Providing problematic
Jason Tieman, Oceaneering Maritime
Operations, PortVision, USA,
highlights how
using AIS-based vessel tracking data can
protect pipelines and remote assets.
O
il and gas companies are now augmenting their marine
pipeline protection programmes with automatic
identification system (AIS) based vessel position data
and analytical tools that enable them to proactively
monitor and respond to vessels that appear to be threatening their
remote assets, pre-empting problems before they occur. There is
growing enforcement and expansion of AIS carriage requirements,
allowing for greater monitoring of potential pipeline threats as well
as an unprecedented ability to run analytical reports of vessel traffic
to better understand the threat of vessel impacts and how to better
target outreach and pipeline integrity funding.
Proven benefits
The benefits of using of AIS-based vessel tracking and asset
monitoring tools to prevent pipeline strikes have been
demonstrated by the Coastal and Marine Operators (CAMO) group,
which launched a pipeline monitoring and protection programme
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