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Upstream & midstream support

Oil & Gas

From undeveloped sites to congested brownfield facilities, SEC converts field measurement into engineering data for oil and gas projects — positioning, mapping, subsurface and geotechnical.

Sector challenges

The ground problems energy projects inherit

Brownfield uncertainty

Live facilities where existing drawings no longer match the ground and buried lines are not where records say they are.

Remote and dispersed assets

Well pads, flowlines and facilities far from established survey control, yet all required to sit on one coordinate framework.

Multi-contractor coordination

Several EPC and construction contractors working simultaneously — each needing the same control, the same datum and the same spatial data.

Excavation near live networks

Ground work beside energized cables and pressurized lines, where assumption is not an acceptable safety basis.

Project lifecycle

From site intelligence to as-built record

SEC supports the asset lifecycle as one continuous measurement chain — every later stage inherits the control and data of the one before it.

  1. 01

    Planning & site intelligence

    Baseline mapping and spatial data compilation for site selection, layout studies and permitting support.

  2. 02

    Survey control & positioning

    Project control networks and GNSS positioning tied to the network, providing a common framework for contractor measurement.

  3. 03

    Topographic survey

    Existing-surface capture of pads, plants and corridors as the design basis.

  4. 04

    UAV & LiDAR acquisition

    Airborne photogrammetry and LiDAR for large or hard-to-access areas — orthomosaics, terrain models and point clouds.

  5. 05

    Subsurface & utility detection

    Underground service survey before trenching, piling or tie-in work.

  6. 06

    Geotechnical investigation

    Field investigation, laboratory testing and reporting for foundation and earthworks design.

  7. 07

    GIS & spatial data management

    Survey, utility and facility data structured into GIS layers the whole project team can query.

  8. 08

    Construction survey support

    Setting-out, verification and survey crews supporting construction through execution.

  9. 09

    Reality capture & as-built

    Laser scanning and as-built survey closing the loop — the asset as actually built, documented for operations and future modification.

Technology approach

One positioning backbone, many sensors

Network positioning

CORS-based GNSS correction references dispersed crews and corridor works to a shared reference frame.

Airborne & terrestrial capture

UAV photogrammetry, aerial LiDAR and terrestrial laser scanning selected per site — congested plant or open desert corridor.

From field data to engineering data

Acquisition, positioning, processing and QA flow into deliverables for engineering teams — drawings, models, GIS layers and reports.

Field equipment

DJI

DJI Matrice 300 RTK

A UAV platform of the type used to carry survey and inspection payloads, within the scope agreed for the project.

CHCNAV

CHCNAV i83 GNSS

A multi-constellation GNSS receiver used for field survey work referenced to the project frame.

Radiodetection

Radiodetection RD8200

A cable and pipe locator used within subsurface utility survey scopes.

What you receive

What your project team receives

  • Project control network schedules and reports
  • Topographic plans and digital terrain models
  • Orthomosaics and classified point clouds
  • Composite buried-utility plans
  • Geotechnical investigation reports
  • GIS databases and web maps
  • As-built surveys and 3D documentation

Put your asset on a single measurement framework.

Tell us about the site, facility or corridor — SEC will scope the survey and data workflow around your project's stage and standards.