Ocean Floor Geophysics and DOF Subsea plan to jointly offer autonomous underwater vehicle services to the global offshore industry.
(Courtesy Ocean Floor Geophysics)
A Kongsberg Hugin 1000 AUV.
Offshore staff
HOUSTON – Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG) and DOF Subsea (DOF) plan to jointly offer autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) services to the global offshore industry.Â
This will build on their recent collaboration in the development of OFG’s AUV non-contact integrated Cathodic Protection (iCP) inspection system, with pooling of resources on various pipeline inspection and geohazard surveys.
They also plan a coordinated response to increased demand for AUV surveys.Â
OFG’s iCP technology for AUV pipeline and infrastructure checks is said to allow anomalies and the overall system health status to be analyzed in near real-time offshore.
The miniaturized electronics is also said to simplify integration and deployment on light logistics AUVs, ROVs and shallow water active towfish for pipeline, cable, structure, and umbilical inspection.Â
In addition, the alliance will offer a CathX laser and photogrammetry system and HiSAS synthetic aperture sonar, on top of standard sensors for geophysical and pipeline inspection surveys.
