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Blue Logic Wins Subsea Docking Innovation Award

Blue Logic won the Innovation involved Blue Logic undertaking a American Petroleum Institute (API),

Award 2020 from ONS, in the SME signi? cant amount of industry col- Blue Logic has also worked toward (small and medium-sized enterprises) laboration, with many companies and API 17H and with the DeepStar pro- category, for its development of an organisations contributing and partici- gramme in the U.S. to ensure that its open-standard subsea docking station pating towards the docking station’s open innovation falls within recognized for underwater vehicles. requirements and speci? cations in order industry standards. Designed and built

Blue Logic’s seabed installed docking to achieve a truly universal result. close to Blue Logic’s headquarters in station is designed to enable underwater “Equinor has been with us at the Sandnes near Stavanger, multiple dock- vehicles or drones to be permanently front throughout this process,” said ing stations have already been tested, deployed subsea by providing access Stig Magnar Lura, GM, Blue Logic. including at the Norwegian University to power for charging and communica- “Together, we have jointly developed of Science and Technology (NTNU) tions for upload/download of inspection speci? cations and requirements. By underwater test facility in Trondheims- and assignment data. working together in this completely fjorden, near Trondheim, as well as by

The ability to long-term or perma- new way, where the focus has been on SAAB in Sweden, Oceaneering at the nently deploy underwater drones is developing open solutions with a com- Tau Autonomy Center near Stavanger. seen as a bene? t for several underwater mon interface, we believe we have suc- One is also due to go to Italy where applications, enabling a reduction in ceeded in a universal solution which all Saipem will verify its functionality risk to personnel, who can operate the subsea vehicles will be able to utilize.” with its underwater vehicles.

vehicles from shore, a reduction in Helge Sverre Eide, Head of Busi- The ? rst underwater inductive reduce the carbon footprint of subsea ness Development at Blue Logic, said product was introduced in 2005. Blue operations, by no longer requiring a “We have also worked closely with Logic has since developed several more support vessel on site. the drone suppliers – Eelume, SAAB, products that can use and support the

A key component of the subsea dock- Oceaneering and Saipem – and held docking station, including inductive ing station is Blue Logic’s wireless several full-day workshops in order to torque tools for valves, inductive ? ber connectors, which provide power and re? ne this solution to ensure its func- optic cable couplers, inductive couplers data transmission underwater. Devel- tional for the various players.” for drone tools and inductive subsea opment of the docking station also As a committee member of the batteries.

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