Offshore Physical Environmental Guidelines
7.0 Reports and Data

7.0 Reports and Data
7.1 Environmental Monitoring Program Description
7.2 Ice Management Plan
7.3 Physical Environment Report
7.3.1 Meteorological Data Report
7.3.2 Forecast Verification Report
7.3.3 Oceanographic Data Report
7.3.4 Ice Data Report
7.3.5 Physical Environmental Data Reports and Measurements
7.4 Equipment Inspection Reports

7.0 Reports and Data

A summary of all reports and data associated with these PEGs is provided in this section.

It is the responsibility of the Operator to ensure that physical environmental reports and data identified in this Guideline are collected and delivered to the appropriate government agency and/or the Regulator.

7.1 Environmental Monitoring Program Description

The contents of this report are outlined in Section 1.2 of these PEGs. Operators should submit to the Regulator two paper copies and one electronic copy of the program description.

7.2 Ice Management Plan

In regions where sea ice or icebergs are expected to occur, the Operator should prepare an Ice Management Plan for submission to the Regulator as part of the application for Drilling Program Authorization in the case of drilling, or the application for Production Operations Authorization in the case of production. Refer to Appendix B. Operators should submit to the Regulator one paper and one electronic copy of the Ice Management Plan.

7.3 Physical Environment Report

The Physical Environmental Report should contain:

1. Meteorological Data Report;
2. Forecast Verification Report;
3. Oceanographic Data Report;
4. Ice Data Report (if applicable); and,
5. Equipment Inspection Reports.

Physical Environmental Reports respecting exploratory drilling programs should be submitted as part of the Final Well Report within 90 days of the well termination of the associated exploratory well. For development drilling and production programs, reports should be supplied to the Regulator annually, on a calendar year basis, by March 1^st of the succeeding year. Operators should submit to the Regulator one paper and four electronic copies of the Physical Environmental Report. Operators are encouraged to amalgamate all meteorological, oceanographic and ice reports into one comprehensive document.

7.3.1 Meteorological Data Report

The report should include:

1. A description of any changes to the meteorological data collection and weather observing programs which occurred after the submission of the Environmental Monitoring Program Description report, as outlined in Section 1.2 of these PEG;
2. Copies of all metadata reports which were submitted during the program;
3. Copies of all marine and aviation data observations on acceptable electronic data storage media;
4. Recommendations for change in any future measurement program;
5. A table of monthly extremes (maxima and/or minima) of all weather parameters observed or measured.
6. Copies of quality controlled meteorological sensor data as described in Table 7-1, on acceptable data storage media; and,
7. A description of the quality control program carried out on the data.

7.3.2 Meteorological Data Report

The report should include:

1. Weather forecast verification statistics as described in Appendix A of these PEGs;
2. Time series plots may be submitted on appropriate storage media and need not be reproduced in hard copy; and,
3. Electronic copies of all weather forecasts.

7.3.3 Oceanographic Data Report

The report should include:

1. A description of any changes to the oceanographic data collection that occurred after the submission of the Environmental Monitoring Program Description, as outlined in Section 1.2 of these PEGs;
2. Recommendations for change in any future measurement program;
3. Electronic copies of all metadata reports which were submitted during the program;
4. Quality controlled oceanographic sensor data (see Table 7-1), submitted to the Regulator on acceptable data storage media and in a format suitable for archiving at MEDS as described in Appendix H;
5. A current data report which contains an archival and an analysis section. The archival section should contain, at a minimum, a location diagram, bar chart, mooring or deployment diagrams, instrument log sheets/calibration curves, deployment/recovery logs, description of data editing procedures, and explanations of data gaps. The analysis section should provide an overview of the information extracted from the data records and include:
   • time series plots of current speed and direction, temperature, and salinity,
   • progressive vector diagrams,
   • harmonic analysis,
   • spectral analysis,
   • bi-variate histograms,
   • statistical summaries (maximum, minimum, mean, standard deviations),
   • stick plots optional, and,
   • persistence or exceedance diagrams optional;
6. A wave data report which contains an archival section (as in item e above) and an analysis section and should include, at a minimum:
   • Time Series of Wave Height and Period;
   • Percent Exceedence of Significant Wave Height; and,
   • Histogram of Peak Period and Mean Zero Crossing Period.

7.3.4 Ice Data Report

The report should include:

1. A description of any changes to the ice data collection which occurred after the submission of the Environmental Monitoring Program Description, as outlined in Section 1.2 of these PEGs;
2. Ice forecast verification statistics as described in Appendix A of these PEGs;
3. Ice data analysis;
4. Archived ice data on acceptable storage media, and in a format described in Appendix H; and,
5. Electronic copies of all ice forecasts.

7.3.5 Physical Environmental Data Reports and Measurements

Table 7-1 summarizes the minimum set of reports and measurements that should be contained within the Physical Environment Report.

Table 7-1 - Minimum Meteorological and Oceanographic Sensor Measurements

7.4 Equipment Inspection Reports

The report described in section 3.5.1 should be submitted to the Regulator and MSC prior to the inception of an offshore monitoring program. The report should include descriptions of the data collecting instrumentation which have been installed in accordance with these PEGs and calibration reports on each sensor.

Date modified:

2021-09-16