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News
Amethyst
Deep Blue
McDermott
Installation
Island
Island Crown
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FMC /Technip
FMC and Technip have formed an exclusive alliance
and to launch Forsys Subsea, a 50/50 joint venture that
will unite the skills and capabilities of two subsea industry leaders. This alliance will redefine the way subsea
fields are designed, delivered and maintained.
SMD/CSR
Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric, a subsidiary of CSR
Corporation Limited of China, has bought the entire
share capital of the SMD group.
CSI Houston
Acteon has announced the start-up of Clarus Subsea
Integrity, a new group company created from 2H
Offshores subsea integrity business segment.
The company will provide engineering solutions by
efficiently interpreting data to help operators make betterinformed decisions in operating their assets.
Service offerings will include data management, risk based
integrity assessment, anomaly management, fitness for
service, subsea condition monitoring, key performance
indicators and corrosion analysis.
Seatronics 2G Robotics
Seatronics and 2G Robotics have
announced a global sales and
distribution partnership.
The 2G Robotics line of underwater
laser scanners will now be available
through Seatronics for equipment
rentals and sales.
The underwater laser scanners
developed by 2G Robotics capture
detailed 3D models of even the
slightest variances in subsea
environments and deliver 100 times
higher resolution than sonar.
The high resolution of underwater laser
scanning provides the accuracy and
precision needed for making informed
decisions, mitigating the problem
of drawing conclusions based on
information provided by sonar or video
alone.
Armada
Heave Compensated
Drill Rigs & Seafloor
Samplers for
Geotechnical Site
Investigations
Teledyne Bowtech
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C&C Oceaneering
C&C Technologies has been
acquired by Oceaneering
International. The transaction is
anticipated to be completed in early
April 2015, subject to customary
closing conditions.
C & C Technologies will retain
its name and continue to be
headquartered in Lafayette,
Louisiana.
2H Offshore
H Offshore has teamed up with oil
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and gas industry leaders to develop
a new design guideline for thermoplastic composite pipes (TCP) to
advance the understanding and use
of composite materials in the offshore
industry.
The joint industry project (JIP) began
in October and will take a year to
complete. 2H teams in London,
UK, and Houston, USA, are actively
involved in the JIP. The work will build
on existing knowledge and guidelines
to achieve an industry standard.
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Since delivery in 2013, the vessel has successfully
performed more than 500 connections to offshore
installations and offshore service vessels by use
of its fully integrated gangway, at heights between
10m25m above the water level in the North and the
Kara Seas.
News
Saipem on Kashagan
DeepOcean
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Forza
Petrojarl Knarr
Byla
Det Norske has announced production
start-up from the Byla field, the fourth
in the Alvheim area. Recoverable
reserves have been put at 23 million
barrels of oil equivalent.
The development is based on a
subsea installation consisting of two
horizontal production wells and a
water injection well is tied back to the
Alvheim FPSO via a 28km pipeline.
The FPSO's processing capacity is
approximately 150 000 barrels per
day.
Det Norske will now focus on ViperKobra. This comprises two small
discoveries also in the Alvheim area.
The fields will produce 7500 barrels
will flow into the Alvheim FPSO.
Viper-Kobra consists of two separate
Alvheim Area
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Johan Sverdrup
Statoil has submitted the plan for development and
operation (PDO) for Johan Sverdrup, phase one, to the
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.
The field lies in a water depth of 110120m. The reservoir
covers an area of 200km2. The field will be developed in
phases, the first including a field centre, wells, oil and gas
export solutions, and power from shore. Daily production
during Phase 1 is estimated at 315 000 380 000bbl. The
gas will be transported to Statpipe and from there to the
Krst processing plant in North Rogaland.
The capital expenditures for phase one are estimated at
NOK 117 billion (2015 value) and the expected recoverable
resources are projected at between 1.4-2.4 billion barrels of
oil equivalent. Full production is estimated at 550 000650
000bbl of oil equivalent/day, accounting for some 40% of
total oil production from the Norwegian continental shelf.
According to the impact assessment: total production
revenues of NOK1350 billion over 50 years
For the full field development, capital expenditures are
estimated at some NOK 170-220 billion (2015 value) with
recoverable resources of between 1.7-3.0 billion barrels of
oil equivalent.
