Ennis weather-forecasting tech firm Nowcasting has signed a €300,000 deal to provide Canadian global energy giant NEXEN with high-resolution weather, meteorological and oceanographic data for its North Sea outposts, according to the award winning tech website Silicon Republic.Nowcasting is headquartered in Ennis with offices in Aberdeen and Houston, Texas, and is an established leader in supporting offshore operators with their meteorological and oceanographic forecasting needs.
The company has been working in the North Sea for nine years and currently has operations in the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, the Mediterranean, West Africa and Sakhalin Island.
“We have been steadily building a solid reputation in the North Sea, so it is great for our industry credibility that companies of this scale are placing their forecasting requirements in our hands,” Dr Mark White, CEO of Nowcasting explained.
