Argeo AS selected Eelume鈥檚 autonomous 鈥榮nake robot鈥 to assist in its operations, the first commercial contract for this new tech which was developed with the assistance of Kongsberg Maritime, a majority shareholder in the venture.鈥淲e believe that this is just the beginning of a major shift in how the industry conducts underwater operations. There is a need in the market for this type of solution, and we anticipate a significant requirement for more robots of this type in the long term鈥
Repsol Norge has selected IKM Operations as the provider of integrity management services at three oil and gas fields offshore Norway.The scope of work includes engineering tasks and inspections at Repsol Norge topside facilities and subsea installations and pipelines at the Yme鈥
TotalEnergies and Oceaneering International, Inc. have completed a pipeline inspection industrial pilot using a Freedom鈩 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV).The capabilities observed during the pilot delivered on the ambition of TotalEnergies鈥
The principle behind sacrificial anodes, which are used to safeguard underwater pipelines and structures from corrosion, is relatively straightforward. Made of alloys like aluminum, Zinc and is some cases Magnesium, the anodes are more reactive鈥
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by Equinor to deliver inspection and survey work on the operator鈥檚 pipelines in the North Sea.DeepOcean鈥檚 scope of work includes pipeline inspections, seabed mapping, and ad-hoc pipeline survey and light construction work鈥
FORCE Technology introduced a new generation of its P-Scan ultrasound scanner for subsea inspections. P-Scan 5 is designed to be easier to configure for a wider range of geometries and asset integrity applications, including regular inspection of submerged pipelines鈥
Subsea services and technology specialist Oceaneering said Monday that its Freedom AUV, has achieved Technology Readiness Level 6 on a 1-9 scale.Oceaneering said that its Freedom, a hybrid AUV/ROV system, is the result of a long-term collaborative relationship between Oceaneering鈥
