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Metadata: 2019-2020, Geoquip, Moray West Offshore Windfarm, Deep Geotechnical Site Investigation
Abstract:
Geoquip Marine were contracted by Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited to perform a geotechnical investigation at various locations across the site for the future installation of 98 turbines and 2 offshore substations. The scope of work included 48 alternating downhole sampling / Seismic Cone Penetration Tests (SCPTU) and 52 continuous seabed SPCTU to a target depth of 25m to identify in situ soil conditions. The downhole drilling began on the 29 May 2019 and ended on 18 September 2019. The seabed (S)CPTU began on the 14 December 2019 and ended on 19 January 2020. Operations were conducted using the GMR600 drilling rig and GMCPT201 seabed CPTU system, conducted by MV Geoquip Saentis.
Data holder:
Crown Estate Scotland
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19174 |
| 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. | 2019-2020, Geoquip, Moray West Offshore Windfarm, Deep Geotechnical Site Investigation |
| 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. | 60a5a9fe-286b-48cd-a048-146c242da3e3 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CES-503 |
| 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. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2019-05-28 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2020-01-19 |
| 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'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | Geoquip Marine were contracted by Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited to perform a geotechnical investigation at various locations across the site for the future installation of 98 turbines and 2 offshore substations. The scope of work included 48 alternating downhole sampling / Seismic Cone Penetration Tests (SCPTU) and 52 continuous seabed SPCTU to a target depth of 25m to identify in situ soil conditions. The downhole drilling began on the 29 May 2019 and ended on 18 September 2019. The seabed (S)CPTU began on the 14 December 2019 and ended on 19 January 2020. Operations were conducted using the GMR600 drilling rig and GMCPT201 seabed CPTU system, conducted by MV Geoquip Saentis. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The scope of work nominally included 38 alternating downhole sampling / Seismic Cone Penetration Tests (SCPTU) boreholes (to the depth of 40 and 60m), and 62 continuous seabed SPCTU to a target depth of 25m to identify in situ soil conditions. During the fieldworks the alternating boreholes were increased to 48 and the seabed (S)CPTU decreased to 52.Downhole drilling operations commenced on 29 May 2019 and was completed on 18 September 2019. The site investigation was completed utilising the Geoquip Marine owned GMR600 drilling rig installed on the DP2 vessel MV Geoquip Saentis. The seabed (S)CPTU operations were completed between 14 December 2019 and 19 January 2020, using the Geoquip owned GMCPT201 seabed CPTU system also from the MV Saentis. The soil descriptions presented on the borehole logs are based on the field descriptions of recovered samples and interpretations of the CPTU data updated with results from the onshore laboratory testing. Descriptions are based on the recommendations in BS5930:2015, BS EN ISO 14688-1:2018 and the guidelines presented in Appendix C of the Volume II Report. All CPTU cones were calibrated prior to the project. Calibration certificates and verification data for CPTU cones are presented in Volume I Report (Geoquip 2019). |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geotechnics |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Pre-Construction engineering | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Renewable Energy Lease area | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Soil | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Elevation | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 58.21882 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.829176 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 58.002416 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.22402 |
| 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 | Ocean Winds | |
| moraywestdc@moraywest.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 | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Geoquip Marine Operations AG | |
| james.miller@geoquip-marine.com | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Ocean Winds | |
| moraywestdc@moraywest.com | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-503/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| 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 | There will be no limitations when published on the Marine Data Exchange | |
| 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. | Data Must be used in accordance to the Marine Data Exchange's Terms of Use: https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use |
| 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. | 2026-04-07 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-04-07 |
| 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 | 3.1.2 |