Offshore staff
PERTH, Australia – UTEC Survey Australia Pty Ltd has completed a major infield inspection of 550 km (342 mi) of pipelines and 20 infield structures off the northwest coast of Australia, using two of its Gavia autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The work was completed on behalf of Apache Energy Ltd.
Offshore activity began in mid-June and saw UTEC provide two of its latest model Gavia AUV systems equipped with a full suite of survey sensors. Survey works were carried out from the vesselYardie Creek, with the scope of work completed in less than four weeks.
For the first time, UTEC operated two AUVs on a “back-to-back” basis – when one system returned from a mission, the next one was ready to go immediately. In some cases, the operational up-time in a given day was improved by as much as 40% through the back-to-back use of the AUVs.
09/02/2014
