Connecting the Dots: From Remote Operations to Full Autonomy
Group Limited) The Remote Inspection System (RiS)While it’s difficult to quantify the pace of the transition to remote inspection technologies due to the reluctance of operators to discuss the topic in much detail, the direction is clear: operators are taking people off of rigs and offshore infrastructure and moving to remote options to reduce costs, save time, and minimize safety concerns.To enable this transition Harvest has developed the Remote Inspection System (RiS), a system designed to optimize existing networks to reduce bandwidth utilization by up to 80%, enabling crew members to
GUH: Subsea Cable Failures Threatening Offshore Wind Expansion
the industry’s control. Failures can stem from any stage in the cable lifecycle – from design to manufacture, handling and installation, through to operation and maintenance.“Identifying potential weak points throughout the lifecycle of the cable is imperative to ensuring this offshore infrastructure operates robustly and efficiently to bring clean, green renewable energy ashore."We need better information sharing and a move away from a siloed approach, that is often ‘secrecy driven’ and ‘NDA heavy’. Introducing shared learning, data logging and increased
Eni Installs "World's First" Inertial Sea Wave Energy Converter Offshore Pantelleria
for developing the second-generation device currently under study," Eni said.ISWEC was developed by Eni in collaboration with the Politecnico di Torino and Wave for Energy s.r.l. (a spinoff of the university). It converts wave motion into electricity, which then supplies energy to offshore infrastructure, small off-grid islands, and coastal communities. ISWEC design can be optimized with reference to the metocean conditions of the site where it is installed by means of a genetic algorithm that leverages on the significant computing power of Eni’s Green Data Centre (GDC) based
Tidal Energy: Minesto Doubling Electricity Production Capacity of its Faroe Islands Site
Tidal energy developer Minesto said Thursday it had installed additional offshore infrastructure in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands, to double electricity production from two Dragon 4 (100kW) tidal energy power plants in an array set-up.The company, which harnesses tidal energy using its tidal kites, said that a second foundation, subsea cable, and onshore interface have been successfully installed, and the subsea infrastructure is ready for a second kite installation and electricity production, Minesto said.Foundation loadout, Holyhead, Wales ©Minesto"The installations have been
Carbon Capture & Storage: A New Lease of Life for Submarine Pipelines?
energy security. Many are eying use of existing pipeline to make both happen. Elaine Maslin takes a look.Hydrogen production and CCS offers a more or less “green” decarbonization options for oil and gas companies, alongside carbon capture and storage (CCS), especially if existing offshore infrastructure could be reused to make it happen. Instead of bringing natural gas onshore from offshore reservoirs, existing pipelines could be connected with offshore wind parks that produce hydrogen, when there’s excess wind power. Alternatively, they could be used to export sequestered CO₂ from
Tech File: Dual-Arm AUV Emerges from German Consortium
to make this vision a reality: an innovative, two-armed AUV for complex inspection and maintenance tasks, embedded in a powerful IT infrastructure that enables both intuitive control and monitoring of the system and effective information flow with the plant operator. To ensure the safety of offshore infrastructure such as wind turbines or oil and gas production facilities, regular inspection and maintenance is essential. However, the work carried out underwater is not only complex and expensive, but also involves considerable risks for the divers who perform it. Remotely operated underwater systems
Nova Innovation Gets UK Gov't Support for Rapid Tidal Turbine Deployment Solution
and the recognition that we can drive down tidal energy costs and open up export opportunities. This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to tidal energy where the UK currently leads the world."There are sites worldwide where tidal resources are abundant but where the onshore and offshore infrastructure is not available to make tidal energy a reality."The CREATE project will help to unlock a global tidal energy market worth £126 billion, and displace high cost, polluting fossil fuels. We are creating a solution to make tidal energy more affordable and accessible to communities
Pipeline IMR: An All-seeing Eye
There are surveys, and then there are surveys. For survey-tech outfit, Ecotone, the business model is offering a faster, digital way to monitor the health of seabed environments and offshore infrastructure. There’s enough to do with Norway set to invest $4.89 billion in pipelines in 2020 to add to thousands of kilometers of pipe worldwide. The Trondheim company’s Underwater Hyperspectral Imager, or UHI camera, uses the unseen colors of the spectrum to ID and archive pipeline anomalies, moving biology or rare coral — no x-rays or acoustic pings.Equinor was so impressed with Ecotone&rsqu
Offshore Survey Vessels: Ready for Faster Sensors
hydrographers who couldn’t believe the level of automation associated with post-processing and the speed with which the product could be delivered to the client. So, given the operational efficiencies robotics can inherently deliver, one would expect them to be the panacea to satiate any offshore infrastructure developer’s hunger to find efficiencies in survey operations. Yet, as we monitor the offshore survey market, one need only check AIS Marine Tracker in various prolific survey regions to see… same ol’, same ol’ large floating hotel/survey vessels shepherding around
February 2024
