Fugro Starts Timor-Leste AUV Survey Controlled From 620 Miles Away
Fugro has begun the offshore phase of an autonomous underwater vehicle survey for the Greater Sunrise and Bayu Undan developments off Timor-Leste. Engineers in Kuala Lumpur will monitor the data from over 1,000 km away, following a completed three-month AUV survey of Malaysia's Megah and Limbayong fields.
- Echo Surveyor AUV ran a three-month survey with no specialists on site
- Operations were monitored from Kuala Lumpur over 1,000 km away
- AUV positioning accuracy ranged from 1 to 4 meters
- Survey covered fields in water depths of 900–1,200 meters
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