I'm sure Mako/DDI would look at what type of survey services could be offered if they had an AUV in their fleet. These numbers were projected in 2000 - so I don't know how valid these numbers are today: http://www.spawar.navy.mil/robots/pubs/oceans2000.pdf "The survey systems would be used to survey drilling sites and pipe routes, and they could also take in-situ soil measurements and measure seabed currents along the pipeline route. Douglas-Westwood estimates indicate that subsea drilling site surveys typically cost from $150k-$250k for shallow water, with two deepwater sites costing $900k and $1.4 million [4]. Obviously, reduction of these high survey costs can shave a lot off the bottom line. In the case of the Hybrid AUV, cost savings were not projected, however, the fact that floating production systems are supporting extensive undersea networks of wells, flowlines, risers and other subsea hardware, the potential savings for an AUVbased intervention system, operating from the floater itself, could be significant. Another analysis by C&C Technologies, Inc. showed that the total cost of a deepwater survey could be cut from $707k using a deep-towed system ($26k/day with ship) to $291k using an AUV ($55k/day with ship) [5]. That is a whopping $416k (59%) savings. A similar conclusion was also reached by the U.S. Navy prior to the development of their 20,000 foot Advanced Unmanned Search System (AUSS). Analysis indicated an order of magnitude reduction in full ocean depth survey time could be achieved if an AUV was used. Thus, even considering the cost of transit time, the increased on-site efficiency of an AUV over towed systems is such that the overall cost will come down. Time is money."
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