Marine Services

Aquatera employs a dedicated and highly skilledteam of staff and associates to deliver support fora variety of projects on a local, national andinternational level. We also work with a numberof closely allied delivery partners to provide keyexpertise and added capacity. Aquatera’sexperienced team also have core skills in marinescience and offshore/maritime engineering andcan therefore provide expert input across a widerange of technical areas.

As a result of an expansive portfolio ofmarine projects, Aquatera is:

A leading global service provider to the waveand tidal energy sectors.

Recognised for its international experience ofoffshore oil and gas operations spanning anumber of continents.Prominent in Scotland and the wider UK, interms of marine licensing and wider marinespatial planning activities.Widely respected as an authoritative sourceof information, ideas and solutions to marineresource management issues.

Aquatera uses its specialist knowledge and understandingof complex marine environments, supporting clients toharness marine resources from around the world.

Sectors we work in:

Our broad environmental perspective coversthe full spread of environmental interactionsincluding how these may impact on proposedand existing developments.We consider the environment broadly toinclude physical, ecological, heritage, social,economic and infrastructure issues.We always establish a clear understanding ofall the issues, evaluate the full range of possiblesolutions and articulate these clearly andconsistently to all stakeholders and clients.

Our approach:

Wave and tidal energyOffshore windOil and gas (exploration, production anddecommissioning)Cables and pipelines (array cabling,distribution cables, AC and DC transmissioncables, oil pipelines, gas pipelines)Fishing and aquaculture (demersal andpelagic, salmon and shellfish)Shipping (merchant, ferries, military etc)Ports and dredgingHeritage management (ecological,archaeological, cultural)

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Aquatera LtdOld Academy Business Centre

StromnessOrkney

KW16 3AW

Tel: +44 (0) 1856 850 088Email: office@aquatera.co.uk

Strategic assessment and planningStrategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)Cumulative impact assessmentMarine spatial planningResource assessmentSite and route selection

Environmental and technical surveysBathymetry and seabed conditionsHydrography and resourcecharacterisationProtected habitats and speciesEuropean Seabirds At Sea (ESAS) birdsurveys and marine mammal observationsWrecks and submerged archaeologySeascape, Landscape and Visual ImpactAssessment (SLVIA) Seascape analysisSea user activity / vessel traffic (AIS/VMS)

Key projects:

Project assessment and licensingDevelopment planning and designRegulator and stakeholder liaisonOption evaluation and scopingPublic and community engagementEnvironmental Impact Assessment (EIA),Environmental Issue Identification(ENVID), Environmental Risk Assessment(ERA) and Habitats Regulations Appraisalprocesses (HRA)Mitigation, management and monitoringplansLicense application and negotiation

Technology development and operationsmanagement

Technology readiness assessmentTechnology due diligenceHazard Identification and Risk Assessment(HIRA)/ HAZID and risk assessmentProject risk managementHealth and Safety managementConstruction Design and ManagementRegulations (CDM) co-ordination roleReputation management

Services we provide:

EIA for offshore pipelines associated with the Magnus EOR project (BP, 2000-2002)

EIA for STS operations in Firth of Forth (Melbourne shipping/Forth Ports, 2004-2005)

Highland Renewable Energy strategy and resource assessment, including offshore wind,wave & tidal energy (The Highland Council, 2006)

Ecological impact scoping tool for marine energy projects (Scottish Government, 2008-present)

EIA for tidal energy projects in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters (PFOW) round(SSER/Open Hydro/Scotrenewables, 2009 - present)

Support for tidal turbine installation (Voith Hydro, 2009-present)

Oregon wave energy: cumulative impact assessment tool (Oregon Wave Energy Trust (OWET), 2010)

EIAs to support marine license applications for subsea HVDC cables, Caithness to Moray,Shetland to Caithness (SHETL, 2010-present)

EIA for dredging operations and port development for Future Growth Project, Tengiz, Kazakhstan(TCO, 2011 and ongoing)

Evaluation of support vessel performance for marine energy projects (Scottish Government, 2013)