was mobilised from Canada (Axys triaxys directional wave buoys) and the UK (wind, current and tide measurment systems) and showcased MSI’s ability to source the most appropriate equipment for a complex project from various locations. 

Ongoing metocean programme for BP Rosneft

2007 is the 4th year in which MSI / Romona have been jointly providing metocean measurement services for BP Rosneft in Sakhalin in a programme that expands each year.

During July, MSI and Romona engineers recovered 3 current / ice profiling moorings which had been deployed under the ice since October 2006, and redeployed these plus an additional 4 moorings for the summer season.

Along with the current / ice profiling moorings, the engineers installed 3 Datawell waverider buoys and 2 meteorological buoys. Data from the waveriders is being transmitted via Argos in real-time to the office so that the status of the buoys can be monitored.

Equipment for this project was mobilised from Canada, UK, South Africa and Australia and all recoveries and deployments were conducted from the MV Rubin.

Real-time measurements during drilling

For the 4th year in a row, MSI and Romona installed real-time current measurment systems onboard the rig Transocean Legend to provide real-time current profile measurements during the 2007 summer season drilling campaign.

For this year’s programme MSI supplied 2 TRDI 150kHz Quartermaster ADCPs and 2 Nortek Aquadopp current meters. Data from these instruments were transmitted via cable in real-time to computers running MSI’s real-time display software.