New Tech Frontiers for Ocean Gliders
Marine Autonomous Technology Showcase (MATS), held at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton and online heard early November.Blue OceanBlue Ocean Marine Tech Systems is one of those who have been using gliders for some time. Initially this was in the energy sector, with parent company Blue Ocean Monitoring doing tasks such as marine mammal monitoring during seismic acquisition campaigns. But Blue Ocean Marine Tech Systems is now also working in the defence realm, including developing a towed array system for gliders under the UK Royal Navy’s Project HECLA.James King, Managing Director
Autonomous OBN Seismic Survey Robots Could Enter Commercial Operation in 2024
that it had finished a series of passive and active seismic trials that proved the quality of seismic data collection.This puts the company on track to start pre-commercial trials of its marine swarm robotics technology during the second half of 2023.Backed by BP Ventures, Woodside Energy, and Blue Ocean Monitoring, the UK/Australian tech company Blue Ocean Seismic Services is developing the world’s first fleet of autonomous low-impact subsea nodes. According to the company, the technology will capture high-quality seismic data from the ocean floor for multiple applications such as offshore
AUVs Deployed for Debris Clearance and Object Detection off Western Australia
Blue Ocean Marine Services (BOMS), a joint venture between Australian companies Blue Ocean Monitoring and Vertech Group, said it has successfully executed a debris clearance and object detection survey using its L3 Harris OceanServer Iver-3 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) technology.The survey was required ahead of a planned jack-up rig installation next to an operating offshore platform in Western Australia, BOMS said. Equipped with an Edgetech 2205 sonar system the Iver-3 AUV was effective in collecting high-resolution side-scan and bathymetric data with full seafloor coverage within an area of
Sourcing Seismic with Subsea Swarms
in developing start-up technology companies. Born in the UK, he moved to Australia where he founded and sold computer software firm SmartTrack in the early 2000s. Illingworth went on to work in telecommunications, satellite tracking and then petrophysical data evaluation before co-founding Blue Ocean Monitoring, a Perth, Australia-based start-up, in 2014, with co-founder and chief technology officer Ben Hollings, whose background is in maritime robotics development. Blue Ocean Monitoring’s focus is using robotics and autonomous technologies to make data collection in the marine environment
Blue Ocean Seismic Services Completes Sea Trials
the company’s underwater autonomous vehicle successfully and consistently coupled to the seabed and acquired high-quality ocean bottom seismic (OBS) data, data collection comparable to existing Ocean Bottom Node technology, according to the company.Backed by bp Ventures, Woodside Energy and Blue Ocean Monitoring, Blue Ocean Seismic Services’ underwater vehicles are seeking to innovate the offshore seismic sector to become cheaper, faster, safer, and much less carbon-intensive. Following further design optimizations, the company will now advance to additional seismic trials in multiple
L3Harris Demos Live Underwater Autonomy @ Winterfest 2021 in Australia
hosted its annual Autonomous Maritime System(AMS) event at Lake Saint Clair to conduct individual and collaborative capabilities while fostering and developing relationships amongst Australian AMS users within academia, defense and industry.“Our relationship with MTS and its sister company, Blue Ocean Monitoring of Western Australia, enables us to help AMC Search further understand autonomous undersea operations,” said Alan Clements, Managing Director, Australian Operations, L3Harris. “This is an opportunity to showcase the outstanding versatility and reliability of the Iver family of
VIDEO: Subsea UK and the Creation of the “Global Underwater Hub”
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report that projects the blue economy is set to grow to about $3 trillion by 2030. “Now that’s a massive growth,” said Gordon, noting that $1T of that pie are sectors where Subsea UK has already or has targeted to work.Photo courtesy Blue Ocean Monitoring“We know countries such as Norway, Japan, Canada and the U.S. are all investing in the ocean economies,” said Gordon, in discussing the push to develop The Global Underwater Hub, which in its essence is creating value for the UK and Scottish economies. “We are a world leader
BOSS' Ocean Bottom Seismic Robotic Vehicle Prototype Passes Sea Trials
. It marks a significant step towards achieving the BOSS vision for autonomous OBS data acquisition. The next steps are constructing and testing 10+ alpha prototypes, culminating in a seismic sea trial late Q3 [...] in the North Sea," said the company whose shareholders Blue Ocean Monitoring, bp Ventures, and Woodside Energy.What's In Store for 2021? More Remote, More Data, More AutonomyThe BOSS tOBSrV is an early-stage prototype vehicle and associated Communication, Command & Control (C3) system that uses the mechanical components of a host platform - paired with BOSS
'Marine Seismic Survey Disruptor' Gets Industry Funding
Blue Ocean Seismic Services, a company that describes itself as "the marine seismic survey disruptor," has secured a total of £10 million of Series A investment from bp Ventures, Woodside Energy, and Blue Ocean Monitoring.The company will use the cash to continue the development of its offshore oil and gas seismic survey system which uses long-endurance self-repositioning autonomous underwater nodes, which can also identify and monitoring carbon storage opportunities under the seabed.Blue Ocean Seismic Services has explained that its technology has been designed to be fully containerized
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