Feritech Global Designs Next-Gen Auto-Drop Piston Corer for Oceaneering
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 includes a range of innovative features, according to Feritech. Using sophisticated software, the auto-drop piston corer can
Converted OSV Enters Service in the UK as an Underwater Surveillance Ship
responsible for the undersea surveillance, survey and warfare systems. The U.K. will also use the ship as a testbed for advancing science and technological development.Proteus is one of two vessels acquired by the MOD in an effort to better protect seabed telecommunications cables and oil and gas pipelines amid ongoing war in Ukraine.“It is paramount, at a time when we face Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, that we prioritize capabilities that will protect our critical national infrastructure,” U.K. Defense Minister Ben Wallace said earlier this year. The second vessel
UH Aims to Develop Subsea Pipeline Inspection Autonomous Robot
;who are working in collaboration with Oceaneering International and Chevron.“By automating the inspection process with this state-of-the art robotic technology, we can dramatically reduce the cost and risk of these important subsea inspections which will lead to safer operations of offshore oil and gas pipelines as less intervention from human divers will be needed,” said Chen, noting that a prototype of the ROV has been tested in his lab and in Galveston Bay. The experiments demonstrated the feasibility of the proposed approach for inspecting the looseness of subsea bolted connections. Preliminary
Nauticus Inks Deal with Petrobras
an array of multi-spectral perception sensors that allow the robot to detect, classify, inspect, and act upon subseainfrastructure using its pair of manipulators without direct operator control, aiming to trim both costs and greenhouse gas emissions..Petrobras manages 57 platforms,10,000 miles of oil and gas pipelines, and produces 2.6 million barrels of oil equivalent per day
UK Defense Ministry Buys Offshore Construction Vessel for Subsea Cable, Pipelines Protection
The UK defense ministry has acquired a subsea construction vessel that used to work in the offshore energy industry. The vessel, Topaz Tangaroa, will undergo a period of military modification and will be used to protect subsea cables and oil and gas pipelines.The Topaz Tangaora, to be renamed as it joins the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet, is the first of two future undersea surveillance ships, and it arrived at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. Thursday.Once operational, the ship will be used to protect seabed telecommunications cables and oil and gas pipelines. "The 98-meter-long, adaptable offshore
Mini-ROV Firm BeyonC Joins Chevron's Catalyst Program
is fully integrated into the body of the ROV. BeyonC's technology supplies CP status and visual surveys for offshore installations, providing decision data for operators as well as mapping the integrity status for the offshore facilities," BeyonC said. In 2023, BeyonC will target oil and gas pipelines and plans to deliver the first offshore wind integrity survey.The CTV Catalyst Program was launched in 2017 to accelerate the maturation of early-stage companies that demonstrate technology beneficial to the energy industry. By meeting the Catalyst Program milestones, BeyonC can progress
Tech Files: SmartTouch Helps Detect Oil Pipe Flange Leaks
for individual control and offers a future-flexible concept that can readily adopt evolving technologies.“The SmartTouch robotic system,” says Dr. Chen, “can totally automate and dramatically reduce the cost and risk of subsea inspection, leading to safer operations of offshore oil and gas pipelines.”The Saab Seaeye Falcon (Image: Saab Seaeye
German Government Funds Autonomous Subsea Robotics System Development Project
and submarine cable inspection, we are also strengthening our position on the world market.”As part of the project unmanned autonomous submersible robotic systems controlled by artificial intelligence will be developed and built to monitor underwater assets and infrastructure such as oil and gas pipelines, hydrogen lines, renewable energy power cables, and telecommunications cables, and help prevent damage to these assets. Specifically the CIAM project aims to solve a key problem of unmanned submersible vehicles: namely, that AUVs have so far required large, costly support vessels, in addition
Petrobras Stops Platform Output After Gas Leak
; The P-40, a semi-submersible production platform, was producing about 45,915 barrels (7,300 cubic meters) of oil and 800,000 cubic meters of natural gas a day when it was shut down, the union said. The P-40 is at the hub of a network of five platforms in Marlim Sul and at the center of oil and gas pipelines that interlink undersea natural gas pipelines into a single export line to the coast. It is also interlinked to a pipeline system that exports oil from the neighboring Marlim field. The shutdown is the latest in a series of accidents and problems at Petrobras offshore platforms.
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