The Johan Sverdrup oil field is planned to be developed
in several phases, Phase one consists of four bridgelinked platforms, in addition to three subsea water injection
templates. The ambition is a recovery rate of 70%, with
advanced technology for increased oil recovery (IOR) in
future phases taken into account. The development in
phase one has a production capacity in the range of 315
000380 000 barrels per day. First oil is planned for late
2019.
In addition to the PDO, the project will also submit two
plans for installation and operation (PIO) for pipeline
transportation and the development of power from shore
solution.
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Kinnoull
Since BPs Andrew platform started production
in 1996, it has processed and exported over 200
million barrels of oil as well as the equivalent of a
further 40 million barrels in associated gas. More
recently, however, the operator has looked at
nearby fields in a project to rejuvenate the greater
Andrew area. Central to this, is the Kinnoull field,
around 28km away. This has now come onstream.
The development fundamentally consists of subsea
trees tied into a manifold. This is connected to
the mother platform by a 28km pipeline bundle,
the longest such system in the world. The oil is
exported by the Forties system while the gas is fed
into the CATS pipeline. Production from Andrew
and Kinnoull is forecast to peak at over 50 000BOE/
day.
"Kinnoull is being developed by three wells
controlled by subsea trees provided by Cameron,"
said a spokesman. "Vetco Gray manufactured and
tested the subsea control system. The trees feed
into a manifold comprising a metering skid and
isolation valves."
In total, the manifold and the platform is connected
by four separate pipeline bundles each 5-7km in
length. Subsea 7 won the contract to engineer,
procure, fabricate, install the pipeline bundle
system.
Each bundle contains three internal pipes: a 3in
methanol line, a 6in gas lift line and an insulated
14in production line. The tow-head on bundle
number four contains the isolation valves while
bundle number three incorporates a tie-in structure
for the nearby Arundel field.
As the last 6.8km long bundle approaches Andrew,
it crosses the 10in export line that feeds into the
Brae system. Each side of the export line was built
up by rock dumping, and the bundle placed over it.
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P-61 Start Up
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Subsea UK Awards
DOF Awards
Skandi Protector
Chevron Australia has awarded DOF
Subsea Asia Pacific a three years
IMR contract to work on projects on
the Australian North West Shelf.
DOF Subsea will deploy the DP
Vessel the Skandi Protector to
undertake this work supported by an
extensive management, engineering
and logistics team based in Perth.
Meanwhile, DOF Subsea has been
awarded contracts in the Atlantic
and North America region
Pipeline JIP
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Sonardyne Contracts
Ashtead's 30th
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Vessels
Goliat
Fugro Frontier
The Goliat platform has started its voyage from South Korea to Norway on
board the Dockwise Vanguard, the world's largest heavy lift vessel. The Goliat
project is now entering the final stage of its development phase prior to coming on stream this summer.
Goliat will be the first oil field to come on stream in the Barents Sea, and is the
worlds most northerly offshore development.
The platform is operated by Eni Norge and is the largest and most sophisticated cylindrical Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility
ever built.
The journey to Hammerfest in Finnmark, northern Norway, will take about 60
days, with expected arrival by early April. The FPSO will then be prepared for
operations and towed the 80km to the field location for hook-up and commissioning. It will be held on location by 14 anchor lines and hooked-up to a subsea production system comprising a total of 22 wells drilled from 8 templates.
The Goliat development concept has been designed with the harsh Barents
Sea weather conditions in mind and includes several engineering innovations.
The field is planned to come on stream during the summer of 2015.
Olympic Taurus
Olympic has been awarded a new contract for 4+1 months with an
international customer for M/V Olympic Taurus doing construction work in
Argentina. The contract begins immediately.
Technip has declared their second annual option for M/V Olympic
Challenger. The vessel now has firm work until August 2016.
Olympic Challenger
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Fugro Frontier
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Vessels
Viking Neptun
The Viking Neptun was delivered from Kleven Verft to
Eidesvik . It is the largest in Eidesviks fleet, and the
largest ever built by Kleven Verft. Designed by Salt
Ship Design, the vessel is 145m long and 31m wide
and with accommodation for 150 persons.
One of Viking Neptuns unique qualities is the focus on
high redundancy, which makes her extremely reliable
in all operations.
