Major UK player will gather seismic data from the Campos, Espirito Santo and Santos Basins for Petrobras from the Island Pride vessel
One of the largest companies of its kind in the UK, Ocean Infinity, has secured a deal to provide high-resolution hydrographic mapping services to Brazilian state-owned Petrobras. Under the agreement, signed by Cepemais, Ocean Infinity's local partner, data will be collected for the Campos, Espirito Santo and Santos Basins, off the coast of Brazil.
Ocean Infinity and its offshore consulting partner will map an area of 5.000 square kilometers and inspect 12.000 kilometers of pipeline.
Operating from Ocean Infinity's Island Pride ship, the company's autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) will be working in water depths between 50 and 3000 meters.
The AUVs are equipped with a side-scan sonar, a multi-beam echo sounder, a sub-bottom profiler, an HD camera, a conductivity/temperature/depth sensor, a self-compensating magnetometer, a synthetic aperture sonar, and a turbidity sensor. .
The data collected by Ocean Infinity will then be interpreted and reported by Cepemais.
The work will take place in the middle of this year and the duration of the contract is three years.
The value of the transaction was not disclosed.
“Working on a project of this scale is a clear endorsement of our technology and highlights how the oil and gas industry recognizes that, through the deployment of multiple AUVs, we can deliver the highest quality data, safely, quickly and cost-effectively. . ”, said Ocean Infinity chief executive Oliver Plunkett.
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