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ecoSUB-Hydrocarbon Sniffer series AUVs
We have four pre-configured ecoSUB-Hydrocarbon Sniffer series vehicles, u5 Hydrocarbon Sniffer Lite, m5 Hydrocarbon Sniffer Lite, m5 Hydrocarbon Sniffer and m5 Hydrocarbon Sniffer+. We provide pre-configured options for convenience only, ecoSUB users can define the payloads for any vehicle and make changes to the options below. We are happy to provide integration work packages for new payloads as long as they meet sensible requirement for size, weight and power consumption. Contact us at [email protected] to discuss further.
Our Hydrocarbon Sniffer series of ecoSUB AUVs are focused on providing detection and measurement of crude oil in water, principally to provide the offshore oil and gas community with low cost solutions for rapid and targeted data collection. These vehicles are ideal for emergency response incidents where rapid environmental assessment and oil plume tracking is required. Multiple ecoSUB-Hydrocarbon Sniffer AUVs can provide wide spatial resolution and timely data collection to inform decision makers.
ecoSUBu5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer Lite and ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer Lite are integrated with a single channel Valeport Hyperion OIW sensor for crude oil detection, an altimeter and fast response temperature sensor. The ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer and Hydrocarbon Sniffer+ are integrated with the Seabird Scientific SeaOWL oil in water sensor measuring crude oil, backscatter and Chlorophyll-a to reduce false positives, providing exceptionally high resolution and data quality. Both the ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer and Hydrocarbon Sniffer+ also benefit from conductivity and temperature sensors to measure physical parameters, and the ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer+ is also integrated with a dissolved oxygen (DO) sensor - a parameter identified as being of critical importance by BP during the post-Deepwater Horizon/Macondo event.
ecoSUB-Hydrocarbon Sniffer AUVs can provide critical early leak detection and monitoring services for oil and gas operators, being fully autonomous, small and easy to launch and recover, as well as low cost, they are an ideal tool for providing reassurance of asset integrity. Our m5 class of Hydrocarbon Sniffer series AUVs can all operate with our Network Localisation and/or DVL for advanced navigation.
As ecoSUB AUVs are fully autonomous and we design vehicles to be smart, we can ask them to be reactive to the information they collect, for example, if a user wants to know immediately if a vehicle detects crude oil above a defined concentration, the vehicle can respond to this, either send a message acoustically underwater or come to the surface and transmit information by Iridium message. During an Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) oil in water exercise, an ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer Lite AUV completed transits through an oil plume and surfaced at the end of each track to report the highest concentration it had measured and the location of this concentration. The concentration data was then plotted in the BP One World system for near-real time visualisation.
Hydrocarbon Sniffer series vehicles can be equipped to measure the following parameters:
We can now provide the integrated ANB S-1000 pH sensor, solid state calibration free with accuracy of 0.05 pH - enquire for more information.
Hydrocarbon Sniffer series vehicles can all be fitted with an optional nano-modem to enable users to take advantage of Network Localisation for advanced navigation and/or a DVL sensor.
If you would like to discuss configurations for your offshore oil and gas missions please do not hesitate to get in touch via [email protected].
Our Hydrocarbon Sniffer series of ecoSUB AUVs are focused on providing detection and measurement of crude oil in water, principally to provide the offshore oil and gas community with low cost solutions for rapid and targeted data collection. These vehicles are ideal for emergency response incidents where rapid environmental assessment and oil plume tracking is required. Multiple ecoSUB-Hydrocarbon Sniffer AUVs can provide wide spatial resolution and timely data collection to inform decision makers.
ecoSUBu5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer Lite and ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer Lite are integrated with a single channel Valeport Hyperion OIW sensor for crude oil detection, an altimeter and fast response temperature sensor. The ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer and Hydrocarbon Sniffer+ are integrated with the Seabird Scientific SeaOWL oil in water sensor measuring crude oil, backscatter and Chlorophyll-a to reduce false positives, providing exceptionally high resolution and data quality. Both the ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer and Hydrocarbon Sniffer+ also benefit from conductivity and temperature sensors to measure physical parameters, and the ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer+ is also integrated with a dissolved oxygen (DO) sensor - a parameter identified as being of critical importance by BP during the post-Deepwater Horizon/Macondo event.
ecoSUB-Hydrocarbon Sniffer AUVs can provide critical early leak detection and monitoring services for oil and gas operators, being fully autonomous, small and easy to launch and recover, as well as low cost, they are an ideal tool for providing reassurance of asset integrity. Our m5 class of Hydrocarbon Sniffer series AUVs can all operate with our Network Localisation and/or DVL for advanced navigation.
As ecoSUB AUVs are fully autonomous and we design vehicles to be smart, we can ask them to be reactive to the information they collect, for example, if a user wants to know immediately if a vehicle detects crude oil above a defined concentration, the vehicle can respond to this, either send a message acoustically underwater or come to the surface and transmit information by Iridium message. During an Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) oil in water exercise, an ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer Lite AUV completed transits through an oil plume and surfaced at the end of each track to report the highest concentration it had measured and the location of this concentration. The concentration data was then plotted in the BP One World system for near-real time visualisation.
Hydrocarbon Sniffer series vehicles can be equipped to measure the following parameters:
- Crude oil (370 nm EX, 460 nm EM)
- Chlorophyll-a
- Backscatter @ 700nm
- Dissolved oxygen
- pH
- Conductivity
- Temperature
- Salinity
- Depth
- Altitude
We can now provide the integrated ANB S-1000 pH sensor, solid state calibration free with accuracy of 0.05 pH - enquire for more information.
Hydrocarbon Sniffer series vehicles can all be fitted with an optional nano-modem to enable users to take advantage of Network Localisation for advanced navigation and/or a DVL sensor.
If you would like to discuss configurations for your offshore oil and gas missions please do not hesitate to get in touch via [email protected].
ecoSUBu5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer LiteStandard payload:
Optional:
Our ecoSUBu5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer Lite is an incredibly low cost solution for hydrocarbon detection and measurement, offering an easy to use AUV platform with single channel fluorometer tuned for crude oil.
The altimeter provides bottom avoidance capability and also can be used with seabed tracking behaviours to enable the vehicle to fly at a set distance above the seabed. |
ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer LiteStandard payload:
Optional:
Our ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer Lite is a very low cost solution for hydrocarbon detection and measurement, offering an easy to use AUV platform with single channel fluorometer tuned for crude oil.
The altimeter provides bottom avoidance capability and also can be used with seabed tracking behaviours to enable the vehicle to fly at a set distance above the seabed. |
ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon SnifferStandard payload:
Optional:
The ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer AUV features Seabird Scientific's SeaOWL UV-A Sea Oil-in-Water Locator. SeaOWL UV-A measures crude oil-in water using the UV-A excitation and blue emission wavelengths (370nm
EX/ 460nm EM). Dynamic gain provides industry leading sensitivity across a large detection range making saturation unlikely in even the most heavily impacted environments. The compact SeaOWL UV-A design also includes chlorophyll fluorescence and 700nm backscattering measurements to discriminate crude oil from phytoplankton and other natural sources of FDOM. In addition, the ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer also benefits from a conductivity and temperature sensor to provide additional useful environmental data and an altimeter to provide bottom avoidance capability and seabed tracking behaviours to enable the vehicle to fly at a set distance above the seabed. |
ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer+Standard payload:
Optional:
The ecoSUBm5-Hydrocarbon Sniffer+ provides users with the additional ability to measure dissolved oxygen (DO) saturation, useful in detecting dead zones where microbes consume oxygen whilst consuming oil.
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