Reach Subsea and MMT have announced, after one week with offshore testing from the vessel Edda Fonn, that the Surveyor Interceptor is performing according to expectations, both on speed and the survey data quality.
Reach Subsea ASA (Reach) has, as previously announced, together with survey partner MMT Sweden AB (MMT) and manufacturer Kystdesign, developed this innovative survey ROV.
The Surveyor Interceptor is designed to carry survey instrumentation to perform Pipeline inspection, Route Surveys, Subsea Installation surveys and Environmental surveys down to 2.000 m water depth.
“This machine has a punch I could never have dreamed of. Together with the high precision instruments we can map at a quality not ever achieved before at reasonable cost” says Ola Oskarsson Founder MMT Sweden AB
Given the vehicles features, including the hydra-dynamic shape, it is intended to deliver ultra high-resolution data at a substantial lower cost per km compared with today’s assets.
“We are so far very pleased with the results and the data quality and performance is within or above expectations. The Surveyor Interceptor will be ready for commercial work for 2015 and we are looking forward to presenting this innovative ROV to our clients.” says Jostein Alendal CEO, of Reach and Ola Oskarsson, founder and project leader, MMT.
“Another test-day done with the Surveyor ROV. What a fantastic piece of art. So futuristic complicated, capable and sofisticated, but still a dream to fly.” says Atle Monsen , Reach Subsea Senior ROV supervisor.
The offshore testing is performed in the Haugesund area in Norway with economic support from Gassco AS. Gassco operates the Norwegian gas transportation system, embracing nearly 8000 km of large diameter pipelines.
“We welcome this new technology and believe this will provide high quality in pipeline inspection and cost effective solutions to manage our assets” says vice president in Gassco’s transport network department, Kristin Kinn Kaste .