C & C Signs $50 Million, Two Year AUV Contract with Petrobras
C & C Technologies do Brasil, a subsidiary of C & C Technologies, Inc. (C & C) was recently awarded a $50 million contract by Petrobras. The 730 day contract will utilize C & C's C-Surveyor II AUV and M/V Northern Resolution. The contract can be renewed for an additional 730 days, making the contract potentially worth $100 million.
The effort will include running pipeline route and site surveys to support the exploration and production of deepwater subsalt plays offshore Brasil. C & C crews will perform sidescan sonar and subbottom profiler surveys, coring, and both hull-mounted and AUV-mounted multibeam bathymetric surveys under the contract.
C & C Technologies do Brasil, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, currently employs more than 200 employees who perform geophysical and marine construction surveys. In addition to providing field surveys, C & C do Brasil is fully equipped to process data and compile hazard reports.
