This unique and innovative book provides guidelines, procedures and information for the offshore renewables and oil & gas sectors with regard to the requirements for metocean at each stage of the life cycle of a project. It also provides details about metocean processes and activities that ensure these requirements are addressed. It therefore presents a better understanding of what metocean is all about and how optimum use of data and information can benefit offshore development activities.

Reference is made to appropriate standards as and when applicable and it will therefore complement existing standards. Written by an expert with many years practical experience, the book provides information about the development of metocean, the rationale behind it and the key data and procedures that should be utilised and followed to enable more profitable offshore operations.

An introduction to metocean
Metocean terminology
Lifecycle of an offshore development and metocean deliverables
Metocean data acquisition

Weather forecasts
Metocean data quality control and archiving
Development of operational statistics and  design criteria
Metocean reports, contents, format and presentations
Climate variability and data trends
Metocean conditions around the world
Appendices: Metocean standards, policies and guidelines
Supplemental metocean terminology
Wave spectra
Extreme value analysis (EVA)
Snow and ice

This book is for both metocean providers and end users, the latter falling within a wide range of disciplines and operators including professional engineers and scientists in offshore engineering, oil and gas technology, structural, pipeline and subsea engineering. It will also be of use to academics and students in these disciplines, and project managers, well engineers/drillers, renewable energy engineers, surveyors, naval architects and logistics (marine and aviation) personnel.

'An excellent informative read... Really well written, informative book. The author clearly knows his stuff. Would highly recommend'. Amazon five-star review

'Excellent Overview of Offshore Energy Requirements for Weather and Sea Information... Handy sized book providing a wide range of information on the meteorological and oceanographic requirements for offshore renewables and oil & gas projects'. Amazon five-star review

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