Fugro to Perform Fully Remote Subsea Surveys for Petrobras Off Brazil
Petrobras has signed a 175-day addendum to Fugro’s current inspection, repair and maintenance services contract, performed by the Fugro Aquarius, to include fully remote subsea inspection surveys of shallow-water infrastructure in Brazil.Work will begin in January 2025, leveraging Fugro’s advanced Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessel (USV) and Blue Volta electric remotely operated vehicle (eROV) technology to enhance inspection safety, efficiency, and sustainability.The contract marks Fugro’s first use of this equipment in the Americas, following successful applications in Australia
Rovco Joins the Offshore Wind O&M Partnership
provider of technology-powered offshore wind solutions, to complement its maintenance (O&M) services to offshore wind asset owners internationally.Through automated hydrographic survey and remote operating vehicle (ROV) operations, Rovco’s technical offering includes operations and maintenance services, construction support and marine site characterization.Based in the UK, OWOP was formally launched in late January 2024. The alliance says it brings a coordinated and agile approach to delivering safe and high-quality O&M services, reducing the complexity and resource intensity associated
SeeByte Wins Deal to Continue UK Mine Hunting Capability Program Support
with SeeByte software which is now widely fielded in different applications by the Royal Navy and its NATO allies and works collectively and collaboratively to optimize the operation and effectiveness of its autonomous vehicles (both surface and underwater).This also includes continued support and maintenance services for software products currently fielded by UK government agencies. These include their Multi Domain C2, Mission Level Autonomy and Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) solutions that are already fielded, operationally proven and in-service with the UK, US and NATO Navies
Mermaid Gets Subsea Services Contract Extension in Middle East
a national upstream oil and gas major.The contract extension, including several medium-term subcontract awards, worth approximately $125 million to Mermaid, has been secured with a ‘reputable’ company whose name was not disclosed.The work scope covers offshore inspection, repair and maintenance services in direct continuation to its current contract, which commenced in 2012.Mermaid said it will continue to provide a suite of diving services using its DP2 saturation dive support vessel Mermaid Asiana, along with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), specialized diving equipment and divers.Mermaid&rsqu
MoU Signed for Offshore Wind Solutions in Taiwan
Swire Renewable Energy A/S (SRE) and Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology Co., signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deliver operations and maintenance services in the Taiwanese offshore wind turbine industry and other parts of the Asia Pacific region.The agreement was formalized in Taipei during a ceremony attended by Tien Li, President, K.D. Wu and Swire Renewable Energy Chief Executive Officer, Ryan Smith, and marks a key step for both companies to develop a joint venture focussed on delivering localised wind turbine operations and maintenance services and ultimately enhancing efficiency
AUV Specialist Argeo Partners Up With Marine Seismic Giant Shearwater GeoServices
.The companies said they share the ambition of jointly developing projects and clients within carbon capture, marine minerals and offshore renewables.Trond Figenschou Crantz, the CEO of Argeo, comments; "We leverage our vessels and equipment to provide greenfield exploration, inspection and maintenance services and comprehensive ultra-deep-water surveys at a global scale. This alliance with Shearwater, combined with the previously announced expansion of our Hugin Superior fleet, ensures a substantial increase in capacity and our ability to drive future growth. We expect the Capacity Agreement with
Cordiant Supports ROVOP's Offshore Service Expansion with $25M Credit Facility
firm is pleased to support ROVOP as it continues to invest in its fleet infrastructure and employees and to allow the business to continue capitalizing on highly favorable offshore market dynamics by securing new contract wins across both new build construction, decommissioning, surveillance, and maintenance services," Cordiant said.Neil Potter, CEO ROVOP, said: “ROVOP is seeing record demand for its services, and Cordiant’s investment means we’re better placed than ever to take advantage of increasing international demand for subsea robotics in both renewable and traditional energy
Forum Delivers Three Work-class ROVs to Brazil's OceanPact
to offshore energy industry firms, has delivered three of its 200HP Perry XLX-C work-class ROVs to Brazil-based OceanPact.The ROVs built at FET’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, will be deployed across two of OceanPact’s vessels to support inspection, repair, and maintenance services for the state-owned oil company’s oilfields (Petrobras)."The 3,000 m depth rated compact 200HP XLX-C delivers the high performance of a work-class vehicle in a smaller form. The vehicles benefit from an impressive high flow auxiliary hydraulic circuit combined with a high payload
Hyprops Nigeria Opts for Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV
being an easy-to-use, metre-sized, intelligent, powerful, five-thruster-strong, highly manoeuvrable, multi-tasking, robot with a reliability record covering over a million hours underwater," Saab Seaeye said.Hyprops will deploy the Falcon on subsea inspection, survey, light-intervention and maintenance services for current and future projects in the Nigerian market where their clients include international and indigenous oil companies
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