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–– UT THREE UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY Issue Two 2019 Two Issue VEHICLES X-PRIZE1 SONAR –– Teledyne Marine AUVs UT TWO UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY THREE Exploration and Mapping UT 2019 Two Issue up to 6000 Meters UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES X-PRIZE1 SONAR CONTENTS Coda Octopus Echoscope on the Phoenix International-Built ROV –– –– TWO TWO Teledyne Marine AUVs Teledyne Marine AUVs UT UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY TWO ExplorationExploration and Mappingand Mapping UT up to 6000 Meters UT Issue Two 2019 up to 6000 Meters UNDERWATER UNDERWATER VEHICLES X-PRIZE SONAR CONTENTS 1 TECHNOLOGY Coda Octopus Echoscope on the TECHNOLOGY Phoenix International-Built ROV NEWS 1 OFFSHORE Outfitting an ROV? SUBSEA ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS NEWS One-Stop Shopping at Your Service! SUBSEA VRYHOF ANCHORS $75 MILLION CONTRACTS NDC COMMISSIONED From cameras to connectors, INS to imaging—and everything in between—only Teledyne Marine’s SIA OZ EPCIC COMPRESSION Subsea Integration Alliance has been awarded the integrated subsea Shell is revisiting the use of Subsea OneTeam can deliver a full suite of field-proven sensors, software, imaging, and interconnect engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) Compression on the Orman Lange solutions ideally suited for inspection to workclass ROVs. AASTA HANSTEEN contracts by Esso Australia. Marking its first such subsea project in Australia, it field phase 3. combines OneSubsea and Subsea 7's expertise in subsea production systems Whether your ROV requires a single sensor or a fully integrated solution, you’ll Benthos USBL/Acoustic Modem In December, Equinor started (SPS) and subsea umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) systems. "We have evaluated a number of production from the Aasta Hansteen alternative concepts and believe Subsea Integration Alliance work scope includes engineering, procurement, find everything you need atwww.teledynemarine.com/ROV_Integration gas field in the Norwegian Sea. that subsea compression will result construction and installation of two production wells. The wells are in a water in a significant increase in what is Together with the Polarled pipeline, depth of approximately 45m and will be tied back to the Longford onshore gas possible to produce from Norway's this opens a new region for gas export plants. Project management and engineering will be provided by OneSubsea second largest gas field, by reducing Bowtech to Europe. and Subsea 7 from local offices in Perth and Melbourne, Australia. Offshore the pressure near the wellhead" Cameras and BP GoM DEVELOPMENTS Atlantis platform installation activities are scheduled for 2020. said Rich Denny, CEO of Norske LED Lights Aasta Hansteen is located in 1300m Shell. The Subsea 7 scope includes project management, engineering, procurement, of water, making it the deepest field BP has approved a major expansion also access the eastern area of the operated by LLOG. The well construction and installation of two production wells and a single "We have managed to reduce costs National Decommissioning centre development on the Norwegian of the Atlantis field in the Gulf field where the advanced imaging and encountered oil pay in high-quality electrohydraulic umbilical from the Barracouta Platform to the West Barracouta by more than 50% compared to the continental shelf (NCS), the largest of Mexico while also identifying reservoir characterization identified Miocene sandstone reservoirs and is drill centre. The OneSubsea scope includes the provision of two vertical first time we considered offshore The National Decommissioning spar platform in the world and a first significant additional oil resources additional oil in place. expected to be tied back to the nearby monobore on-wellhead production trees, wellheads, controls and installation compression for Ormen Lange. This centre (NDC) facility in Newburgh, on the NCS. that could create further LLOG-operated Delta House facility. and commissioning services. demonstrates that it was a right Aberdeenshire was officially launched development opportunities around Na Kika decision to stop the project in 2014 in January. the production hubs it operates in l BP's new floating production unit for The field is located 300km west of BP is also announcing two oil and look at all opportunities again. the region. discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico, at the Mad Dog 2 project in the deep- This is the result of £38m partnership BlueView Sandnessjøen, far from other fields Imaging Sonar the Manuel and Nearly Headless Nick water Gulf of Mexico will be named between the Oil & Gas Technology and in an area with harsh weather The $1.3 billion Atlantis Phase 3 prospects. Argos. Centre and the University of conditions. The field development development is the latest example Aberdeen concept consists of a floating platform of BP’s strategy of growing The Manuel discovery is located on The name, chosen by the project team advantaged oil production through Mississippi Canyon block 520, east of and an employee survey, is a reference RD Instruments with a vertical cylindrical spar platform. 