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UTEC www.acteon.com

UTEC, a Geo-services brand in Acteon’s Data and Ro- botics Division, provides a wide range of global survey, positioning and data management services.

Surveys performed by UTEC are designed and de- ployed to use less equipment and optimize personnel and vessel usage to reduce the length and cost per survey, and dedicated teams remain on a project from start to ? nish

TideWise to ensure that knowledge is retained throughout the proj- www.tidewise.io ect cycle. UTEC also specializes in 3D asset manage-

TideWise is a Brazilian company that develops, inte- ment software solutions, land surveying, laser scanning, grates and operates robotic systems. photogrammetry, and dimensional control services.

Between 2019 and 2020 Tidewise designed and built For more than 10 years, above-water asset owners the USV Tupan, the ? rst uncrewed vessel to be regis- have been enhancing safety and reducing costs using the tered with the Brazilian Navy. The USV Tupan is an iSite collaborative virtual asset and data management autonomous multipurpose vessel approximately ? ve platform. UTEC has now developed a core technology meters long, made of aluminum driven by a diesel-elec- platform, iSite Subsea, designed speci? cally to meet the tric propulsion. The USV Tupan does not need a crew needs of the offshore renewable energy market and oil on board, which eliminates risks to human life; it also and gas subsea asset owners. iSite Subsea is a cloud- has a lower operating costs (OPEX) compared to con- based platform that gives users an intuitive hosting, ac- ventional vessels performing the same services. In 2023 cessibility and visualization service for their subsea as-

TideWise started the process of expanding its ? eet, con- sets and data. Using this platform, operators can source, solidating our solution to meet the demands related to view, manage and report on seabed, survey and asset the Economy of the Sea. data using a single, secure cloud-based interface. It en-

TideWise has also been innovating to increase new ables interrogation and comparison of data over time, re- products for the offshore energy and defense area, with motely, 24/7 and without specialist software knowledge. projects under development in partnership with Shell iSite Subsea helps to reduce costs, lower risk, enhance

Brazil and EMGEPRON - Naval Project Management health and safety, and deliver better-informed decisions

Company. Integrating high engineering attributes with with increased operational ef? ciency. The platform fa- robustness for the heaviest jobs at sea, she has been op- cilitates the digital storage and delivery, throughout the erating since 2020 and has already provided services lifecycle of a subsea asset, of geophysical, geotechnical, to large companies such as Petrobras, Repsol Sinopec structural integrity monitoring, inspection and mainte-

Brasil and Shell, Technip, in Brazil, and to the European nance surveys, giving developers and contractors access electrical distribution company Elia Group, in Belgium. to the data they need to plan, evaluate and solve safety,

To date, TideWise has invested more than $6 million in environmental and risk scenarios. research and development of new products and services.

Project “Transshipment between offshore units using

USV,” delivered to Petrobras in 2021: the ? rst lifting of

USV in the open sea to be carried out in Brazil, a mile- stone for national engineering. The project intends to support the offshore logistics of offshore energy produc- tion operations, especially in pre-salt ? elds. Offshore wind farm inspection operation using USV+Drone and onboard sensors, delivered to Elia Group in 2022: Tide-

Wise made history by performing the ? rst operation of its kind worldwide, in North Sea waters, Belgium. The project was delivered on time and was planned and op- erated in stages and in two different countries, Brazil and Belgium.

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