Work Package 5INNOVATION THROUGH INDUSTRY

SLR Environmental Consulting (Ireland) Ltd

Promote interaction between the ocean observatory research community and the commercial sector

Proactively promote FixO3 and wider open ocean observatory products and services to the commercial sector

Identify innovative products & services within the ocean observatory community and develop targeted IPR agreements to encourage interest by the commercial sector

OBJECTIVESWP 5 Innovation through IndustrySLR

The Opportunity to Deliver Products & Services

Ocean Observatory Infrastructure

Sociological Technological

Recognition of climate change Fears about environmental damage Public fascination with ocean life &

secrets Fears about tsunamis & earthquakes Security fears

More smart sensors on the market Improved bandwidth Better power systems for remote subsea Increased access to broadband in homes Reduced costs for fibre optic cabling More off the shelve solutions

Economic Political & Legal

Increasing private sector spend on environmental monitoring

Public sector investment in innovation as driver of economic growth

Increasing natural hazard insurance claims

Investment in bio-prospecting by pharma industry

New markets in emerging economies

Demand for environmental security Need for marine spatial planning Drive for sustainable development of marine

resources UNCLOS & need for international oversight

of deep ocean resources for common good

The opportunity for ocean observatory researchers is to combine their product (data from ocean sensor infrastructure) with services (data processing, interpretation and forecasting) to deliver medium term value while engaging in pure scientific research that will drive innovation in the future

Task 5.1 Stakeholder consultation SLR (Lead); MI, NERC Stakeholder consultation to assess the interest from the commercial sector and to collect contacts for future meetings/networking

Task 5.2 Meeting between open ocean observatory researchers and commercial sector SLR (Lead); IFEMER, UiT, UPC Meeting between open ocean observatory researchers and the commercial sector to discuss current advances in marine technology/research

Task 5.3 Identify 5 innovative products and servicesIFREMER (Lead); UNIABDN, MI, UPCIdentify 5 innovative products and services and promote these to the commercial sector.

Task 5.4 Assess the Intellectual PropertySLR (Lead); NERCAssess the Intellectual Property agreements in place and, if required, develop further IPR agreements

Task 5.5 Develop a roadmap to commercialise prototype productsSLR (Lead); UniHBFor each product selected develop a project plan with tasks, timelines and associated

Task 5.6 Develop partnerships with industrySLR (Lead); MI, UiT, NERCDevelop partnerships with industry, connecting to buyers and sellers in different sectors.

Task 5.7 Establish publication protocol for industry agreements & ECSLR (Lead); UiT

Task 5.8 Reinforce links with companies that drive innovationMI (Lead); UNIABDN, NERC

PLANNED TASKSWP 5 Innovation through IndustrySLR

D5.1 List of commercial sector contacts with interest in commercialising ocean observatory services (M10)

D5.2 List of current commercial sector needs from ocean observatory sector (M12)

• D5.3 A number of technology clusters (e.g. ICT, sensors) that include industry & academic partners (M15)– NEXOS; COMMON SENSE, SenseOCEAN, SCHeMA

• D5.4 An IPR agreement for the technology clusters that best fits the business needs of all parties (M20)

• D5.5.1 First report on innovative products and services that identifies potential innovations (M14)

• D5.5.2 Second report on innovative products and services with more detail on 5 innovations and progress on commercialisation (M26)

• D5.6 Industry/Ocean Observatory Forum for development of business partnerships (M30)

• D5.7 A publication protocol for industry agreement (M39)

• D5.8 Final report on innovative products and services describing how they have these been promoted to the commercial sector, the interest in their use, IPR agreements in place and commercialisation agreements signed (M44)

DELIVERABLESWP 5 Innovation through IndustrySLR

Task 5.1 to assess the interest from the commercial sector and to collect contacts for future meetings/networking:

FEEDBACKWP 5 Innovation through IndustrySLR

Task 5.1 Stakeholder Engagement:

• FixO3 partners. WP2 collected all relevant technical information on hardware, software and middleware characteristics of each FixO3 site. WP12 has identified CO2 measurement, pH measurement and passive acoustic data processing as products and services to be further developed.

