A wave-powered monitoring system is to be deployed in the North Sea by Premier Oil as part of a decommissioning project in one of its offshore fields. The Powerbuoy, which monitors the local environment, will be deployed in the Huntington Field in October for a three-month trial, with a six-month extension if those tests prove successful. Deployment is anticipated in October. In addition to being able to monitor oil and gas production, it can also detect seismic activity from underwater volcanoes.
A wave-powered monitoring system is to be deployed in the North Sea by Premier Oil as part of a decommissioning project in one of its offshore fields. The Powerbuoy, which monitors the local environment, will be deployed in the Huntington Field in October for a three-month trial, with a six-month extension if those tests prove successful. In addition to being able to monitor oil and gas production, it can also detect seismic activity from underwater volcanoes.