With 9 propellers 2 main propellers from Wrtsila
(twin-in and single-out gearbox) and 7 Brunvoll thrusters and 8 engines from Wrtsil, the powerful vessel
has a max speed of 17.2 kts.
With ICE 1B class, the vessel is prepared for operations in the Arctic. She also has a helideck for efficient
crew change, and a 2600 sqm deck area with flexible
layout for a wide range of operations.
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Viking Neptuns 400 t offshore crane has 3000 metres of 126 mm steel wire
The carousel below deck can hold up to 4400 t of
flexible pipes, and is 26 m in diameter
Viking Neptun has 2600 m2 deck area
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Vessels
Conquest
Conquest Offshore, together with
deugro Denmark, has developed a
highly efficient installation system for
Edda Fonn.
, supported by the engineering
knowledge and experience of
Temporary Works Design (TWD) and
Barge Master.
While the offshore wind industry is
screaming for cost effective and
innovative solutions for optimising
the installation process, this new
floating installation concept is ready
to launch at just the right time.
Parties have combined their
experience and in depth knowledge
of floating installation, offshore
skidding, upending, pile handling
and motion compensated tools and
came up with a revolutionary new
concept.
A newly designed and time effective
skidding system makes a full deck
load on the 136m barge possible.
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Monopile and
Transition piece
Installation
Edradour
The ability to upend monopiles
(from deck and floating) and the
use of a specially designed motion
compensated pile gripper provide
the means for floating installation.
During hammering hydraulic
cylinders actively compensate the
motions of the barge to ensure the
right inclination of the pile.
Edda Fonn
Reach Subsea has entered into
a contract with an international
client for the vessel Edda Fonn.
The operations in the
Mediterranean will start first of
April and the period is firm for
120 days, plus 60 days options.
Edda Fonn.
Ocean Installer
Ocean Installer has signed amendments
with Statoil for umbilical marine installation
on Visund and for riser replacement at the
Troll B field. The work will be executed
under the SLMP Marine Installation
Contract.
Normand Vision
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News
Deep Endeavour
DeepOcean Brasil Servicos has
been awarded a one year extension
of contract for the provision of
flexible repair and IMR services
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Fugro Scout
The has launched its latest Geo
Technical Research Vessel (GTRV),
the Fugro Scout, at the Tebma
Shipyards at Malpe, India. The vessel
will be used to extract deep water soil
samples
It is equipped with a dual dynamic
positioning station-holding capability
(DP 2) symbolising fail safe operation
and is built to Comfort Class COMF-V
(3) standards with living facilities for
up to 60 personnel with high crew
comforts.
It was constructed in accordance
with the latest standards and
regulations of Det Norske
Veritas(DNV) and meeting latest
International requirements
governed by International Maritime
Organisation(IMO).
The ship can operate in all the oceans
including Black sea, irrespective
of the variations in the global
temperatures. Oil exploration being
the major purpose of the ship, it is to
be registered in Panama
Exclusively built at Malpe, it
comprises dual consoles in the
control room. The forward control
is used for navigation, while the
Fugro Scout
after control is used for dynamic
positioning.
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Centralisers
Chain Tensioners
Seanic Ocean has successfully
tested and delivered a customdesigned chain tensioner to a client
that specialises in deep water
well containment equipment and
technology.
The tool was custom-designed
by Seanics engineers over the
course of the last year and recently
completed a rigorous pre-delivery
testing program intended to verify
its dependability in an emergency
situation.
When a marine riser is disconnected
from a wellhead, offshore operators
must take great care to prevent
bending or damaging the wellhead.
Seanics chain tensioner is used in
the situation where a wellhead has
been knocked out of level. The tool
is used to generate up to 400,000
Chain tensioner
pounds of pull to enable the well to
be returned to its original position.
The chain tensioner is operated with
a single directional control valve by a
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Jumbo Ikhwezi MEG Riser
Jumbo has completed the subsea installation of the
replacement MEG riser for the Ikhwezi project at the existing FA
Platform. PetroSA awarded this fast track execution contract in
December 2014.
Project Ikhwezi is Petro SAs plan to prolong the life of the
Mossgas gas-to-liquids plant near Mossel Bay by tapping into
gas reserves of the F-O field. The F-O field, developed as a
subsea tie-back, is located 40km south-east of the existing FA
production platform off the south coast of South Africa.
