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Press Releases
Below are recent press releases.
August 23, 2007 - Sub-Atlantic secures orders up to £7 million
August 16, 2007 - Fugro Wins Contract For Survey And ROV Services In Australia
August 7, 2007 - Saipem America Extends Charter For M/V Harvey Discovery
August 7, 2007 - CMLabs Completes Major Deep Sea ROV Contract
August 7, 2007 - Oceaneering 2nd Quarter Profit Jumps 56 Percent
August 2, 2007 - Deepwater Education Center Announces Completion of 1st Training Class
August 2, 2007 - Saipem AmericaI Introduces The Innovator® LEVIATHAN
August 2, 2007 - ROVs To Explore Offshore Volcano
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Current Press Releases
Date: September 10, 2007
Organization: Schilling Robotics
Allseas continues ROV fleet expansion with three more Schilling UHD™ ROVs
Vehicles will be outfitted to facilitate survey and pipelay inspection operations.
Davis, California—August 31, 2007. Schilling Robotics, a leading producer of remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs), will supply Allseas Group S.A. with three additional ultraheavy-duty UHD™ ROV systems in late 2008. Allseas will use the systems to perform survey support, pipeline touchdown monitoring, and a wide array of construction support tasks in the world’s major oil and gas regions.
The ROVs feature 150 shp and are rated for operation to 4000 meters. The systems include Schilling Robotics extended-excursion XE™ TMS systems, two of which have 850-meter tethers and independent propulsion systems.
Special features for survey and pipeline inspection operations include camera booms and profilers that pop up from the vehicle’s rear for deployment. Schilling’s standard AutoTrack™ utility, which allows survey coordinates to control vehicle movement, will further facilitate survey operations.
Says Schilling Robotics’ Regional Manager Jason Stanley, “We are obviously very pleased that Allseas, which is one of the world’s major offshore pipelay and subsea construction companies, is placing additional UHD orders with us. We appreciate their confidence, and we know that we can supply the most advanced subsea technology available.”
Schilling Robotics was selected by Allseas in 2007 to exclusively supply ROV technology for use on Allseas vessels, and the three new UHD systems will join four others delivered in 2007 and early 2008.
About Schilling Robotics, LLC
Headquartered in Davis, California, with regional offices in Houston and Aberdeen, Schilling Robotics designs and delivers the highest-performing, most advanced subsea robotics, control systems, and components for use in the world’s harshest environments. The company brings over 20 years of technology expertise and innovation in control, communication, and actuation to the challenges facing customers in subsea environments. For more information, visit www.schilling.com.
About Allseas Group S.A.
Swiss-based Allseas Group S.A. is one of the major offshore pipelay and subsea construction companies in the world, operating specialized vessels that are designed in house. Founded in 1985, the company has gained worldwide experience in all types of offshore and subsea construction projects. Allseas supports clients already in the conceptual design stage and offers its services for project management, from engineering and procurement to installation and commissioning. For more information, visit www.allseas.com.
Date: August 7, 2007
Organization: Saipem America Inc.
Saipem AmericaExtends Charter for M/VHarvey Discovery
Houston, TX (August3, 2007): Saipem America has extended the charter agreement with Harvey Gulf International Marine Inc. for the M/V Harvey Discovery vessel from November 2008 thru November 2011. The M/V Harvey Discovery is a 265ft ROV support vessel working in the Gulf of Mexico. The M/V Harvey Discovery is a US Flagged, ABS Classed, AMS, ACCU DP2 Notation Circle E with a 65 metric ton electro-hydraulic knuckle boom crane,a 12’ X 12’ moon pool, 9,000sqft of clear deck space, and accommodations for 46 personnel. Saipem’s 250HP Innovator Leviathan ROV and a dedicated deployment winch with 11,0000 ft of 2-3/8 inch anti-rotating wire complete the vessel spread, maximizing the vessel effectiveness for activities such as surveys,light construction and well intervention.
