USACE's Major General Jason Kelly & Modernizing America’s Waterways
before they become failures. “This is helping us go faster and intervene earlier,” Kelly notes.Advanced Materials: Fiber-reinforced polymers and new construction materials promise longer life cycles and reduced maintenance—critical advantages when assets are 70-plus years old.Asset Management Tools: Sophisticated analytics provide deeper insights into structural health, helping the Corps prioritize resources with greater accuracy.Optimized Dredging & Sediment ManagementOn the coastal side, Kelly stresses the need for sustainable navigation and channel deepening to accommodate
Saipem Gets DNV Certification for Offshore Asset Lifecycle Management
Saipem has obtained ISO 55001:2024 certification, the international standard for asset lifecycle management, marking a significant milestone in its journey towards operational excellence and offshore sustainability.The certification, issued by DNV, confirms Saipem’s Asset Management system compliance with the most advanced requirements, covering all operational phases - design, procurement, installation, commissioning, maintenance and decommissioning, ensuring a robust and effective “Asset Integrity” framework.The certification applies to Saipem’s entire offshore asset portfolio
Oceaneering Expands Vision Platform with Subsea Module for Engineering‑Grade Integrity Visualization
reduces the need for repeat mobilizations.Vision Subsea builds on GDI’s established Vision platform, performing remote visual inspection in subsea environments using point‑cloud data and photographic images. Combined with Oceaneering’s engineering expertise, these capabilities strengthen asset management across industries. Digital inspection activities apply inspection rigor and impartiality to digital workflows so operators can use the outputs confidently in compliance and governance programs
Nauticus Robotics, AOS Join Forces for Offshore Robotics
, adoption, and integration of scalable autonomous and remote solutions into new and improved ways of working in offshore waters.“Our missions are perfectly aligned and seek to leverage the latest ocean technologies to challenge industry convention and bring about meaningful change to subsea asset management practices, from surface to seabed,” said John Gibson, President and CEO of Nauticus Robotics."We are delighted to team up with Nauticus Robotics to bring new ideas and opportunities to market. Nauticus and AOS unite a wealth of successful industry experience around one table at a
Upscaling Power Subsea: Cables and Connectors
Circle.Image courtesy Space NorwayAdditionally, efforts are being made to digitalize connectivity products. Siemens Energy is collaborating with UK universities to develop first-generation digital connectivity products as it explores ways of introducing health monitoring into its products to boost asset management capabilities. This could allow a customer to get data feedback from sensors in a connector system that tells if it is working well or has performance issues such as running too hot or being subject to adverse shock.Teledyne Impulse-PDM specializes in high-performance subsea fiber optic
Nauticus Robotics and Open Ocean Robotics Collaborate on Asset Management
Nauticus Robotics has announced a strategic collaboration with Open Ocean Robotics designed to significantly reduce the high operational costs typically associated with subsea inspections, maintenance and monitoring, while delivering an environmental advantage.The collaboration brings together Nauticus' expertise in subsea robotics, including autonomous systems like the Aquanaut®, and Open Ocean Robotics' solar-powered USV, the DataXplorer™.Open Ocean Robotics' USVs operate autonomously for extended periods using solar energy, providing a clean-tech solution that offers a dramatic
Autonomous Drones Start Service Aker BP's at North Sea Platform
how inspection and maintenance are performed in the energy industry. Permanently deploying a drone on an oil platform — combined with robotics, AI, and digital technologies takes offshore maintenance to a new level, improving safety, reducing costs, and increasing efficiency across offshore asset management,” said Anja Dyb, SVP Life Cycle Services, Aker Solutions.The drone system on Edvard Grieg includes a drone docking station offshore and supporting infrastructure. Aker Solutions has also developed software systems and set up an onshore control room. The solution includes airspace and AIS
Synaptec Rolls Out Monitoring Tech to Tackle High-Voltage Cable Faults
joints and terminations in a cable network, delivering early warnings of emerging faults before they become failures.Designed for offshore wind farms and high-voltage power grids, it replaces manual inspection and reactive maintenance with a smarter, safer, and far more cost-effective approach to asset management.The system is based on Synaptec’s patented Distributed Electrical Sensing (DES) technology, which uses fully passive sensors that require no power supply, no data networks, and no ongoing maintenance.According to Synpatec, a single high-voltage cable fault in transmission networks and
Smarter Than Us
developed within the industry.The article titled The Higher the Stakes, the More Value AI Creates defines AI as technology that enables computers and machines to simulate human learning, comprehension, problem solving, decision making, creativity and autonomy. IBM often puts it to use to advance asset management, operational efficiency and safety, and Carol Lee Anderson, IBM’s technology GM for the oil and gas industry, explains that the aim is never to take the human out of the loop, just to rid them of laborious and repetitive tasks and provide them with real-time decision support. The
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