Low carbon solution for carbon capture project

The use of USVs as a low-carbon solution for this project was important for the CCS LLC partnership, and while the technology is not the cheapest or easiest to deploy, it was the solution that aligned with their environmental goals while maintaining excellent data quality.    Sulmara utilised the WAM-V 16 integrated with a towed Geometrics G882 magnetometer, and towed Edgetech 4125 side can sonar, Innomar sub-bottom profiler, and Norbit iWMBS multibeam echosounder for data acquisition

Launching the WAM-V 16 was challenging thanks to the weather experienced at the time of year the survey was carried out, as between October and December in the Gulf of Mexico there are significantly higher winds and seas.  Our people worked together with CCS LLC personnel and combined beach launches when conditions were suitable with a local vessel to tow the WAM-V 16 to the work location when necessary.

As a result. the team saw a significant reduction in the time required to collect the various datasets compared to a traditional survey vessel method. As the WAM-V 16 is an electric vehicle, the environmental impact of the data acquisition was negligible, ensuring that CCS LLC was able to realise significant carbon savings when compared to conventional methods. Finally, the USV option reduced the risk to injury of personnel by removing the exposure hours associated with conventional vessels wor