Environmental Monitoring database (MOD) DNV

Thomas Møskeland1, Rukaya Johaadien2

1 DNV, Høvik, Oslo, Norway; 2 GBIF Norway, , Norway

Corresponding author(s): Thomas Møskeland (Thomas.Moskeland@dnvgl.com)

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Abstract

DNV is a risk and classification company with roots dating back to the founding of Det Norske Veritas (DNV) in 1864. DNV operates in the oil, gas, and renewable energy sectors.
The data produced by DNV is stored in their own Environmental Monitoring database (MOD). It comprises approximately 2.8 million species occurrence records, as well as chemical and geology records. This information comes from grab sampling conducted in areas around oil drilling stations. GBIF Norway is working with DNV to publish the species abundance data in the MOD database.
The grab sampling process is done on a yearly basis around the months of May and June, but not all stations are sampled each year. In general sampling is done around each station every third year, and in some areas samples have been repeated since the 1990s.

Keywords: Samplingevent, OpenPSD, private-sector, gbif-cesp, Samplingevent

Project details

Project title: OpenPSD
Personnel: Thomas Møskeland

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=dnv

Methods

Method step description: The identification of species in each sample is in general done at DNV's Biology lab but samples are also sometimes outsourced to external taxonomists.
Study extent description: Barents sea, Ekofisk area, Finnmark, Møre area, Nordland, Oseberg, Sleipner, Statfjord, Trondelag, UK Shelf
Sampling description: Biology samples are taken with a van Veen grab and from a surface area of 0.5 m^2

There are several sample stations around each installation. The distance and direction from the main installation is stored in locationRemarks. The exact latitude and longitude for each sample station is provided. Approximately five grabs are made at each station, each a few meters apart. The grab numbers are provided in the eventRemarks.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Environmental Monitoring database (MOD) DNV
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.gbif.no/archive.do?r=dnv
Publication date of data: 2023-08-09
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

External datasets

Dataset description
Object name: DNV Environmental Information Systems
Character encoding: UTF8
Format name: HTML
Distribution: https://www.dnv.com/services/environmental-information-systems-2643

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2020-05-22
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Norwegian Environment Agency (2020) Guidelines for environmental monitoring of petroleum activities on the Norwegian continental shelf. Report M-408. Available at https://www.miljodirektoratet.no/publikasjoner/2015/september-2015/environmental-monitoring-of-petroleum-activities-on-the-norwegian-continental-shelf/
DNV (2020) How they help the oil industry see how it affects the environment. DNV staff interview with Tor Jensen and Amund Ulfsnes. Available at https://www.dnvgl.no/karriere/employee-stories/interview-articles/tor-jensen-and-amund-ulfsnes.html
Akvaplan-niva AS (2008) Offshore sediment monitoring on the Norwegian shelf
A regional approach 1996-2006. Akvaplan-niva report no 3487 - 003. Available at https://norskoljeoggass.no/contentassets/d12e43769840474ab92035eeb83b2e43/miljoovervaking-av-offshorevirksomheten---regional-sedimentovervaking-1996-2006.pdf