UTEC AUVs to undertake trenching duty at Zohr offshore Egypt

Offshore staff

ABERDEEN, UK – UTEC will provide subsea service support to Saipem for Eni’s deepwater Zohr gas field development in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea.

The contractor will perform surface positioning on-board the Saipem-operated barges,Bautino and Castoro 10, and associated anchor handling vehicles.

It will also provide trenching support, including trench monitoring and as-trenched surveys, via its Teledyne Gavia AUVs in water depths ranging from 2.5-20 m (8.2-65.6 ft).

The contract is set to last around five months.

06/08/2017