The roots of many B.C. ocean technology companies can be traced to opportunities that resulted from oil exploration in the Beaufort Sea during the 1970s and ‘80s. It was in the harsh environment of the Arctic seas that developing Canadian Ocean Technologies gained an operational advantage that they still enjoy today. From undersea surveying and navigation to environmental monitoring to deep sea diving and submarine technologies, B.C. firms are world leaders.
With the international offshore oil and gas industry remaining a major client, and opportunities to apply oil and gas exploration technologies to meet new challenges in other areas, the future of this technology area has never been brighter.
BCIC supports the B.C. Government in its efforts to facilitate market opportunities for exploration technology firms in the offshore oil and gas industry and works with ocean technology industry associations to transfer, facilitate and market those capabilities in other applications.
