Connecting the Dots: From Remote Operations to Full Autonomy
the necessary culture change within individual organizations, to really reap the benefits.Harvest Technology Group is a relatively young and small Australian company that has caught the attention of a number of offshore and subsea industry heavyweights, from Fugro to Ocean Infinity, Technip FMC and DOF Subsea. Damiain Brown, Chief Product Officer, and Adam Ford, Special Projects Lead, from Harvest discuss the potential of technology to make a real difference in the maritime industry with Offshore Engineer.Working in the offshore environment is difficult enough, however poor connectivity can increase
Forum Energy Technologies Launches Tooling Rental Service for ROVs
benefits and savings. At FET, we provide the latest technologies to aid clients in their projects, and play our part in creating a more sustainable and secure energy future.”In April this year, FET supplied two light work-class ROVs to a major Asian Navy, while another four have been delivered to DOF Subsea this year.FET’s KMS and Aberdeen offices will service the UK and European markets, its US offices for North American inquiries, and its Singapore office. For clients in Brazil, local partner UnderOcean will provide rental service and support.
DOF Awarded Subsea Work off West Africa
, DOF said. The 156.9-meter-long vessel was built in 2008.DOF labeled the contract as "significant", worth between $80 million and $100 million. The deal includes 326 days firm utilization, and 75 optional days, commencing in the fourth quarter of 2023.In addition to the vessel utilization, DOF Subsea Atlantic will offer project management, engineering, design, analysis and survey attached to the Skandi Acergy scope, which includes pre-commissioning, subsea isolation valve (SSIV) umbilical, spools, risers, flying leads, subsea structures and survey.Mons S. Aase, CEO DOF Group, said, "The
EIVA's Cloud-Based Thin Client Simplifies Sharing and Viewing of Project Data
NaviSuite users during surveys and inspections (manned vessels, USV, ROV, AUV, etc) is rapidly increasing due to technological advancements in sensors, automation, and data fusion. Observations made in a pipe inspection displayed in NaviSuite Cloud Viewer – data courtesy of Equinor and DOF Subsea - Credit: EIVA Copying over these data sets whenever they must be moved (ie from vessel to USB to PC to colleague to customer) takes time and costs operators and end clients local storage space. Further, some end-clients may not be able to download third-party software to view the
Petrobras Extends DOF Subsea Vessel, ROV Services Contract
The Brazilian oil company Petrobras has exercised a charter extension option for DOF Subsea's diving support vessel Skandi Achiever, including ROV and diving services. The new commitment will now run until February 2024.This is the second vessel deal for DOF Subsea in Brazil in as many weeks, after DOF Subsea on February 22 said it had secured work for its Geoholm vessel."In addition to the newly announced contract on the RSV vessel Geoholm, DOF has just signed another contract to perform survey services for the same period. The contracts have a combined value in excess of USD 35
FET to Deliver Four ROVs to DOF Subsea
Forum Energy Technologies (FET) said it has secured an order from DOF Subsea to deliver four of its advanced work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).The ROV order comprises of two 200HP XLX-C’s, which have recently been delivered and mobilized in late 2022, as well as two 200HP XLX Evo II’s to be delivered in Q2, 2023, FET said. The XLX Evo II’s hydraulic systems have been redesigned in line with this contract and now share a vastly increased quantity of common component parts with the XLX-C’s, providing a customer benefit for spares commonality and subsequent availability
Ashtead Technology Names Gillespie as Commercial Director
Bob Gillespie as Commercial Director. Gillespie most recently worked for the Norwegian offshore installation services firm Havfram where he was UK Managing Director. Before that he held senior commercial positions with Fugro, TechnipFMC, and McDermott before becoming UK Managing Director of DOF Subsea. Gillespie said: “Ashtead Technology is an ambitious company with a first-class reputation and I am delighted to be joining the business at such a pivotal and exciting time in its evolution. “With recent successes in new and emerging markets, including offshore wind and decommissio
Kongsberg Maritime Launches EcoAdvisor for Offshore Vessels
Kongsberg Maritime has launched EcoAdvisor, an intelligent and dynamic decision support system for optimizing a range of offshore vessel operations. "EcoAdvisor is an outcome of a joint ‘Intelligent Efficiency’ research project between Kongsberg Maritime, vessel operator DOF Subsea AS (DOF), Sintef, NORCE, and Innovation Norway, with the aim of developing technologies to monitor and reduce the GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions during vessel operations," Kongsberg Maritime said.It monitors the vessel operation and its environment, including power generation, propulsion
TSC Subsea Deploys 'Industry's First' Acoustic Deepwater Hydrate Detection Solution
applications include detection of, or screening for, hydrate in subsea pipelines and wall thickness measurements on a subsea pipeline.TSC Subsea said that the solution was developed to meet the specific needs of a major operator. It did not say who the operator was."TSC Subsea collaborated with DOF Subsea Norway AS to complete the project for the operator in Angola, West Africa," the company said."Tasked with locating a hydrate in the pipe, the team deployed the ARTvPush which scanned 12km of 8” 3LPP coated water injection line in just 33 hours at 1,300m. The hydrate plug was found
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