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Oct. 22 - Miros, the Norwegian specialist in radar-based real-time ocean surface measurement, has introduced a 3D vessel view providing crews and operators with a consolidated view of the accurately measured sea state surrounding their vessel. The new 3D interface in WaveSystem, a wave monitoring system for weather-critical offshore vessel operations, shows where each wave... Continue Reading →
Oct. 9 - (splash247) Brazilian subsea services player Oceânica Engenharia has won a four-year contract worth around R$354m ($70m) from Petrobras. The new deal covers specialised offshore diving services and diverless operations using ROVs and associated subsea tooling. Oceânica said it could carry out work across up to four simultaneous service fronts, with operations expected... Continue Reading →
Aug. 26 (OE) Sonardyne, a Kraken Robotics company, has expanded its industry-leading SPRINT-Nav technology into a complete, scalable family of underwater navigation systems for marine robots, built around a single shared architecture. For more than a decade, SPRINT-Nav has combined the key sensors needed for underwater navigation in a single pre-calibrated instrument. This has helped... Continue Reading →
Aug. 10 (offshore-energy.biz) DOF Group, a Norwegian operator and owner of a fleet of advanced vessels for the energy and marine sectors, has lined up work for two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region, encompassing member states and territories across the Caribbean, as well as Belize in Central America... Continue Reading →
July7 (OE) Oceaneering International, Inc. has announced that its Brazilian subsidiary, Marine Production Systems do Brasil LTDA (MPS), won a contract from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) to deliver ROV services offshore Brazil. The award follows a competitive tender process. The contract term is four years and operations are expected to begin in 2027. Oceaneering will... Continue Reading →
June 30 (OE) Houston-based Nauticus Robotics has strengthened its balance sheet through a debt-for-equity exchange that eliminates approximately $4 million in outstanding debt while increasing shareholders' equity. The company announced June 30 that an existing lender agreed to convert approximately $4.0 million in outstanding indebtedness and accrued interest under Nauticus' Senior Secured Term Loan Agreement... Continue Reading →
June 15 - OceanPact has signed a R$ 443.7 million contract with Petrobras to perform specialized services for the removal and recovery of flexible pipelines as part of the decommissioning of offshore production units. The work will be carried out on the risers of the P-18 platform, located in the Marlim Field, Campos Basin. The... Continue Reading →
May 6 - DOF Group has secured four 12-year charter and services contracts in Brazil following a competitive tender process, supporting Petrobras’ deepwater subsea inspection, maintenance and repair operations. The contracts will lead to the construction of four new remotely operated vehicle support vessels (RSVs), with operations expected to begin from 2030, DOF said. The... Continue Reading →
April 23 (OE) With one year since the last AHTS report, we have now started to see the effects of a tightening supply-demand balance as earlier predicted, which has translated into a significant uptick in the North Sea spot market especially. The total global AHTS fleet totals just south of 1,700 vessels, of which roughly... Continue Reading →
April 21 (offshore-energy.biz) Oceaneering has performed the first piloting operation of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) on a drilling rig offshore Brazil from its onshore remote operations center (OROC), for Brazilian oil & gas giant Petrobras. The company’s Subsea Robotics segment and Brazilian subsidiary Marine Production Systems do Brasil LTDA (MPS) piloted an ROV located on a drilling... Continue Reading →
