Offshore staff
LEIDSCHENDAM, the Netherlands – Fugro has completed what it claims was the Middle East’s first fully autonomous geophysical shallow-water route survey.
An uncrewed surface vessel (USV) controlled from the company’s remote operations center in Abu Dhabi captured geophysical data across a survey area 40 km (25 mi) from the country’s coast to support a client’s project.
The geophysical shallow-water route survey provided conductivity, temperature, depth and salinity profiles, bathymetry data, seabed imaging, sub-bottom profiles, and ferrous object detection such as pipes.
Using this autonomous approach, as opposed to a conventionally mobilized and crewed survey, led to reduced HSSE exposure and cost savings to the client, Fugro said, adding that its USVs also have a much lower carbon footprint than some regular survey vessels.
06/23/2020
