Project Azul: An Ocean Observing
System Focused on Offshore O&G
Operations
Mauricio Fragoso - PROOCEANO
OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, Mar. 15th – London, UK
PROOCEANO is a Brazilian oceanographic technology company
Established in 2004 in Rio de Janeiro;
Providing services mainly for offshore energy industry;
Revenue: 4.5M USD 2015 | 7.5M USD 2016 (projected)
Since 2012 belongs to CLS Group
CLS Shareholders:
CONTEXT
. 2005: Federal law stating 1% of gross revenue of highly
productive oil fields must be invested on R&D projects.
. 2007: Pre-salt layer discovery: huge oil reservoir (100
billion barrels estimated) with high quality oil.
. Project Azul was presented to BG Brasil in 2011 and
approved by BG and ANP in 2012.
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Project Azul Inspiration - Ocean Observing
Systems in USA & Europe
Source:www. ioosassociation.org
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Ocean Observing Systems
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Source:www.iooc.us
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Brazil
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SOUTH BRAZIL BIGHT CIRCULATION
Importance of Knowing the Ocean Dynamics
for O&G Operations
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Current
Ciclonic
Eddy
Dipole
Importance of Knowing the Ocean Dynamics
for O&G Operations
Importance of Knowing the Ocean Dynamics
for O&G Operations
Importance of Knowing the Ocean Dynamics
for O&G Operations
OUTLINE
. R&D Project funded by BG Brasil
. Participants:
. Prooceano;
. LAMCE: Computational Methods in
Engineering Lab @ Federal University of
Rio
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TEAM PROOCEANO
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TEAM LAMCE/COPPE/UFRJ
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OBJECTIVES
Develop and maintain an Ocean Observing System for
Santos Basin with data open to scientific use;
Training professionals on Operational Oceanography area;
Generate reliable information about the ocean circulation so
to be used by decision makers;
Enhance the ocean dynamics knowledge of SBB.
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OUTLINE
. ~ 50 people involved (professionals, students, technicians);
. 3.5 years (2012 – 2016);
3 Main areas:
. Data Collection, Numerical Modeling and Data
Dissemination;
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EQUIPMENT
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SVP-WOCE DRIFTERS
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SVP-WOCE DRIFTERS
. 3 drifters / month (+100)
Velocity, SST and Atm. Pressure
. Different deployment strategies
(transect, cluster,…)
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DRIFTERS
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ARGO FLOATS
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ARGO FLOATS
CTD;
1 / month – 30 deployed
2000m and 1000m isobath
deployments in different parking
depths;
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ARGO FLOATS
GLIDERS
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GLIDERS
GLIDERS
GLIDERS
. Netuno, Iara, Aegir, Dylan &
Iemanjá;
. CTD, DO, Chlorophyll, CDOM, Turbidity;
. 2 Transects
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GLIDERS
.1st time in Brazil: Piloting + Maintenance Team
of 10;
. 25 months of uninterrupted glider data
collection @ transect Maricá;
. +11000 CTD casts (+70 hydrographic cruises)
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GLIDERS
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GLIDERS
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GLIDERS
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DATA COLLECTION
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NUMERICAL MODELING – ROMS 4DVAR
. Collaboration with Drs. Andrew Moore (UCSC) and
Hernan Arango (Rutgers University);
. Team of 10 (Prooceano & LAMCE)
. First 4DVAR ocean data assimilation performed in
Brazil
INTERESTING RESULTS
INTERESTING RESULTS
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INTERESTING RESULTS
INTERESTING RESULTS
INTERESTING RESULTS
INTERESTING RESULTS
Gliders and Model Results from MyOcean
MyOcean captures the presence of Cabo Frio Eddy, but misplaced by ˜70km.
Excellent for climatological studies (probabilistic oil spillmodel results).
Not so good for operational results.
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INTERESTING RESULTS
CONCLUSIONS
. First implementation of an Ocean Observing System in Brazil;
. Important proof of concept;
. Contribution to ocean dynamics understanding;
. Capacity to provide Ocean forecasts with data assimilation;
. Unprecedented database for SBB oceanography;
. Enhancement on the knowledge of important ocean features
impacting O&G activities;
thanks.
obrigado.