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Work Class ROVs

The vehicle has dynamic positioning with a payload of 200kg. hicle used for oil ? eld maintenance and construction, includ-

The Perry XLX Evo ROV represents the latest evolution of ing in ultradeep waters, and for monitoring the seabed and the Perry XL series. The XLX Evo features enhanced perfor- gathering data to design of oil ? elds or subsea pipelines. Its mance across the full range of demanding intervention and electrical motor can provide 210Hp which, ensuring a bollard survey tasks. The Perry XLX Evo offers extensively recon- pull of 1,100 kg in each direction, a maximum speed of 3.5 ? gured vehicle control system components. The user power knots and the ability to lift a weight of over 600 kg hooked to supply system has also been re-designed to eliminate the the frame. The ROV’s umbilical cable and tether have been need for a one atmospheric control can and to allow ease of redesigned to transmit the ship’s onboard power to the subsea con? guration. The Perry XLX Evo also features an enhanced vehicles. Innovator 2.0 is equipped with a 6,600V power sup- and fully integrated survey system with interfaces compat- ply which allows the ROV to operate effectively even with ible with all modern survey equipment, including sub bottom cable lengths over 7,000 m. The ROV has obtained a declara- pro? lers, multi-beam sonars, etc. tion of compliance with Norsok U102 standards, as well as

DNV-GL certi? cation.

Saab Seaeye

Saab Seaeye has a number of vehicles in all classes. The SMD

Cougar Compact is the deepwater version of the compact, Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) is organized across a highly ? exible and extremely powerful Cougar-XT. With all number of key business streams including work class ROVs, the bene? ts of the XT and the full range of optional quick- subsea trenching, submerged mining and marine renewables. change tool skids, the Cougar-XTi also features a new con- The company was originally founded in 1971 and has served cept in power distribution, self-diagnostics and a newly de- a number of market segments including oil and gas, telecom- signed modular control system. munications, military, scienti? c and mining. In 2003 they ac-

The panther XT is a development of the successful Sea- quired Hydrovision and entered the work class ROV market. eye Panther Plus ROV, which was developed in partnership SMD’s ATOM ROV is an ultra compact work class system. It with ROVTECH whose requirements were to minimize the is suitable for drill support, survey and light construction, and system’s weight and deck space requirements, while increas- can be mobilized with minimal deck space. They have several ing the thrust and performance envelope to allow operations of? ces including in Europe, the U.S. and Singapore. in the most demanding conditions encountered during IRM operations.

The Sabertooth is a merger of the Double Eagle SAROV

Oceaneering (Saab Autonomous Remotely Operated Vehicles) and Saab

Oceaneering is a global oil? eld provider of engineered

Seaeye technologies, resulting in a hovering hybrid AUV/

ROV with deep water capability, long excursion range and services and products primarily to the offshore oil and gas industry, with a focus on deepwater applications. Through six degrees of freedom control system.

The 2,000/3,000m Seaeye Leopard is a powerful electric the use of its applied technology expertise, Oceaneering also serves the defense, entertainment and aerospace industries. work class ROV in a compact chassis, producing a half metric ton of forward thrust, with 50% more payload, three times Oceaneering’s business offerings include remotely operated vehicles, built-to-order specialty subsea hardware, deepwater the tooling power and double the depth rating of its predeces- sor the Panther XT-Plus, while maintaining the same deck intervention and manned diving services, nondestructive test- footprint. The Leopard is suited to work tasks including drill ing and inspection and engineering and project management.

The company has several work class systems including the support, pipeline survey, exploration, salvage, cleaning and

Millennium series. deep water IRM.

The MILLENNIUM Plus ROV is a side entry cage de- ployed, dual manipulator 220hp heavy work class ROV. The cage and Tether Management System (TMS) supplies an additional 110hp, is capable of powering skids and also has

Saipem

Saipem’s new Innovator 2.0 ROV is a heavy work class ve- thruster control and auto heading features.

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