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Metadata: System of Industry Metocean Data for the Offshore and Research Communities (SIMORC) metocean data from offshore oil and gas fields.
Abstract:
This dataset comprises metocean (current, wave,wind, meteorology and water level) data collected by oil companies Shell, BP and Total at their offshore oil and gas fields worldwide. It does not included the hindcast modelling simulations which were run on behalf of these oil companies; just the metocean measurements. Additionally, some data on the effect of water motion on platform stability, corrosion (dissolved oxygen concentration), ice thickness and movement and hydrography (vertical profiles of salinity, temperature and density and occasionally sound velocity) are included. The vast majority of the data were measured by instruments, although some human observations of wind speed and wave height and direction are also included. Geographic coverage is worldwide, according to the location of offshore oil and gas fields: NE and NW Atlantic, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Caspian Sea, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Guinea, South Atlantic, Magellan Straits, Sea of Okhotsk, Indian Ocean, South China Sea, Seram Sea, Malacca Straits, Makassar Strait. The earliest dataset was collected in 1961 and the most recent in 2010. Collection is ongoing. At present, there are over 2550 datsets covering more than 2000 years of observations of winds, waves, currents and sealevels.
Data holder:
British Oceanographic Data Centre
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8451 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | System of Industry Metocean Data for the Offshore and Research Communities (SIMORC) metocean data from offshore oil and gas fields. |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048SIMORC |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | ebecc19343d75cefb75cf4efcfaece89 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | EDMED4276 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1961 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2021-12-20 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | asNeeded |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | This dataset comprises metocean (current, wave,wind, meteorology and water level) data collected by oil companies Shell, BP and Total at their offshore oil and gas fields worldwide. It does not included the hindcast modelling simulations which were run on behalf of these oil companies; just the metocean measurements. Additionally, some data on the effect of water motion on platform stability, corrosion (dissolved oxygen concentration), ice thickness and movement and hydrography (vertical profiles of salinity, temperature and density and occasionally sound velocity) are included. The vast majority of the data were measured by instruments, although some human observations of wind speed and wave height and direction are also included. Geographic coverage is worldwide, according to the location of offshore oil and gas fields: NE and NW Atlantic, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Caspian Sea, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Guinea, South Atlantic, Magellan Straits, Sea of Okhotsk, Indian Ocean, South China Sea, Seram Sea, Malacca Straits, Makassar Strait. The earliest dataset was collected in 1961 and the most recent in 2010. Collection is ongoing. At present, there are over 2550 datsets covering more than 2000 years of observations of winds, waves, currents and sealevels. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This dataset was created by the organisations with the "originator" role in this metadata record following their in-house data processing and quality control procedures. The data were then provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for ingestion into one of the schemas of the National Oceanographic Database (NODB). During ingestion BODC undertake quality control, documentation and metadata enhancement procedures appropriate to the type of data. For an overview please see http://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/informationtechnology/dataprocessing_steps/. BODC supply full information about data collection, data processing and data quality with all data requests to enable users to assess data suitability themselves. Instrument(s) used to collect data: anemometers; wave recorders; sea level recorders; current profilers; sound velocity sensors; surface current radars; salinity sensor; observers; CTD; water body temperature sensor; current meters; water temperature sensor; thermistor chains; precipitation samplers; snow and ice samplers; meteorological packages. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Engineering parameters |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Electrical conductivity of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Air temperature | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Atmospheric humidity | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Moored instrument depth | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Salinity of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Density of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Horizontal platform movement | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Ice motion and related parameters | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Temperature of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Platform or instrument orientation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Wind strength and direction | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Snow and ice mass, thickness and extent | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Air pressure | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Wave height and period statistics | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sound velocity and travel time in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Wave height estimates | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Wave direction | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Date and time | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Spectral wave data parameters | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Vertical velocity of the water column (currents) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Solar Radiation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sea level | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Vertical platform movement | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Meteorological geographical features | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Hydrography | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Atmospheric conditions | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Elevation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Energy resources | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Land cover | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Oceanographic geographical features | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | unknown | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 90 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 180 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -90 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -180 |
| Regional sea | Gulf of Mexico | |
| North Sea | ||
| Gulf of Guinea | ||
| Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin | ||
| Mediterranean Sea, Eastern Basin | ||
| Adriatic Sea | ||
| South Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Indian Ocean | ||
| Mozambique Channel | ||
| Andaman Sea | ||
| Red Sea | ||
| Gulf of Aden | ||
| Persian Gulf | ||
| Gulf of Oman | ||
| South China Sea | ||
| Gulf of Thailand | ||
| Malacca Strait | ||
| Selat Makasar | ||
| Sea of Okhotsk | ||
| Northwestern Passages | ||
| Norwegian Sea | ||
| Caspian Sea | ||
| Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W) | ||
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | British Oceanographic Data Centre | |
| Individual name | Polly Hadžiabdic | |
| Position name | Head of the BODC Requests Team | |
| Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
| Postal code | L3 5DA | |
| City | Liverpool | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | ||
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | BP Exploration & Production | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Phone | +44 (0)1932 762000 | |
| Delivery point | BP - Offshore Systems, EPTG, Chertsey Road | |
| Postal code | TW16 7LN | |
| City | Sunbury on Thames | |
| Administrative area | Middlesex | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| Richard.gibson@no.bp.com | ||
| URL | https://www.bp.com/ | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | BP Exploration & Production | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Phone | +44 (0)1932 762000 | |
| Delivery point | BP - Offshore Systems, EPTG, Chertsey Road | |
| Postal code | TW16 7LN | |
| City | Sunbury on Thames | |
| Administrative area | Middlesex | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| Richard.gibson@no.bp.com | ||
| URL | https://www.bp.com/ | |
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Shell UK Exploration and Production Limited | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | 1 Altens Farm Road, Nigg | |
| Postal code | AB12 3FY | |
| City | Aberdeen | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| feedback-uk@shell.com | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Shell UK Exploration and Production Limited | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | 1 Altens Farm Road, Nigg | |
| Postal code | AB12 3FY | |
| City | Aberdeen | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| feedback-uk@shell.com | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Total SA | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | DGEP/DSO/TEC/GEO, 9 Place des Vosges - La Défense 5 | |
| Postal code | 92924 | |
| City | Paris La Défense Cedex | |
| Country | France | |
| Claire.channelliere@total.com | ||
| URL | https://www.total.com/ | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Total SA | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | DGEP/DSO/TEC/GEO, 9 Place des Vosges - La Défense 5 | |
| Postal code | 92924 | |
| City | Paris La Défense Cedex | |
| Country | France | |
| Claire.channelliere@total.com | ||
| URL | https://www.total.com/ | |
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | British Oceanographic Data Centre | |
| Position name | Director | |
| Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
| Postal code | L3 5DA | |
| City | Liverpool | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | ||
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | British Oceanographic Data Centre | |
| Position name | Director | |
| Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
| Postal code | L3 5DA | |
| City | Liverpool | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | ||
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://www.simorc.org/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | SIMORC website |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | order |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | No limitations apply | |
| This states any limitations on access to the data. Multiple occurences are allowed here. One entry shall be from the INSPIRE Metadata registry and the other free text should be part of the resource `Have specific limitations`. | Data are only available on the basis of case-by-case negotiation for usage | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Network Common Data Form |
| Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Ocean Data View | |
| Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Text or Plaintext | |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2017-10-03 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2011-01-26 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2011-01-26 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-12 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2021-12-20 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.1 |