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A Real-time Current Monitoring System aboard the rig Sedco 601 Makassar Strait, Indonesia
January 2003 to June 2003Ocean Data engineers, while with Applied Coastal Research and Engineering, designed and installed real-time metocean data acquisition systems aboard the Sedco 601 drilling platform in the Makassar Strait. The rig was leased by TotalFinaElf and operated by TransOcean. The systems were comprised of two acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCPs) linked to a central computer (PC) for data recording and display. The sensors measured vertical profiles of ocean currents from the surface to a depth of approximately 2000 feet. The data were processed onboard the PC and displayed in realtime in the barge control office aboard the rig. Ocean Data personnel specified the sensor systems as well as mechanical deployment systems, integrated and tested the instrumentation, and installed the systems at sea. In addition, they were responsible for all project planning, schedules, logistics, and documentation, as well as performing quality assurance processing on the resulting data. Data recovery from the program was 100%, with no downtime recorded. Ocean Data engineers have also installed and maintained real-time current meter systems aboard the drillship Discoverer 534, rig Actinia (Sedco), and the OceanStar (Diamond).