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News

ROVOP

Expands

ROV Fleet

ROVOP is set to take delivery of fi ve new remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), representing an investment of $28m. The

ROVs include two UHD-IIIs, which are heavy-duty work- class vehicles, as well as three HD work-class systems. All

ROVs are being supplied by FMC Technologies Schilling Ro- botics. Both of the UHD-III systems are to be deployed on the Ceona Amazon which is one of global oil and gas subsea construction specialist Ceona’s newbuild multiple lay vessels.

The ROVs will include Ennsub-designed ultra-deepwater launch and recovery systems (LARS) which will be fully in- tegrated into the vessel and will enable operations in harsh environment conditions through the use of active heave com- pensation and heavy-weather deployment capabilities.

ROVOP’s latest investment in its ROV fl eet comes less than three months after the independent company, which is dedi- cated to providing ROV services and equipment to the subsea sector, took delivery of four new hydraulic work class sys- tems.

Steven Gray, managing director at ROVOP, signed the con- tract with Tyler Schilling, president of FMC Schilling Robot- ics, at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Hous- ton. “Our investment in a further fi ve ROVs allows us to meet strong demand from our customers,” said Gray. “The market is recognizing that ROVOP’s combination of the most advanced technology and our industry-leading personnel and customer service represents a genuine step change in what operators can

Tyler Schilling (left), president at FMC Technol- ogies Schilling Robotics, and ROVOP managing director, Steven Gray, sign ROV contract at OTC. 20 MTR

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