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MTRMTR Ocean Floor Geophysics provides survey and subsea as- set inspection services with AUVs, ROVs, USVs, ASVs, active tow? sh and Hovering AUVs. In 2019 OFG ? elded an AUV non-contact integrated Cathodic Protection (iCP) inspection system, allowing for the complete inspection of subsea pipelines and infrastructure without the need to re- turn with an ROV for a traditional “stab” CP. The AUV iCP data integrated with a combination of digital imagery, laser pro? le data, multibeam, synthetic aperture sonar and high accuracy navigation, and was deployed on AUV pipeline

Ocean Floor Geophysics Inc.

inspection jobs in Asia-Paci? c and West Africa in 2019. www.ocean? oorgeophysics.com

Balmoral Comtec Ltd.

Aberdeen, Scotland – www.balmoraloffshore.com

Serving the offshore oil & gas and renewables sectors,

Balmoral is a leader for buoyancy, protection and insulation product solutions. Its product range includes drilling and distributed riser buoyancy, thermal insulation, cable protec- tion, bend restrictors, stiffeners and riser protection guards.

The company’s purpose-built production facilities, subsea test centre, R&D continuous improvement programme, ex- perienced HSE, engineering and commercial departments all play their part in delivering safe and successful projects on a global basis. Installers and operators are seeking to deploy the latest technology to achieve ef? ciencies throughout the life of a project. With 40 years’ experience Balmoral is positioned to advise clients on their subsea challenges. Providing added value from concept development through detailed design, manufacturing and testing, the team at Balmoral help projects achieve their full potential safely and cost-effectively.

Balmoral is a trusted partner to the offshore energy sector, with enviable technical expertise, a vast project track record, evidence-based buoyancy, protection and insulation product solutions. Proprietary laboratory, hydrostatic and mechanical testing facilities enable it to research, identify and develop cost effective materials across a spectrum of applications. The com- pany continues to make signi? cant investments in comprehen- sive syntactic, composite and polymer processing facilities.

Balmoral’s in-house ‘Discovery Unit’, a combination of

R&D, materials and testing specialists, has created an in- tegrated cable protection system for ? xed-base offshore wind farms. The patented system, available in three stan- dard sizes, includes a combination of bend restrictors and stiffener, foundation interface device, standard dynamic unit and a detachable pull head, all of which is designed, manu- and the ability to account for free span caused by scour de- factured and brought together in-house before being tested velopment. The patented ? ber reinforced technology adds on the company’s test rig. Solutions for varying apertures stiffness to the system controlling the curvature during the on monopile installations are available as well as J-tube project lifespan. This reduces the amount of movement ex- and I-tube options for jacket structures. The systems are de- perienced by the cable, improving fatigue performance and signed based on the fatigue limit state and offer something greatly reducing the risk of failure through the life of the different because of their unique diver-less removal feature ? eld.

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