New Wave Media

Teledyne Webb Research announces the recent sale and delivery of a Slocum G2 Glider to Blue Ocean Monitoring Pty. Ltd. for use in commercial oil and gas related applications. The Slocum glider delivered to Blue Ocean Monitoring is equipped with an Environmental Characterization Optics (ECO) sensor, a Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) sensor and an Oxygen Optode. All Slocum G2 gliders are 1,000m rated and are hybrid (propeller) ready.

 

While approximately 500 Slocum gliders have been sold for academic and military applications, including fleets of gliders to the U.S. Navy, Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) and the United Kingdom National Oceanography Centre (NOC), the delivery to Blue Ocean Monitoring marks the beginning of a trend in the oil and gas industry toward remotely managed, low logistics, monitoring and sensing solutions.

 

Utilizing remotely managed autonomous underwater vehicles like the Slocum glider, service providers are able to gather vital, near real-time, water column data to improve situational awareness in operating areas at a fraction of the cost of traditional approaches utilizing surface vessels. Slocum gliders can be equipped with a choice of over 40 different sensors and are capable of deployments lasting up to a year. These gliders maintain communications through a satellite link permitting data transfer and missions management remotely, making gliders an ideal tool for oil and gas applications.