Oceaneering awarded Statoil contract for E-ROV concept development and testing

HOUSTON -- Oceaneering International, Inc., has announced that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a technology development contract by Statoil Petroleum AS. The contract provides for the development, manufacturing, testing, and mobilization of a self-contained, battery-powered work class remotely operated vehicle (E-ROV) system deployed on the seabed. The system will interface with Oceaneering’s onshore Mission Support Center via a 4G mobile broadband signal transmitted from a buoy on the water’s surface, without a surface vessel required onsite. Development, manufacturing, and pool testing will commence immediately at Oceaneering’s workshop in Stavanger, Norway.

An offshore mobilization test of the system is scheduled for May 2017. During the test, the E-ROV system will be deployed and recovered from a Statoil-operated IMR vessel at Troll field in the North Sea. The system will perform specified subsea operations, while Oceaneering maintains continuous, uninterrupted control from its onshore Mission Support Center in Stavanger.