100 offshore platforms and 7,500km its existing production facilities in the BP-operated Na Kika platform. to Odysseus’ loyal dog from "The Od- of pipeline are forecast to be CTD SeaBotix Fly-Out ROV Standing 339m tall, the platform the Gulf. The approval for this latest The well encountered oil pay in high- yssey," and a nod to the Mad Dog spar, Vryhof and its three businesses – SWIRE ORDERS HUGIN decommissioned or reused over the weighs 70 000t. When it was towed to development comes after recent quality Miocene sandstone reservoirs. an existing production facility operated Deep Sea Mooring, Vryhof Anchors next decade on the UK Continental the field in April, it marked the biggest BP breakthroughs in advanced BP is expecting to develop these by BP that is located about six nautical and Moorlink – announced up to Swire Seabed has placed an order Shelf. With costs estimated to reach tow on the NCS since Troll A in 1995. seismic imaging and reservoir reservoirs via subsea tieback to the miles away from the Argos site. US$75 million in new contracts. for the acquisition of one Kongsberg £60bn by 2050, the NDC will help characterisation revealed an Na Kika platform. BP’s partner in the "We have worked closely with Maritime Hugin Autonomous deliver the £21bn savings target set The gas is produced from seven wells additional 400 million barrels of oil Manuel discovery is Shell, which holds The Mad Dog 2 project includes the suppliers and partners with a focus The contracts include landmark deals Underwater Vehicle (AUV) (Hugin) by industry regulator, The Oil & Gas in place at the Atlantis field. a 50 percent working interest. Argos platform with the capacity to on optimising work volume, costs, for Vryhof Anchors for the WindFloat with Kongsberg Evotec’s newly Authority. in three subsea templates. This is the produce up to 140,000 gross barrels safety, environment, and using Atlantic wind farm, offshore Portugal, designed Launch and Recovery deepest ever installation of subsea Application of the same technology BP also has a stake in the Nearly of crude oil per day through a subsea learning from similar projects. the world’s first commercial floating System (LARS) for delivery in 2020. By linking industry demand and TSS equipment on the NCS. and analysis has now identified an Headless Nick discovery located production system from up to 14 pro- This has resulted in a number of wind farm, and the Havfarm 1 expertise with academic capability INS/IMU/MRU additional 1 billion barrels of oil in on Mississippi Canyon block 387, duction and 8 water injection wells. competitive alternatives, such as offshore fish farm project in Norway, The Swire Seabed Hugin’s payload and skills in the field, the NDC aims to The recoverable resources at Aasta place at the Thunder Horse field. unmanned platform solutions and one of the world’s largest floating sensor suite will include Kongsberg help create competitive advantage, Elsewhere, two new discoveries Maritime’s HISAS 1032 Synthetic Hansteen, including Snefrid North, several subsea concepts, ”says Arne structures. not only for the oil and gas industry, near the Na Kika production facility EDDA SUN Dahle, project manager at Shell. Aperture Sonar, EM2040 Multibeam but for decommissioning challenges are estimated at 55.6 billion standard could provide further tie-back Fugro is set to commence its first 70T/11m heave compensated knuckle In addition, Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) Echosounder and CathX Ocean in the wider energy sector such as TSS Cable / Pipe Tracker 3 RD Instruments cubic-metres (m ) of gas and 0.6 development opportunities. project using new multipurpose boom deck crane. The partnership will now choose has secured contracts with Saipem Colour Camera and Laser. In offshore renewables. 3 addition, the Hugin will also be Doppler Velocity million m of condensate (353 million ROV support vessel, Edda Sun, with between two remaining options Indonesia, Odfjell Drilling and Noble Atlantis Phase 3 will include the Featuring 625m² of free deck space Drilling for the supply of mooring equipped with Kongsberg Maritime’s Log (DVL) barrels of oil equivalent). mobilisation for the IRM contract for subsea compression; one for Home to the most powerful construction of a new subsea planned for March 2019. for project use - among the largest wet gas developed by OneSubsea related services during 2019 in automatic pipeline tracking which industrial laser at any UK academic production system from eight in its class - the Edda Sun has two and built on technology installed offshore Indonesia, the North Sea, allows the AUV to track alongside or e Benthos institution, the NDC features a yn The subsea templates were built in new wells that will be tied into the The Edda Sun is extremely versatile crane-deployed inspection class ROV on Gullfaks, and a wet gas-tolerant and Myanmar respectively, as well above a pipeline to conduct survey hyperbaric testing vessel which can led Sub-Bottom et Te t Sandnessjøen and the suction anchors current platform, 150 miles south with a high weather capability.