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26/04/2020
Electronic Charts: Co-operation between Offshore Industry & Fishing
Dr. Steve Taylor Managing Director Geomatix Ltd [email protected]
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Electronic Charts: Co-operation between Offshore Industry & Fishing
Background
Activities using the Seabed: Offshore Oil & Gas Telecommunications Fishing Aggregate Extraction Diving
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Electronic Charts: Co-operation between Offshore Industry & Fishing
Why Target Fishing?
Level of Damage Un-reported Evidence of Fishing as Cause
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Fishing: The Offshore Operator’s View
Fishing may cause damage to equipment injury to workers environmental damage Result in legal costs Effect upon Public Relations
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Oil/Gas/Telecomms: The Fisherman’s View
Reduction in Fishing Opportunity Gear Loss Risk of Recovery Loss of Stability Electrocution No Compensation Risk of Prosecution
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Legal
"Submarine Telegraph Act 1885" Offence to.. “wilfully or by culpable negligence.. ... damage a telegraphic cable." United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: 1982 Article 115: Indemnity for loss incurred in avoiding injury to a submarine cable or pipeline… "
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Electronic Charts: Co-operation between Offshore Industry & Fishing
UK Perspective
FV Westhaven 10 March 1997
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Electronic Charts: Co-operation between Offshore Industry & Fishing
Unsupported Pipeline Spans
Criteria of Height > 0.8m AND Length > 10.0m
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Also at Risk:
Suspended Well-Heads Manifolds Cables: Repeater and Final Splice
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HO Charts?
Surface Navigation “Proposed” not “As Laid” Sub sea features often not updated Scale insufficiently large for fishing Rarely updated Electronic Chart Plotters preferred
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Electronic Charts
Regularly used Potential for great accuracy Easy to update e-Chart or e-Layer
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Coverage
UK Continental Shelf Oil/Gas to Median Line Continental Cables
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Data Sources
UKOOA Members Fisheries Liaison Officers Encouragement by UKOOA UKCPC Members Power Cable Owners DTI / Seafish list of Suspended Well Heads
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Contents
~ 900 oil and gas pipelines ~ 350 Spans ~ 300 Surface Installations ~ 525 Safety zones incl. Statutory & Surface ~ 1500 Sub sea Features incl. Installations ~ 250 Suspended Well-heads.
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Electronic Charts: Co-operation between Offshore Industry & Fishing
Technical Issues
Many Plotters Confidential Formats Layer or Base Chart Type Free to end user: Compatibility Charge end user: Licensing Mechanism
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Format Conversions
Fishmaster Navifish .cra
.cra
fdc.exe
asc2udb.exe
asci2tur.exe
kistolit.exe
QOD .udb
lit TRAX .tre, .upe, .txt
qod
AutoCAD Documents
kistoqod.exe
kistosod.exe
kistomac.exe
kistomax.exe
KIS
FishSAFE SeaPro OEM's
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mfcr programs PLOTTERS Source Supply Text Formats SODENA r_, .dat, .fil .txt
sod MAXSEA SIS-MP7 WINFISH Yellow Card .ptf
asc | pts obj .lin mrk .kef
.html
kistoyc.exe
cnvtokef.exe
t_l, t_m cnv m7read.exe
cnvtokis.exe
kistocnv.exe
kistosis.exe
HIDIVS Binary Formats thinkis.exe
Documents FUGRO EURONAV C-MAP custom programs
Electronic Charts: Co-operation between Offshore Industry & Fishing
FishSafe
Uses Data on Cartridges Advanced Warning Device Subsidised Rental Cartridges must be Returned
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Chart 1:1,000,000 UK Oil Gas Telecomms
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Chart 1:200,000 North Sea Oil Fields
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Chart 1:50,000 Buchan Well
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Chart 1:10,000 Buchan Well & Anchors
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Chart 1:25,000 Galley:Tartan
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Outputs
Disks & Cartridges Paper Awareness Charts Seafish Yellow Card
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On Board
Free Compatible 6 month updates Floppy Disk / CD Accurate
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Falling Cost of Navigation
Price of navigation equipment is rapidly falling - in US$ Hand Held GPS 120 Hand Held GPS with Maps 500 DGPS 500 PC Systems with World charts 4000 Becoming available on the humblest of fishing vessels
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Is it working?
Accident Statistics?
Claims Fund Settled Operator Settled Claims falling year-on-year 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
UK Operator and Fund Settled Claims
Operator Fund Total
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Spin Off: Emergency Sub Sea Hazards Project
‘An on-line automated sub sea hazards location and identification facility’
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Electronic Charts: Co-operation between Offshore Industry & Fishing
Summary
Operating since 2001 Six monthly updates Funding arrangements Free aid to safety Potential for Spin-off Claims have reduced Important to be seen acting responsibly
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Electronic Charts: Co-operation between Offshore Industry & Fishing
Potential for Asia - Pacific
200m Contour Large Fishing Area Cables and Oil & Gas..
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Cables in Asia
108 Cables in Western Pacific & Far East
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Electronic Charts: Co-operation between Offshore Industry & Fishing
Oil & Gas in Asia
369 Oil & Gas Fields 951 Platforms 72 Offshore Loading Facilities
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Ways to Proceed
Feasibility Study Assess Damage Level Navigation Equipment Chart Distribution Prime Region Fishermen's Association’s
Questions and Comments