Bordelon Marine Renews Charter Deal with Oceaneering
Lockport, La. based Bordelon Marine announced it has renewed the charter agreement with Oceaneering International for the Brandon Bordelon; 260-foot-long DP2 Jones Act compliant ultra-light intervention vessel for an additional two-year firm term plus one-year additional option. The charter agreement renewal commenced in March 2024.The 2015-built vessel is mobilized with two Oceaneering Millennium Plus work class remotely operated vehicles (ROV) and Oceaneering survey equipment and technology. The vessel is typically used to conduct a variety of projects including ROV and diving support, pre-lay and
Oceaneering Demos AUV for US Navy and Defense Innovation Unit
Oceaneering International, Inc. said its Subsea Robotics segment recently completed a one-week autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) demonstration for the U.S. Navy and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) at Oceaneering’s subsea autonomy testing facility in Norway.During the week, Oceaneering demonstrated its portfolio of capabilities to design, engineer, operate and maintain the Freedom AUV, which was picked to evaluate capabilities of the platform for potential future development of a large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV) prototype. The demonstration included several days of at-sea
Oceaneering and GDi Team Up for Oil and Gas Digital Asset Management
Oceaneering International has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Global Design Innovation (GDi) to deliver digital asset management solutions for asset-intensive industries such as oil and gas, utilities, and power generation. The agreement Oceaneering signed through its Integrity Management and Digital Solutions group will allow the company to provide digital solutions, including a technology-focused approach to remote support, inspection, and digital asset management services.As part of the collaboration agreement, Oceaneering will utilize GDi’s Vision software solution for
Feritech Global Designs Next-Gen Auto-Drop Piston Corer for Oceaneering
Feritech Global has designed a next generation auto-drop piston corer for Oceaneering, which is expected to reduce the time and costs related to subsea geotechnical surveying.A piston corer is a long, heavy tube plunged into the seafloor to extract samples of soft sediment. Analysis of these samples provides vital information for developers who want to build installations out at sea, such as wind turbines, oil and gas pipelines, or undersea cables.The new bespoke system has been developed for Oceaneering with their project team involved in its development, providing feedback at each stage.It
Oceaneering Freedom AUV Gets a Look for Defense Applications
Oceaneering International said its Aerospace and Defense Technologies (ADTech) business segment won a contract by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), a U.S. Department of Defense organization, for the development and testing of the Freedom Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) as a potential Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) prototype for the U.S. Navy’s Program Office for Advanced Undersea Systems.The contract includes a Manufacturing Readiness Review to assess current production capacity and tradeoffs that could be performed to speed LDUUV capabilities to the fleet.The
SLB, Plexus in North Sea P&A Deal
the continued collaboration between SLB and Plexus where we believe that SLB recognizes Plexus capabilities in Adjustable Wellhead and Mudline projects. We are confident that further opportunities for similar work will arise in the future."Plexus Completes Work on North Sea P&A Campaign for Oceaneerin
MTR100: Subsea Batteries
infrastructure is growing as concepts such as mothership-deployed and subsea resident vehicles are introduced. There are a lot of advantages to electrifying subsea operations, and this will be a future market for more batteries, says Corvus Energy CTO Dr. Lars Ole Valoen. Corvus collaborated with Oceaneering on the E-ROV concept pioneered by Equinor a few years ago to reduce emissions and costs and boost operational flexibility. The self-contained, battery-powered ROV can operate for extended periods of time without being recovered to surface.RS Aqua’s batteries were recently put on SEABER&rsquo
Oceaneering Wins Five-year Petrobras Contract
Oceaneering's Brazilian subsidiary, Marine Production Systems do Brasil, has secured a five-year contract from the Brazilian oil company Petrobras for the operation of three existing drill pipe riser (“DPR”) systems to support intervention and completion operations in Brazil. Petrobras also has the option to add a fourth DPR system by notifying Oceaneering prior to mid-December 2023. The contract value could be worth up to $75 million in revenue during the five-year contract period.Under the contract terms, Oceaneering will continue to provide Petrobras with services utilizing
Plexus Completes Work on North Sea P&A Campaign for Oceaneering
Oil and gas engineering services firm Plexus Holdings said Friday it had completed its work for the Plug and Abandonment ('P&A') equipment and services campaign for subsea services firm Oceaneering in the North Sea.The P&A order from Oceaneering included tieback and subsea well control equipment together with hydraulic controls and services in a configuration designed for vessel-based deployment and work. Plexus said it had provided its proprietary multi-release ('MR') connector, together with an annular blowout preventer ('BOP') and hydraulic control system in a
February 2024
