Equinor to Deploy Subsea Resident Vehicles
said it will use the new Hydrone all-electric wireless underwater intervention drone (UID) and remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) technology from Italian services firm Saipem at the Njord Field development, offshore Norway, making Equinor the first in the world to deploy pioneering subsea resident vehicle technology.Equinor, on behalf of the Njord licence, has awarded Saipem a €40 million ($43.7 million) subsea service contract to use the technology starting when the Njord field resumes production in 2020.“This is a historic contract in the oil and gas industry. It is the first contract
Saab Seaeye Doubles Size of Operations
, U.K., within meters of their existing factory of the same size. Opening the new facility, Görgen Johansson, Head of Saab Dynamics, said that the underwater vehicle business is an area of growth that will continue to attract good people and create future innovations such as subsea resident vehicle technology. He also said the oil and gas business and defense businesses act as a hedge for each other in variable business cycles. Saab Seaeye’s Managing Director Jon Robertson explained that the extra space would allow them to expand the engineering team. This will enable the company
December 2025
