Underwater pipeline repair is an unavoidable and also fairly intensive activity within the offshore industry. There鈥檚 a lot of it on the seabed, some of it is old and/or subject to corrosive substances and even damage by anchor or trawler gear鈥
In past decades, the UK has established itself as an underwater technology pioneer with 40% of the global market share. The North Sea oil and gas sector has fueled a great deal of this innovation to date. Still, as the energy transition accelerates鈥
As technology development continues at pace in the subsea space, a young innovative group out of Switzerland鈥擧ydromea鈥攗nveiled the prototype of what it is calling the 'world鈥檚 first' wireless underwater drone in a pool demo on May 11, 2021. According to the company鈥
Sub-Seabed 3D Acoustic Imaging Technology Enters Taiwan Market to Support Jan De Nul鈥檚 云顶赌场老虎机 Wind Farm DevelopmentsPanGeo Subsea introduced its patented Sub-Bottom Imager (SBI) to Taiwan to deliver sub-seabed imaging for Jan de Nul, in support of Formosa 2 云顶赌场老虎机 Wind Farm Project鈥
Mads Hjelmeland is passionate about subsea processing. It鈥檚 a subject close to his heart in his role as managing director, Processing Systems, OneSubsea. But it鈥檚 more than just a recovery enhancing technology to Mads. Subsea processing is central鈥
Equinor鈥檚 Troll Phase 3 project has been described as a real Kinder surprise. It鈥檚 Equinor鈥檚 most profitable project ever and comes with a minimum CO2 intensity for an offshore project. Elaine Maslin takes a look.Later this year, Norway鈥檚 Equinor鈥
Optime鈥檚 subsea system, Remotely Operated Controls System (ROCS) has completed a successful subsea operation for Aker BP, the company reports. The ROCS is designed to eliminate the umbilical during well completions, and it was deployed during鈥
Dive Technologies of Quincy, Mass., selected a suite of Sonardyne technologies for navigation, tracking and control of its large displacement DIVE-LD autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) program.Founded in 2018, Dive Technologies鈥 rapid development鈥
Taking the power to where you want it is another option 鈥 perhaps not for compression or pumping system, but potentially for monitoring, inspection, and even intervention systems, such as resident robotics concepts.It鈥檚 an idea some have been looking at鈥
Ten years ago, a future where subsea fields and their power-hungry process equipment could be fully electrified, enabling long step-outs to tap remote reserves with lean new infrastructure architectures, lit the fuse for a spate of investment in subsea power distribution鈥
In 2017, the Brazil National Petroleum Agency (ANP) issued a failure mode alert: stress corrosion cracking (SCC-CO2) triggered by the presence of CO2 in high-pressure pre-salt conditions had been identified as the cause of broken tensile armor wires on a certain flexible pipe installation鈥
Subsea Europe Services GmbH has introduced a new compact version of its unique integrated Hydrographic Survey System (iHSS). Dubbed iHSS-Compact, it is designed to meet demand for shallow-water 鈥榞ap-filler鈥 marine surveys and simplifies the鈥
Oceanology International, the world's largest exhibition and conference for the subsea sector, was originally scheduled for March 2020, subsequently rescheduled to December 2020 due to COVID-19. The organizers last month announced the need to鈥
With the advent of autonomy on and under the water, part of the value proposition is the ability to stay at sea, on station, to exponentially increase efficiencies. Have the ability to repower at sea is central to this effort, as an increasing鈥
The new concept for Subsea Valve Actuators (SVA) from Bosch Rexroth has been certified by DNV GL for application in safety systems with up to Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 requirements. The SVA is a self-contained actuator for opening and closing鈥
