remotely operated vehicles

The inspection projects to assess water ingress will be done via remotely operated vehicle.

Armada to install ROV launch and recovery system on its fleet of robotic ships.

The A-frame is DNV certified. TechnipFMC’s ROVs will deploy in GoM later this year.

Fugro and SEA-KIT’s partnership will develop unmanned vessels, while HII and Kongsberg will market naval and maritime products.

The complete paper describes the potential global scientific value of video and other data collected by ROVs.

Sensors, robots, and artificial intelligence have made their way into a number of areas within the industry, including pipeline inspections. Shell has begun to examine the innovative technologies that could shift the inspection paradigm.

The controller from Olis will be distributed and supported by iCsys and is expected to increase efficiency and decease costs.

The $43-million deal with Saipem will utilize a wireless underwater intervention drone and an ROV for intervention work on the Njord field in the Norwegian North Sea. Equinor said the contract is the first ever from an operator for advanced wireless drone services.

Robots may not be ready to take over the world just yet, but they are making great strides in the offshore industry. A technical session at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference presented some of the advances, including untethered ROVs and subsea broadband communications.

Ashtead Technology has acquired Louisiana-based subsea equipment rental and cutting services specialist, Aqua-Tech Solutions, as part of the company’s international growth plans in the US.