NCS Survey Signs Contract with SeeByte
NCS Survey has chosen Seebyte's AutoTracker for their autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) fleet. The AutoTracker technology enables AUVs to detect and track a pipeline. This system will be integrated into both their recently acquired Gavia Offshore Surveyor AUVs rated at 500m and 1000m respectively.
The system has already been extensively trialled in recent operations with a Gavia AUV in Iceland, with triumphant success. These trials have been followed with successful operations in Azerbaijan where NCS Survey, with support from Hafmynd and SeeByte, has been inspecting a number of pipelines in the landfall area.
The advantages of using AUVs over conventional methods are many, but the quality of the data from an AUV is second-to-none. With AutoTracker, the AUV can be made to fly at a predetermined offset from the pipeline and the side-scan data can be kept in the sweet-spot for the duration of the survey. No other survey method can replicate this performance at the pace or cost of an AUV.
