Through Muir Matheson (Aberdeen, UK), MSI has supplied two real-time tide / current measurement systems to Shell Nigeria Exploration Company (SNEPCO).

The systems each comprise an RBR Ltd data buoy controller, Druck pressure sensor and Nortek Aquadopp current meter. The 1st system will be installed on a jetty at the Nembe Creek flow station, Nigeria, and will be integrated into a meteorological measurement system.

Data collected will be used as input into an oil spill model which will assist with contingency planning etc.

Nembe Creek Jetty Example graphics display of the real-time system
Bruce Spolander, from MSI, travelled to Aberdeen earlier this year to attend the factory acceptance test for the system. Nigerian engineers were present and were trained in the use of the system as they will install the system with support from Muir Matheson and MSI.

All the data from the system will be logged and displayed in real-time in the flow station control room on a pc loaded with Muir Matheson’s customised software. Once the 1st system is installed and operational, the 2nd will be installed at the Cawthorne Channel flow station.

It is hoped that ultimately these systems will be installed at numerous locations throughout the Delta.