This news is classified in: Traditional Energy Oil and Gas
Apr 13, 2020
The Mediterranean-focused exploration & production (E&P) company Energean has signed an agreement with the Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) for the deployment of the ODYSSEA Platform, developed by the EU-funded ODYSSEA Project.
Energean will host ODYSSEA instrumentation on the company's gas production platform based in South Kavala, Greece. The ODYSSEA equipment will monitor selected oceanographic parameters such as conductivity, water temperature (pH), water level, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, currents at various depths over the water column, suspended matter and marine noise.
Among others, Energean will deploy ODYSSEA's Modular Seafloor Lander, an autonomous system, which includes different sensor types powered by an on-board battery package. The system will be lowered to the sea bottom near Energean facilities in the Thracian Sea where it will collect data with a pre-defined temporal interval.
ODYSSEA is in advanced stages of developing, operating and demonstrating an interoperable and cost-effective platform that fully integrates networks of observing and forecasting systems across the Mediterranean basin, addressing both the open sea and the coastal zone.
"The agreement illustrates the rapid progress made by the ODYSSEA Project," said ODYSSEA coordinator Prof. Georgios Sylaios from the Democritus University of Thrace. "This is the essence of ODYSSEA, since it aims to familiarise users with oceanographic instrumentation, models, forecasts and services."
"As a company that is focused on delivering energy transition and securing the sustainable development of natural resources in the Mediterranean, we are committed to advance research and data collection in the Mediterranean," said Vassilis Tsetoglou, Energean's HSE director.
"We are happy to cooperate with ODYSSEA on such an ambitious effort to improve ocean observations for environmental management, monitoring the marine ecosystem health and safety, and boosting surveillance."