Saipem America Inc., as part of the Saipem Group, is a worldwide leading provider of subsea construction services to the offshore oil and gas industry, specializing in innovative engineering, construction and maintenance services. The Saipem Group is one of the largest, most diversified, international contractors in the oil and gas industry. Saipem America Inc. business activities encompass all of the Saipem Group expertise, which include onshore construction, offshore installation and construction, including the activities of Sonsub’s subsea and ROV capabilities, LNG,marine works, drilling maintenance, modification and operation (MMO) and FPSO product lines.
The Group is a global contractor, with strong local presence in strategic and emerging areas such as West Africa, Central Asia, Middle East, North Africa, South East Asia,and North and South America. The Saipem Group employs over 35,000 people comprising more than 100 nationalities. For more information,please contact Jennifer Williams, Saipem America Inc. 15950 Park Row, Houston, TX 77084. Telephone:281-552-5969; Fax: 281-552-5904. E-mail: Jennifer.williams@saipemamerica.com.
Date: August 2, 2007
Organization: Perry Slingsby Systems
Perry Slingsby Systems Deepwater Education Center is pleased to announce Completion of 1st Training Class in Houston
Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) is pleased to announce that the new state of the art Deepwater Education Center in Houston has completed its 1st four week Intervention Systems training class. The training program curriculum has been developed in partnership with the University of Houston, College of Technology. On successful completion of the program, students are awarded a certificate by PSS and the University of Houston.
Superior Offshore International, a leading provider of subsea construction services to the worldwide oil and gas industry, was the first ROV-operating contractor to graduate its ROV personnel from all four of PSS’s intervention modules. “It is critical that each of our ROV personnel is qualified to operate and comprehensively manage the XLS systems,” said Hamish Thomsen, ROV Manager for Superior Offshore International. “The completion of these modules by our ROV personnel presents a level of certification in-house and to our clientele.”
In addition to the outstanding classroom facility, students are able to get exclusive hands on training solutions with the V-MAX® ROV Simulator.
Once again PSS have demonstrated the ability to develop and deliver innovative and practical training which both meet and exceed client requirements and expectations.
For more information, please contact: USA: Perry Slingsby Systems, Inc. Laura Rhodes 821 Jupiter Park Drive Marketing Systems Jupiter, Florida 33458 Tel: +1 561 743 7000
Date: August 2, 2007
Organization: Saipem America Inc.
Saipem America introduces the Innovator® LEVIATHAN
A new 250hp heavy work class ROV
Houston, TX (July 31, 2007): Saipem America is pleased to introduce their most powerful heavy work class ROV to date – the new 250hp Innovator® LEVIATHAN. Delivering unsurpassed power through seven (7) hydraulic thrusters, the Innovator® LEVIATHAN is a dominant performance workhorse in the industry. The 250hp dual-shaft electric motor powers four (4) 17" horizontal thrusters capable of more than 1,200 lbs of thrust each and three (3) 15" vertical thrusters providing a total of 3,450lbf of horizontal thrust. Thruster control for harsh operating conditions is provided by way of mechanical thruster repositioning to give 30°, 45° or 60° thrust angle with respect to the foreaft vehicle axis, and the vertical thrusters will have pitch and roll control.
Acting as a stable work platform for all of Saipem America's future subsea intervention and support systems, the Innovator® LEVIATHAN is engineered to operate continuously despite high current or extended dive conditions - aiming to increase the operability to 4.5 knots current. Additionally, the Innovator® LEVIATHAN has many other operational and control features serving to minimize the amount of costly subsea downtime and equipment necessary for deepwater operations, while improving performance, flexibility, and reliability of the critical operational components; providing operators and installation contractors the vast flexibility they need in an ROV to perform complicated, uninterrupted deepwater operations at a significant cost savings.
The first Innovator® LEVIATHAN will be performing a wide range of heavy-duty subsea well intervention, installation and construction work for a major operator on a long-term project in the Gulf of Mexico.
Saipem America Inc. business activities encompass all of the Saipem Group expertise, which include onshore construction, offshore installation and construction, including the activities of Sonsub’s subsea and ROV capabilities, LNG, marine works, drilling maintenance, modification and operation (MMO) and FPSO product lines.
For more information, please contact Jennifer Williams, Saipem America Inc. 15950 Park Row, Houston, TX 77084. Telephone: 281-552-5969; Fax: 281- 552-5909. E-mail: Jennifer.williams@saipemamerica.com
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