Ocean Infinity to Buy MMT
;Our clients will continue to receive our trademark, personalized levels of support, but will now also be able to access an expanded range of services. For our team it opens many exciting opportunities and the chance to be on the cusp of the wave at a time of real change in our industry.”Ola Oskarsson, founder of MMT said: “We are a company with unique knowledge and unique employees, with a passion for what we do. As part of Ocean Infinity we can create new opportunities for our clients and our team and enjoy continued growth. Ocean Infinity has the ambition to be at the absolute forefront
Forhaug Steps in as CEO at MMT
Marine surveying company MMT has appointed Peter Forhaug as acting CEO from January 1, 2018 while the Sweden based firm conducts its search for a permanent CEO. Forhaug has a background in finance and has acted as a senior advisor to the board of MMT and is representing MMT at the board of the SMaRC research project. MMT founder Ola Oskarsson will serve as vice president to assist Forhaug.
ROV Sets Records for Depth and Speed
in the MAP project, the Surveyor Interceptor ROV (SROV) was used for geophysical surveys to detect former land surfaces buried below the current seabed and set new records for both depth of 1,800 meters and sustained speed over 6 knots and covered a distance of 1,000 km. MMT founder and CTO Ola Oskarsson, who has developed SROV together with partners, explained the importance of showing the wide range of SROV’s capabilities. It was developed for the oil and gas industry but is capable to inspect and explore various seabed mapping projects, Oskarsson said, adding that the new depth and speed
Surveyor Interceptor ROV: Gassco AS Employes Subsea Robot
berm on the pipeline was still intact prior to put a commissioning pig train and gas in the pipeline in near future. “After the successful offshore tests on Europipe 2 last year we did some fine tuning on cameras and when we finally went to work – it was, once again, magic,” said Ola Oskarsson, MMT´s founder and project manager for SROV. “The new Launch and Recovery System which was reconstructed after measurements during the sea trials performed well in sea state up to 3.8 HS. The Knarr gas pipeline, which runs from ca 400m water depth up to 140m over a stretch of 106
Testing of New Survey ROV Underway
existing Work Class ROVs, the umbilical and handling system yields up to six times better endurance than Autonomus Underwater Vehicles (AUV), and the automatic tracking and station holding system delivers stability. “This machine has a punch I could never have dreamt of,” said Ola Oskarsson Founder MMT Sweden AB. “Together with the high precision instruments we can map at a quality not ever achieved before at reasonable cost.” Gassco operates the Norwegian gas transportation system, embracing nearly 8,000 kilometers of large diameter pipelines. “We welcome
February 2025