• Oiltech Investment Network

• UK IMON International Workshop on New Monitoring Technologies

• NeXOS Project

• COMMON SENSE Project

FEEDBACKWP 5 Innovation through IndustrySLR

FINDINGSWP 5 Innovation through IndustrySLR

• Target Market – Ocean environmental monitoring & metocean analysis– Key segments

• Autonomy & sensors– Sensor technologies, biofouling &

robotics

• Marine Information & Computing Technologies

• Market Size– £1.35bn in 2012 and growing

• What is the problem in this market that we are solving?– Ocean observation technology is

largely at prototype (TRL 7) stage and lacks certification appropriate for oil & gas operations

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Market Size & Growth

The estimated turnover in the UK based marine science and technology business in 2012 is £1.35 billion, of which Oil & Gas makes up 40%, and the trend is upwards (Ref: Annual Review of UK Marine Scientific Industries 2012)

Ocean Observation & the Oil Industry

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 2

Tier 1 Oil & Gas E&P Companies

Environmental Monitoring

Service Company

Equipment & Sensor

Manufacturer

Survey Vessels

Providers

Metocean Forecasting

Service Company

Metocean Modellers

Products, data & services from ocean observatories

A Simplified Supply Chain Diagram for Oil & Gas E&P

Oil and gas exploration companies are operating in deeper, colder water for longer periods to extract oil and gas from new deep water prospects

Sector Segment Services based on Ocean ObservationOil and Gas Offshore Offshore Design SupportRenewable Energy Offshore Metocean Information Services

Marine Operations & RiskEnvironmental Assessment and Management

FINDINGSWP 5 Innovation through IndustrySLR

There is a market at this time for products and services developed by FIXO3 partners with mainly US and European national research agencies, military navies, coast guard agencies and the oil industry particularly in the area of environmental monitoring

Issues of ConcernSector Segment Products developed on Ocean ObservatoriesOil and Gas Offshore Subsea Communications (e.g. WiFi)Renewable Energy Offshore New Sensor Technology

High Definition Cameras & Subsea LED LightingAnti-biofouling techniquesSubsea ConnectorsPassive acoustic monitoring & data processing

Innovative Products developed on Ocean Observatories applicable to Oil & Gas Deep Water Developments

The problem for FIXO3 products and services in this market is that ocean observation technology is largely at prototype (TRL 7) stage and lacks certification appropriate for key market segments, such as oil & gas operations.

Offer clear value proposition

Develop Technology Clusters with Industry

Obtain accreditation (e.g. DNV) – road testing

Develop IPR Agreements

Obtain a patent and then partner with an offshore oil and gas service supply company

Solutions

RECOMMENDATIONS WP 5 Innovation through IndustrySLR

• There is a need for the public sector to give a lead by including FIXO3 supplier companies in public procurement for ocean observation services

• FIXO3 supplier companies must ensure that their product and service is at the appropriate technology readiness level for deployment by industry

• FIXO3 supplier companies must have a clear value proposition for their customers

• FIXO3 supplier companies must concentrate their marketing efforts on Tier 3 customer companies

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Creating Value for Clients

• Improved sustainability/ HS&E– FixO3 products will provide

innovative environmental monitoring tools to determine initial baseline and long term effects of oil and gas E&P activities

• Quantify anthropogenic influences of E&P activities (eg BP Angola DELOS, etc)

• Our clients– Environmental consultancies– International weather

forecasting and marine sensor suppliers

– Do you know them? Yes, Meteo Group, Fugro, Vaisala, Ifremer, Marine Institute etc

• Strategy - Partner with sensor manufacturers who have existing market access

RECOMMENDATIONSWP 5 Innovation through IndustrySLR

Task 5.3 Identify 5 innovative products and services

FIXO3 suppliers that provide products developed on ocean observatories with potential application in the offshore oil and gas and renewable energy sectors will be interviewed and their commitment to commercialisation of their products assessed. Those willing to proceed will be advised on protection of their IPR prior to identifying potential partners and routes to market.

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Our Products

Undersea observatory power and control systems

Development of instrumented boards for the monitoring of the environment down to 6,000m

UWS a tool especially designed for wave monitoring from a moving platform such as ships in transit or an FPSO or semi-submersible drilling rig.

Glycocoat technology is designed to prevent biofilm formation at the very early stages by inhibiting the initial microbial binding interactions with the surface.

7th EuroGOOS Conference Lisbon 25th October

Attendance at EO4OG (Earth Observation for Oil and Gas) Workshop London 18th November

Collaboration with NEXOS; COMMON SENSE, SenseOCEAN

Select volunteer companies to form cluster

2016 Innovation Zone at Oceanology 2016

Next StepWP 5 Innovation through IndustrySLR

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