TECH SPOTLIGHT
A First for Egypt as Fugro Revolutionises Subsea Installation for GUPCO
Fugro has revolutionised a subsea installation programme for Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO) with its innovative QuickVision® technology. Used for the first time in Egypt, the contactless positioning solution replaced the conventional survey sensors typically attached to subsea structures during installation.
Under a contract with Dragon Oil (GUPCO), Fugro delivered subsea positioning support for the installation of multiple subsea structures off the coast of Egypt. To meet the requirements for improved safety and lower project costs, Fugro deployed their QuickVision solution. This state-of-the art vision technology uses a smart camera, attached to a remotely operated vehicle, that can determine the heading and attitude of a subsea structure as it is landed. This eliminates the requirement to pre-install a sensor package on the structure, and retrieve it once installation is complete, which reduces the time and costs associated with a dive support vessel.
Fugro’s QuickVision® performing underwater tracking using a coded pattern technique
Noting the benefits that real-time access to the positioning Geo-data brought to the project, Fugro’s Project Manager, Sherif Abd El Aziz, said: “Introducing the power of augmented reality has had a hugely positive impact on this project’s delivery.”
Lotfi Ibrahim, Drilling Operation Manager for Dragon Oil (GUPCO), added: “The conventional sensor method is time-consuming and is not without risk. Fugro’s QuickVision allowed us to deliver safer and more sustainable operations, and within the desired accuracy. It has revolutionised our subsea installation programmes.”
Jobs Boost for Aberdeen Based Software Company Following $5m Contract Wins
Aberdeen headquartered software company ZynQ 360 are set to increase their headcount significantly following a series of global contract awards totalling in excess of $5m.
With regional offices in Houston (Texas), and Perth (WA), the multiple contracts will be delivered across the USA, UK and Western Australia, as well as a major projects in Europe and Guyana.
This follows the successful ‘Version 2’ launch of their World Leading Visualisation Software and new licensing model earlier this year. Now, ZynQ 360 are looking to make a series of key appointments across the business to support this growth.
Managing Director, Brian Dillon, said “The company made a conscious decision to invest significantly in our ZynQ software during the last twelve months and this has paid material dividends. Our global clients have definitely bought into our new business model in a big way, and the trend will continue into 2022 and 2023 with further contract awards expected through Q3 and Q4 2021.”
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These contract wins will see the cloud-based platform being adopted by both onshore and offshore assets to create an innovative visual ‘digital twin’, providing them with rapid and reliable access to new and existing visual data across these assets and organisations.
“We have combined and integrated the latest technologies to deliver the most comprehensive and sustainable Visualisation Software available and these new contracts will benefit from the performance, integration and usability improvements we have made,” said Brian Milne, Technical Director.
[l-r] Aly Gray – Operations Director,
Brian Dillon – Managing Director,
Brian Milne – Technical Director
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