Viridien announced today the award of a five-year contract by Ithaca Energy to deliver an integrated environmental monitoring and marine situational-awareness solution for the Greater Stella Area in the UK North Sea.

The service supports an innovative monitoring approach approved by the UK’s Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED), combining AIS vessel surveillance using Sercel’s Marlin Vessel Tracking and Alerts (VTA) platform with satellite-based environmental monitoring intelligence from Viridien’s SeaScope service, as an alternative to conventional guard vessel coverage.

The Marlin software platform provides a common operational picture of real-time vessel movements, offshore infrastructure, geofences and automated proximity alerts, while also displaying satellite imagery and interpreted sea surface data from SeaScope.

SeaScope combines advanced automation, metocean data and expert interpretation to provide wide-area surveillance of the ocean surface around offshore infrastructure. It will give Ithaca Energy enhanced situational awareness of any potential releases and their origins and enable them to respond appropriately to potential events associated with its assets and third-party activity.

Bringing this information into a single operational view on the Marlin platform will help operators to proactively manage risks as part of their post-decommissioning monitoring activities.

Jérôme Denigot, CEO, Sercel, said: “We are proud to support Ithaca Energy with an innovative solution that brings together Sercel’s Marlin software and Viridien’s SeaScope satellite monitoring service. This five-year award demonstrates how these complementary technologies can help offshore operators monitor and manage their producing and decommissioned assets by identifying potential risks earlier and responding with confidence.”

About Viridien

Viridien (www.viridiengroup.com) is an advanced technology, digital and Earth data company that pushes the boundaries of science for a more prosperous and sustainable future. With our ingenuity, drive and deep curiosity we discover new insights, innovations, and solutions that efficiently and responsibly resolve complex natural resource, digital, energy transition and infrastructure challenges. Viridien employs around 3,200 people worldwide and is listed as VIRI on the Euronext Paris SA (FR001400PVN6).

About Ithaca Energy plc

Ithaca Energy is a leading UK independent exploration and production company with a strong track record of material value creation. In recent years, the Company has been focused on growing its portfolio of assets through both organic investment programmes and acquisitions and has seen a period of significant M&A driven growth centred upon three transformational acquisitions in recent years, including the recent Business Combination with Eni UK. Today, Ithaca Energy is one of the largest independent oil and gas companies in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (the “UKCS”), ranking second largest independent by production with the largest resource base.