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sat through a review with our engineering group where we’re building a digital twin for an offshore ? oating wind installa- tion. We’ve helped the operator engineer and model the whole ? oating system from the turbine through to the semi-sub and the anchoring systems, and come up with a digital monitor- ing system. We’re building a digital twin so that you can then use it to predict failures, problems and downtime on the other units in the ? eld. I’ve seen a lot of PowerPoint presentations on it, but I actually saw it for real and I saw it on a live project.

I did step back and say, “Wow, we can do that.” So that’s a nice question with nice timing.

Has the most recent offshore oil and gas crash from 2014 to ‘21 fundamentally changed the needs of your clients, and as a result, your company?

Historically Acteon saw itself as an oil ? eld services busi- ness, when in fact actually, if you step back, it’s an in-sea in- frastructure company. To some extent, a lot of the services we provide are somewhat agnostic as to whether they work for oil and gas, renewables or other nearshore infrastructure projects.

But the heritage of the company came from the oil and gas side and it still remains a big leg, one of the key legs for us

Image courtesy Acteon • Bathymetry • CTD & Environmental • Current • Sound Velocity • Tide • AUV, ROV & ASV • HYDROGRAPHY • HYDROMETRY • METROLOGY &

SWiFT CTD POSITIONING

Measured CTD, with all the • OCEANOGRAPHY • PORTS, HARBOURS bene?ts of the SWiFT & DREDGING • RENEWABLE ENERGY

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