Offshore Technology Conference Houston, TX May 2006

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Offshore Technology ConferenceHouston, TXMay
2006

• IOOS Press Conference
• Dr. Andy Clark

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"The United States is playing a lead role in
bringing the international community together to
develop an integrated, comprehensive, and
sustained earth observing system of systems that
includes a substantial ocean component, known as
the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). The
U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System will be a
major element of GOOS."
From the Presidents U.S. Ocean Action Plan,
December 2004
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The role of industry in the building, operation
and maintenance of the IOOS should be clearly
defined. Industry should not be viewed solely as
a provider of technology or a user of the system,
but as a full partner in the planning,
implementation and operation of the system. This
will require developing joint strategies with
industry, for things as diverse as long-term
sensor and platform technology, protection of
intellectual property rights, and identification
of possible ventures to create value-added
products.
Admiral James Watkins On the IOOS
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IOOS Products of Interest to Oil Industry

• Currents, wave, wind measurements
• Satellite products from Altimeter, Color Scanner,
  and SAR
• Data management archival infrastructure
• Ocean current forecasts

Sea surface height from Topex altimeter
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Major Ocean Concerns in the Gulf of Mexico
Eddy Triton
Loop Current
Hurricane Andrew
Eddy Triton the Loop Current
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IOOS Potential Benefits to the Industry

• IOOS could improve
• Storm Loop forecasts
• Oil spill response
• Design operational efficiency
• IOOS could
• Reduce loss of life
• Reduce spill impacts
• Reduce downtime
• Reduce capital costs
• Improve competitive position of U.S. offshore oil
  production

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Oil Industry Contributions to IOOS

• D/W currents from roughly 40 sites
• Figure shows sites in 2004 include temporary
  (3-6 mo) exploration sites
• Posted in real-time on NDBC/NOAA web site
  (5/1/05)

Picture to be provided by Shell (Vogel)
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Alaska Ocean Observing System(AOOS)
Arctic
Bering Sea/ Aleutians
Gulf of Alaska
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AOOS VISION Arctic

• Users
• - offshore oil gas
• - shipping/navigation
• - subsistence hunting
• - resource managers
• - Native communities/planners
• - climate change researchers
• Information products
• - sea ice fog forecasts
• - ocean circulation patterns
• - climate change indicators
• - improved weather forecasts
• - coastal erosion prediction

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