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
JDR Cables Sets Up Shop in Brazil
has opened a new service center in Macaé in the state of Rio de Janeiro as part of strategic expansion into Brazil.The service center began operations in the third quarter of 2024, providing clients with in-country technical and service support for umbilicals and related equipment, including asset management, repairs and maintenance, and supply of products such as hydraulic jumpers.Brazil is a key market for JDR, with the company already engaged in the provision of umbilicals and subsea cables for several projects within the country.The opening of the center is in response to its continued global
OceanAlpha Set for One-Year USV Exhibit in Middle East
sustainability,” said Pinestone Shi, General Manager of OceanAlpha.Attendees will have the opportunity to see the USVs in action, participate in hands-on trials, and engage with our technical team to explore tailored solutions for seabed mapping, pipeline inspection, offshore wind asset management, and maritime security
Rovco Secures Survey Work on UK’s 1.5GW Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm
surface vessel (USV) onboard, it is equipped to deliver simultaneous data collection with instant upload to the vessel.The vessel also has a work class ROV for concurrent inspection activities.The project is a joint venture between TotalEnergies, Corio Generation - a portfolio company of Macquarie Asset Management operating on a standalone basis - and Gulf Energy Development.With a planned installed capacity of 1.5 GW, it will be one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farms upon completion.“We’re thrilled to have been chosen as a partner to conduct this vital survey work at of one of
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
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