Jumbos Fairplayer DP2 heavy lift crane vessel with 2 x 900t
revolving deep-water mast cranes, executed the offshore
Installation.
The detailed scope of work for the riser installation included:
l All installation engineering
l Mobilisation to South Africa
l Load-out of 3in flexible MEG riser and protection/
stabilisation mattresses (Cape Town)
l Pre-survey and preparations at FA Platform
l Installation (J-tube pull-in), protection and stabilisation of
MEG riser at PetroSAs FA Platform
l As built post installation survey
Rambiz 4000
Scaldis has ordered a self-propelled
DP2 crane ship from Royal IHC.
Provisionally called Rambiz 4000, it
will be delivered in spring 2017.
The vessel will be built under full
responsibility and coordination of
Royal IHC in Qidong and will be
finished in Xiamen, both of which are
located in China.
The ship has been ordered to further
support the installation of offshore
infrastructures and decommissioningdeconstruction activities for the
oil and gas industry as well as the
installation of offshore wind farms.
The ship can also be used for any
type of marine related heavy lifting
work in challenging situations,
such as the construction of bridge
components and clearing subsea
obstacles.
The design includes a helipad and
accommodation for 78 people.
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Underwater Vehicles
The New XLX-C Launched
Forum Energy Technologies launched
its next-generation remotely operated
hydraulic workclass vehicle at the
recent Subsea Expo conference in
Aberdeen. Named the Perry XLX-C,
this new ROV has been two years
in development and represents a
multi-million pound investment by the
group.
"We have seen a strong demand
within the market, for an ROV sitting
below the larger heavyweight
workclass systems whilst able
to carry out work beyond the
capabilities of the larger electric
vehicles," said Graham Adair, vice
president for Sales.
"The keynotes of the new vehicle
are versatility, reliability and ease of
operation. It has sufficient onboard
power and payload to go from,
say, carrying out a survey, to work
involving multiple tooling operations,
quickly and seamlessly."
This compact hydraulic workclass
vehicle contains a number of
evolutionary features that could
predictably find their way into future
models. Subsea 7 will be the first
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HI Flo ROV
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Hi Flo ROV
Deep Trekker
Deep Trekker has launched its new
remotely operated vehicle, the Deep
Trekker DTX2. This represents the
first in a new line of subsea vehicles
to complement the company's
existing portable ROV line, the
DTG2.
The Deep Trekker DTX2 is the first
ever subsea vehicle to combine
the patented pitch mechanism that
Deep Trekker is known for, with four
powerful, vectored thrusters for good
manoeuvrability. Rated for depths
of up to 1000ft and with speeds
approaching 3.5kts and over 28lbs
of thrust, the DTX2 is as powerful
and strong as it is nimble and easy
to use.
Integrating vectored thrusters allows
for lateral movement in the
horizontal plane, and by
activating the pitch
system, the
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Underwater Vehicles
Robosub Competition
This competition is organised by the
AUVSI Foundation and the Office of
Naval Research. It is held annually at
the SSC Pacific TRANSDEC (SPAWAR
acoustic testing facility) in San Diego.
The goal is to advance the
development of autonomous
underwater vehicles (AUVs) by
challenging a new generation of
engineers.
Teams of college and some high
school level students around the
globe work diligently throughout
the year to design and build AUVs.
These vehicles are then entered
into competition and must perform
realistic missions in an underwater
environment. This event plays an
important part in keeping young
engineers excited about careers in
science, technology, engineering, and
maths (STEM)
The 2014 winners were
1st Cornell University $10 000
2nd University of Florida $5000
3rd ETS (Ecole Technologie
Superieure) $1000
4th Far Eastern Federal University
$1000
5th National University of Singapore
$1000
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A Fish-like AUV called WANDA
AUVs working in littoral zones require
low-speed and high-manoeuvrability.
This often presents mobility and
sensing challenges that have not
been fully resolved satisfactorily by
the industry.
"Expeditions in near-shore
environments are complex, often
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Vehicle testing Photo: US Naval
Research Laboratory/Jamie Hartman
AirAsia QZ8501
The Teledyne Marine Systems
group's Gavia AUV has been aiding
in the search for the downed AirAsia
flight QZ8501 in the Java Sea.
