The country’s top weather research organisations and oil production departments have decided to collaborate to come out with an ‘impact model’ which will provide an ‘accurate early warning system’ for the benefit of the off-shore exploration and production industries and safety of workers on both the east and west coasts ,including the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) located here and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) have signed a pact with the Director General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) and the Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas recently with the ‘endorsement’ of Directorate General of Shipping and Indian Coastal Guard.
The agreement is to provide a short and long term baseline environmental information for the operational areas of exploration and production activities, improve the quality of weather and ocean forecasting system to ensure smooth and safe operations for the off-shore activities, informed senior scientists.
