SUBSEA EQUIPMENT/UNDERWATER INSPECTION
Saab Seaeye Leopards Join Ocean Infinity Robot Fleet
Ocean Infinity have selected the Saab Seaeye Leopard to complement its pioneering ‘Armada’ fleet of unmanned surface robot vessels.
because of its comparable capabilities to a conventional hydraulic work class vehicle, but with considerably less input power, meaning materially reduced carbon emissions.”
“The Leopard has ready adaptability for ‘Over the Horizon’ operations as well as a clear reputation for reliability and its suitability for remote operations – crucial for maintenance or repairs as part of an unmanned fleet,” he continued.
The Leopard work-class underwater vehicles will be deployed from Ocean Infinity’s initial 13 environmentally sustainable unmanned vessels for a variety of offshore and coastal services.
Dan Hook, Ocean Infinity, said, “The 3000m Seaeye Leopard was chosen not only because it is well suited to USV applications but more specifically
Jon Robertson, Saab Seaeye said: “We're proud to be chosen to be part of this revolutionary unmanned fleet. The Armada Fleet complete with the Leopard vehicle will dramatically reduce the impact of offshore operations by cutting CO2 emissions and at the same time increase safety at sea by reducing manpower deployed.”
Ocean Infinity’s Armada Fleet is a major advance in the global maritime industry, driving technology and sustainability to deliver a wide range of services including offshore and coastal survey data acquisition, geotechnical surveys, ROV and AUV operations, logistics and security in the safest, lowest impact and highest value way that exists today.
The fleet will be operated and monitored from onshore control centres based in Southampton UK, Austin Texas USA and a location soon to be finalised in Asia.
Construction of the fleet is underway and is expected to be operational early next year.
C-Kore Deploys With Australian Operator
to Test Downhole Gauges C-Kore Systems has finished a series of deployments with an Australian operator to perform detailed measurements of downhole gauges. The C-Kore Subsea TDR unit verified the downhole connections and cables, providing quick and accurate information on the location of anomalies. The information gained would be difficult or impossible to measure using traditional testing methods and allows the operator to learn lessons for future well installation campaigns.
C-Kore Systems has a range of subsea testing tools used globally by operators and contractors on both
fault-finding operations and new installation campaigns. The tools perform rapid subsea measurement, saving customers money by reducing the vessel time needed to perform subsea testing. The autonomous units also require no extra personnel offshore.
A Subsea Engineer from the Australian operator commented, “We were very pleased how the Subsea TDR units worked. After initial testing of equipment in our workshop, we deployed on multiple offshore mobilisations to test several subsea wells. The detail in the results was better than we anticipated, giving very accurate information. For future drilling campaigns we would like to use the Subsea TDR units to get baseline readings on all our wells.”
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Greg Smith, General Manager of C-Kore commented further, “As downhole testing is a new application for our technology, we were delighted with the high-quality results our customer obtained. We have designed the units to be easy to use but very versatile, enabling our customers to use our tools in new scenarios but still without any C-Kore personnel offshore. We’re very pleased to build such a strong working relationship with our customer and look forward to assisting them further in the future.”
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