SapuraAcergy has become the first company in Southeast Asia to take advantage of the benefits available from Sonardyne’s new 6G (Sixth Generation) acoustic positioning technology. The subsea engineering and installation contractor has taken delivery of US$1.55 million worth of 6G products from Sonardyne for use in projects in South East Asia.
SapuraAcergy will be upgrading its conventional and deepwater construction vessel, Sapura 3000. The vessel’s existing Sonardyne Ranger Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) positioning system will be upgraded to the latest Ranger 2 standard that interfaces with the new 6G product range.
In addition to the upgrade, Sonardyne is trialling its Lodestar subsea Inertial Navigation System on the Sapura 3000’s ROV system to improve pipe touch-down monitoring.
Over the next two years, SapuraAcergy will, use the 6G equipment for precise positioning of structures and pipelines on projects in South East Asia.
The new range of Sonardyne 6G products has been developed to produce innovative navigation, positioning and communications solutions for a wide range of subsea operations.
