inspections

A recently signed contract lines the company up to provide autonomous ocean robots for inspection of the oil giant’s subsea field developments in the Gulf of Mexico.

The technology now in development at UH consists of remotely operated vehicles equipped with multiple sensors, video cameras, and scanning sonars that can swim along a subsea pipeline to inspect flange bolts.

The site survey and inspection of an offshore gas platform in UAE waters was executed entirely from an onshore remote operations center without sending personnel offshore.

Viewport3, the first UK company to be awarded the certification, uses underwater photogrammetry to inspect offshore equipment.

Two wings and a few hours can replace dozens of boots and many months in site selection, planning, and management.

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has mobilized its first autonomous inspection drone and plans to conduct offshore trials for an operator on the Norwegian continental shelf.

The emergence of reliable, affordable, and accessible uncrewed systems reveals their potential to play a valuable role in the energy transition.

Energy firm Vattenfall has conducted large-scale seabed surveys with uncrewed surface vessels. The company reports positive results, from both climate and safety aspects.

GlobalData’s report "Robotics in Oil and Gas" notes that, while robotics has been a part of the oil and gas industry for several decades, growing digitalization and integration with artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things have helped diversify robot use cases within the industry.

The rolling ultrasound scanner was used to confirm the integrity of concrete-based structures.