Success on the Swan River at AOG

The team from the UVS Perth office have completed successful innovative on-water demonstrations alongside the Australian Oil & Gas Exhibition in Perth. Over several cruise events delegates to AOG were able to see some of the broad Teledyne Marine range demonstrated on and in the Swan River and have questions answered by experienced Teledyne representatives including Shadi Awwad (VP – Global Sales & Business Development, Teledyne Oil & Gas), David Ooi (Regional Manager – Asia Pacific, Teledyne Marine) and Adam Junner (Hydrpographic Surveyor, Teledyne Reson).

On-board the boat Classy Lady the dual-head Teledyne Reson T50P was rigged to show the capability and flexibility of the system for seabed and also wharf and structure surveys. By overlapping the dual head coverage ultra-high resolution pipeline surveys can be conducted with speed and accuracy. The T50P performed well despite the very shallow conditions in the Swan River, and some interested delegates also joined for a longer cruise where deeper water capabilities of the system were shown.

The versatile Teledyne OceanScience Z-Boat was launched from the stern of the Classy Lady and attracted significant attention from a wide range of delegates who could see it’s utility for inshore and coastal survey functions. Replacing “two-men-in-a-tinnie”, the Z-Boat represents a 21st Century response to the need to gather seabed and seawater column data for all types for shallow surveys, while reducing the risk to personnel. Many delegates took the opportunity to manually control the Z-Boat which can also be operated in an autonomous mode to quickly and accurately perform “lawn mowing” surveys in all types of inshore waters returning high quality data from single-beam or multi-beam echo sounders. ADCPs can also be integrated into the Z-Boat for river gauging applications.

The innovative Teledyne SeaBotix range of Remotely Operated Vehicles was known to many AOG delegates, however, the addition of a Teledyne BlueView M900 Imaging Sonar provided a demonstration of new capability for conducting inspections and work in zero visibility conditions. The Swan River showed these conditions at the time of the demonstration with very low visibility due to recent heavy rains. With the addition of the crawler module incorporating the VRAM attractor the Little Benthic Vehicle transforms into the Little Benthic Crawler and becomes a powerful tool for conducting hull and underwater structure inspections in difficult conditions.

Classy Lady was alongside at the Barrack Street Wharf in Perth with easy access to the AOG enabling delegates to attend a demonstration cruise during a busy day at the exhibition.

Teledyne Reson representative Adam Junner and UVS GM Oceanographic and Hydrographic, Mark Hegarty, introduce the Teledyne Reson SeaBat T50P dual head configuration for demonstration. The T50P dual head configuration was easily rigged on pole-mount configuration on the Classy Lady demonstrating its application to small vessels.

UVS GM Oceanographic and Hydrographic Mark Hegarty demonstrates the easy control of the robotic Z-Boat to a demonstration delegate on the Swan River. The Z-Boat can be controlled manually or can perform a survey in autonomous mode with no operator intervention required.

The versatile Teledyne OceanScience Z-Boat demonstrates its capability on the Swan River with the City of Perth in the background. The Z-Boat is ideal of inland locations, rivers and coastal seas where is can perform surveys and gather data without the need for manned boats.

Dave Gull, UVS Service Manager, prepares the Teledyne SeaBotix Little Benthic Crawler (LBC) for demonstration. The patented VRAM attractor enables the LBC vehicle to adhere to ship’s hulls and underwater infrastructure for close inspection.