PT Java Offshore, a key customer
Teledyne Gavia
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The Iver platform will also act as a research platform for sensing,
communications and mobile computing for reliable execution of
seabed and other surveys.
All Iver AUV models come standard with OceanServers VectorMap
Mission Planning and Data Presentation tool, which provides georegistered data files that can be easily exported to other software
analysis tools.
Iver AUV
Easytrak Nexus
USBL Systems
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MAKO
DOF
It is the navigator that essentially gives
it intelligence and turns the vehicle
into an AUV. It can be programmed to
operate without a diver.
"The navigator allows the Mako to
navigate underwater in much the
same way as a GPS system is used
for terrestrial navigation, although the
actual way it achieves this is a little
different," said a spokesman.
Prearranged flight paths can be
pre-programmed into the navigation
system using Dive Log software. These
range from simple 'Go To' commands
to more sophisticated paths such as
survey routes for precise search grids
or waypoint routes for longer distance
underwater navigation.
The auto depth allows it to maintain the
diver's position in the water column
while the auto altitude can maintain
the position of the vehicle a given
distance off bottom. Its auto heading
function can maintain a desired course
while the station keeping option lets it
remain in one location. The hover mode
enables it to hover in one position.
The navigator system works in
association with a sonar imaging
system that can locate and view
targets in front of the Mako, at
distances of up to 250m (810ft).
This forward-looking multibeam sonar
provides the diver with a visual image
of the area ahead to locate targets and
for obstacle identification.
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Iver AUVs
Underwater Vehicles
Underwater Robot for Port Security
Engineers at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT) have developed
an oval-shaped submersible robot.
Slightly smaller than a rugby ball
and having a flattened panel on one
side, it can slide along an underwater
surface to conduct ultrasound scans.
While originally designed to look for
cracks in nuclear reactors water
tanks, the robot could also be used
to inspect ships for the false hulls
and propeller shafts that smugglers
frequently use to hide contraband.
Because of its small size and unique
propulsion mechanism which
leaves no visible wake the robots
could, in theory, be concealed in
clumps of algae or other camouflage.
Fleets could then swarm over ships at
port without alerting smugglers and
giving them the chance to jettison their
cargo.
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Silent NEMO
GhostSwimmer
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The PulSAR
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Hydroacoustic package
Seaeye Sabertooth
Seaeye Falcon
Seaeye Falcon DR
Seaeye Lynx
Seaeye Tiger
Seaeye Cougar-XT
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Seaeye Leopard
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Lyra
Throughout September 2015,
scientists at the Centre for
Environment, Fisheries and
Aquaculture Science (Cefas)
were busy making final
preparations for the maiden
project of its newly acquired
Wave Glider SV3 vehicle, Lyra.
The Lowestoft-based
oceanographers had briefly
speculated about purchasing
the tried and tested Wave Glider
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Wave Glider
wave glider project manager, "and
we were soon able to share the
experiences with our partners.
Before long, other vehicles began to
consider this alternative approach.
Wave Glider SV3
The Wave Glider is a novel vehicle
consisting of two main components.
The upper section floats on the
surface. Solar panels on its upper
surface power rechargeable
batteries for the instrumentation
contained within its buoyant hull.
Below this, connected by an
umbilical, is the permanently
submerged, free moving part.
Responsible for the propulsion,
it can be best described as an
underwater kite.
The amplitude of waves are larger
at the surface, but decrease with
depth. At the surface, the rising
wave lifts the float. This causes
the connected submerged unit to
rise accordingly. The wings on this
submerged body convert this lift into
forward motion and a rudder can
steer the Wave Glider in the desired
direction.
"Given the lack of swell at the
launch site" said Chris Read, marine
observations systems technician at
Cefas, "we were surprised to see
how fast she could move in relatively
still water maybe 2kts."
RS Aqua
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Seafloor Mapping
Deep Towed Sub Bottom Profiler
Applied Acoustic Engineering, a company well known
for its surface towed seismic sound sources, sparkers
and boomers, has developed a new deep towed sub
bottom profiler. Called the DTS-500, this can produce
higher definition sub-seabed profiles. As it Is towed close
to the seabed when it emits a high energy electrical
sound pulse, the new sparker overcomes many of the
disadvantages of a surface-towed system, especially
when operating in deeper water.
