Elaine Maslin details Statoil’s journey towards the resident ROV – using an existing ROV design. The Merlin UCV. Photo from IKM Subsea. The concept of the subsea resident remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has been around for some time…
ROVOP, an independent subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) service provider, has expanded its fleet of ROVs for the US region by taking delivery of a Seaeye Leopard electric work class ROV. The ROV will be added to ROVOP’s existing capability at its Houston base…
Hydraulic cutters and systems provider Allspeeds, the designers and manufacturers of Webtool, has developed a compact remotely operated vehicle (ROV) cut loop cutter for emergency activation of a blowout preventer (BOP). The Webtool cut loop…
Jerry Lee looks into Arctic-rated safety equipment that seeks to make it eaiser to comply with regulations around the globe. Arctic capping stack with remote BOP control and intervention subsea accumulator module…
A development by Fugro for its work class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) has been utilized successfully in cable lay touchdown monitoring operations at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. Fugro Symphony…
Norway's IKM Subsea has won contracts for ROV and Subsea services for the Visund and Snorre B facilities with Statoil, paving the way for a resident ROV concept to be deployed. The 10-year contract is worth up to NOK0.75 billion. The contract may be extended for a further period of 15 years…
A new subsea company has officially launched with the announcement of its first UK contract. ROV and inspection company Rovco, based in Bristol, has secured a contract with a UK Marine Trust. The company, which says it has 10 ROVs…
Total E&P Uruguay awarded Fugro a contract to support its drilling campaign offshore Uruguay. The contract provides for ROV and tooling services in the Raya-1 prospect in 3400m water depth. Fugro is supplying two state-of-the-art 200hp FCV 4000D work-class ROV systems and subsea tooling…
Independent subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) service provider, ROVOP, is set to increase its Houston workforce by 10% as a result of further business growth including recent contract wins in the Gulf of Mexico region. The growth…
Utility ROV Services (URS), has unveiled two new custom ROV (remotely operated vehicle) systems at their base in Glenrothes, Scotland demonstrating a US$7.8 million (£6 million) investment in the company. As a result of the additional capacity the extra systems will provide…
Stinger Technology has taken delivery of a customized Seaeye Falcon ROV to be used for offshore subsea operations under a contract awarded by Dong Energy. The assignment includes environmental sampling and inspection inside the oil storage tank of the Siri platform…
Jerry Lee takes a look at Weatherford’s new subsea wellhead connector, which allows operators to use vessels of opportunity for P&A work, reducing the cost of decommissioning operations. Clients…
Forum Energy Technologies (FET) had entered into a contract with New Orient Marine to supply three remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for New Orient Marine's multi-purpose ice-class vessel currently under construction in Singapore. Perry XYX 200 ROV…
Subsea intervention, construction and engineering firm Canyon Offshore has opted for a Mermac electric winch solution to handle ROV systems on board the latest two additions to its Grand Canyon family of offshore support vessels. MacArtney has supplied a total of four winch systems…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has carried out four successful ROV (remotely operated underwater vehicle) dives and has acquired depth data (bathymetry) near the Vøring Spur in the western Norwegian Sea. Figure 1…
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