From concept to completion, total construction support across the globe

UTEC has built a reputation as the world’s leading offshore construction survey support provider by meeting positioning and measurement challenges in the most demanding locations around the globe. From pipelay support in the deepest reaches of the US Gulf of Mexico to uniquely challenging spoolpiece metrologies in West Africa, UTEC consistently applies the most appropriate technologies and methodologies to ensure our clients’ success.

UTEC routinely deploys advanced subsea positioning equipment, including Wideband™ long-baseline (LBL) and super short/ultra-short baseline (SSBL/USBL) acoustic systems, inertial navigation systems and Doppler velocity logs (DVL) to ensure the highest accuracy and efficiency. Our clients enjoy the latest digital video data alongside more traditionally charts and reports.

We maintain our leadership position by continually evaluating new technologies in collaboration with strategic developers to give our clients every possible competitive advantage.

We were the first to use high-performance Sonardyne 6G™ acoustic technology for metrology, for example, and among the first to deploy inertial sensors for USBL smoothing.

UTEC’s track record covers a wide range of construction activities typically undertaken by the offshore oil and gas industry, including:

• Rigid and flexible pipelay support
  • J Lay and S lay in US Gulf of Mexico
  • Reel lay in West Africa, Arabian Gulf, US Gulf of Mexico and South America

• Spoolpiece/jumper metrology
  • Over 40 acoustic metrologies in Ghana, West Africa
  • Perfect track record – 100% accuracy

• Structure installation and attitude monitoring
  • Kikeh – Malaysia
  • Turkmanistan – Gravity platform floatover

• ROV intervention and inspection
  • Global services on all five continents

• Trenching support
  • North Sea
  • US Gulf of Mexico

• Drilling support
  • Well stick-up and penetration monitoring
  • Batch-set drilling

• Salvage and decommissioning
  • Post Hurricane Katrina – US Gulf of Mexico

Our expertise in geomatics, combined with many years of experience working with advanced survey technologies, enables UTEC construction specialists to support our client’s projects across the globe at every stage of construction, from shallow waters to full ocean depth.