The company, based in Great Yarmouth, has been
manufacturing sub-bottom profiling equipment, that
utilises a reflection seismology technique, for over 25
years and many hundreds of its products are in use
worldwide but recently its customers have been calling
for deep water sub-bottom survey tools to operate in
particularly challenging environments, at the limits of
seismic sub-bottom profiling technology.
"One historical problem with a surface-towed system is
that the signal, deteriorates as it passes through the water
column," said Applied Acoustics' technical manager,
The DTS-500
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Cameras
Internet Camera
This April, Imenco will bring
its latest camera platform to
market. This will feature Ethernet
compatibility.
For the last 10 years, most cameras
have operated by capturing a digital
image and converting it into an
analogue composite video signal
for subsequent transmission. At the
surface, this signal is displayed onto
a monitor.
Some alternative systems re-convert
this back into a digital signal (either
inside or outside the camera), and
send it up the umbilical. The digital
signal is then fed into a PC and
viewed on a monitor.
When Imenco looked to enhance its
new camera, however, the company
not only decided to update the
hardware, but also sought to change
the actual platform and run the
digital format over an Ethernet-based
system.
"The Ethernet is an increasingly
popular way of connecting with
subsea equipment," said Jan
Wulfsberg, senior applications
specialist at Imenco. "Most sonars, for
example, are digital and 90% of them
work over the internet. We decided to
develop a future camera platform that
could be added to this network.
"Network integration opens up new
possibilities. You can let the camera
take one picture at very low frame
rate/high resolution or high rate/
or low resolution. You have all the
possibilities that are normally only
seen in fixed stills cameras.
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Lens
When Imenco set out to design its
next-generation camera, the lens
became a key consideration.
"The need to improve the lens system
is something we learnt the hard way,"
said Wulfsberg. "Over the years, we
tried to get the stable supply of water
corrective lenses that are necessary
for subsea cameras."
When a ray of light passes into a
lens, its path deviates because of
the refractive index of the glass. This
is not significant when the camera
operates in air, because if the ray
deviates 10deg on entering the lens,
it deviates back by the same amount
when exiting, effectively cancelling
each other out.
"This is not the case, however, when
one side is surrounded by water," said
Wulfsberg. "The water/glass interface
effectively causes the light ray to
deviate by about 15%. While a typical
camera lens requires a viewing angle
of around 72deg, the natural refraction
Specifications
Ethernet:
10/100Mbit TP
HTTP
Video
compression:
H.264 AVC
100mS
Optical Zoom
View Angle:
12x
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Housing:
Titanium
Depth rating:
4 000 msw
Connector:
Subconn DBH13M
Power
requirements
Mass in air
5.3 Kg
Mass in water
3.7 Kg
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Cameras
Record Year
Kongsberg Maritime's Standard Products team generated
more orders in 2014 than any single year before. This
was driven by the popularity of the Kongsberg Maritime
OE14-370 Colour Zoom Camera and the long-standing
support of many of the leading subsea survey, science and
construction organisations, including Fugro, Oceaneering
and Saab Seaeye.
Launched in 2013, the OE14-370 Colour Zoom Camera
has been designed to complement Kongsberg Maritimes
industry standard ROV inspection colour zoom camera,
the OE14-366a. Using the latest CCD technology to give
improved image definition and features including a builtin field memory for slower shutter speeds, a 'snapshot'
capability and text insertion, the new OE14-370 proved
popular with ROV operators immediately and its popularity
continued to grow throughout 2014.
An all new high resolution monochrome CCD camera was
launched in November. The OE15-100D camera is smaller
yet has a deeper rated housing and wider angle of view
(AOV) in water than any of its predecessors.
With near SIT (silicon intensifier target) performance in
SeaSpyder
Great Yarmouth based marine technology experts Subsea
Technology and Rentals (STR) has supplied two SeaSpyder
underwater camera systems to the Association of Inshore
Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (AIFCA), for use by
its ten individual statutory organisations.
The delivery of SeaSpyder underwater camera systems and
deployment solution to the IFCAs is to improve their
ability to gather information on seabed habitats
and species across Englands inshore waters.
This work is to support Defras ambitious target
of achieving a well-managed network of marine
protected sites by 2016.
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