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DOF Subsea Selects Sonardyne Navigation Tech

Oct 09, 2018

International subsea services provider DOF Subsea has chosen acoustic and inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne Brasil Ltda. to support its deepwater operations from three vessels offshore Brazil.The three vessels will be equipped with…

Sonardyne inks Magseis deal positioning equipment

Oct 04, 2017

Norwegian seismic services company Magseis has awarded subsea technology manufacturer Sonardyne International UK a contract for seabed node acoustic positioning technology to support an expansion in its deepwater survey activities. SST 6…

The Tao of subsea

Jun 01, 2017

Ocean floor mapping is being completely re-thought, with the help of drones, swarms of underwater vehicles and unmanned surface vehicles. Elaine Maslin reports. Team Tao’s BEM concept. Images from SMD…

Sondardyne picked for resident ROV acoustic and nav technology

Feb 10, 2017

Innova, a specialist subsea engineering and technology company based in Norway, has selected acoustic and inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne International, for two new in-field resident ROVs (remotely operated vehicles) being built in the country…

Sonardyne Brazil delivers DP simulator to GE

Sep 06, 2016

Sonardyne has delivered an acoustic positioning simulator for dynamically positioned (DP) rigs and ships to GE Power Conversion, a vessel control and automation company, for their new training school in Macaé, Brazil.  The Sonardyne Marksman…

Magseis readies for Red Sea survey

Jul 19, 2016

Norwegian seabed seismic services company Magseis has selected acoustic positioning equipment from Sonardyne International to support its upcoming deep water ocean bottom seismic survey of the Red Sea.  Beginning this month and working in partnership with BGP on behalf of Saudi Aramco…

Fugro completes BP Trinidad job

May 25, 2016

Fugro has provided a spectrum of services to BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) to allow safe drilling and completion of five subsea wells in an area of strong currents. The services include wellhead motion (fatigue) monitoring, metocean measurements and positioning services…

Ichthys uses Sonardyne SensorView

May 10, 2016

Software that enables acoustic data to be streamed in real-time from subsea structures as they are installed has helped to reduce non-production time (NPT) for independent oil and gas producer, INPEX, and its survey contractor, Neptune Geomatics…

XACT deploys network in BP GoM well

Mar 15, 2016

XACT Downhole Telemetry deployed six deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GoM) deployments that provided real-time downhole data during a deepwater completion installation with BP. BP successfully accessed real-time downhole data throughout the well’s completion…

READ, GE launch leak detection solution

Jan 27, 2016

READ has launched a new micro-leak detection solution, which will deliver answers for on the spot well integrity management decisions, to help maximize operational safety and minimize downtime, the company said. The diagnostic solution…

Sonardyne acoustics for Brandon Bordelon

Jan 26, 2016

Louisiana-based Bordelon Marine is using acoustically-aided inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne for its new ultra-light intervention vessel (ULIV), Brandon Bordelon. The dual Ranger 2 Pro DP-INS systems, the highest specification available…

Sonardyne demos tech at NASA

Jan 12, 2016

Subsea engineering company Sonardyne International, UK, has successfully demonstrated its wireless integrity monitoring technologies during a series of in-water demonstrations held at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL) in Houston, Texas. Hosted by OneSubsea…

SEG15: CGG releases software updates

Oct 19, 2015

CGG GeoSoftware has announced new releases to its application suites: Jason 9.0, Hampson-Russell 10.0 and Insight Earth 3.0. Jason 9.0 has a new anisotropic inversion tool for analyzing anisotropy for effective well design and optimum production…

Pulse wins NOV contract

Oct 06, 2015

Pulse Structural Monitoring (Pulse), an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract with National Oilwell Varco (NOV) Arendal in Norway to provide an acoustic mooring line subsea monitoring system to measure mooring line inclination and tension…

Sonardyne Fusion 6G technology installed in Angola

Oct 05, 2015

Total and its project partners have deployed the Sonardyne Fusion 6G technology offshore Angola at the Kaombo oil field.  Using the technology’s Wideband 2 digital signal architecture, common tasks such as template installation, touch-down…

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