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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IDENTIFYING, MITIGATING UXO 2026 EDITORIAL CALENDAR

Grove added a reality check that every software com-

ELIMINATING SILOS pany eventually has to state out loud: even the best pro-

Offshore projects are multi-year, multi-party undertak- ings. Owners, contractors, regulators, and a wide range of cessing and modeling can be undermined by poor data specialist teams touch the data. Bodger argued that one of coverage. Dense, high-quality datasets don’t just improve

JANUARY / FEBRUARY MARCH / APRIL MAY / JUNE the industry’s biggest challenges is still organizational: silos results — they can be the difference between confdent decisions and expensive uncertainty.

between teams, disciplines and deliverables.

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Seequent’s push here is connected workfows — partic-

THE BOTTOM LINE ularly with cloud-based project management via its plat- • Deepwater Exploration & Production • Digital Transformation: AI

Subsea UXO is not a theoretical hazard, and it’s not lim- Floating Production Systems • form, Central. The proposition is straightforward: upload • Energy Ports • Floating Power • Digital Transformation: Downhole Data

Oasis montaj projects from the vessel, allow shore-based ited to one region or one industry segment. It’s a global • Production: Topsides, Platforms, Hulls • Subsea: Subsea Tieback Projects • Offshore Wind: CTVs, SOVs, WTIVs stakeholders to view results, reduce the number of people legacy problem showing up in the busiest corridors of off- • Abandonment & Decommissioning • Seismic & Geotechnical Surveys • Going Green: Carbon Capture & Storage shore development — often in the exact places where proj- who need to be offshore, and accelerate sign-off and demo- • Going Green: Electrifcation • Safety Systems • Subsea: Workclass ROVs ects can least afford delays.

bilization decisions.

The good news is that the industry is steadily mov- “The quicker we can make that available, the quicker we can get sign-off,” Bodger said, emphasizing the real ing from “spot it and react” to “characterize it and de-

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Tokyo Big Sight • OTC 2026 – Houston, TX, USA • Subsea Expo 2026 – Aberdeen, Scotland

Within the UXO workfow itself, Grove described how costly investigations.

• Underwater Technology Conference – • Wind Europe 2026 – Madrid, Spain • IPF 2026 – New York, NY Bergen, Norway

Or as the conversation kept returning to, again and different layers of the project chain — from data acquisi- • Oceanology International – London, UK • IADC/SPE Intl Drilling Conf tion teams to consultants to client representatives — can again: it’s all about the data — good data, integrated data, & Exhibition – Galveston, TX and the ability to turn “red dots” into real decisions.

interact with the same datasets and tools, using standard- ized imports/exports or shared access through Central.

And in a very practical bonus for owners: the same geophysical datasets can be reused across compliance and planning requirements. Bodger noted that archaeology surveys are often required to confrm there are no ship- wrecks or seabed items of cultural importance. Rather than running redundant surveys, teams can reprocess existing datasets with different objectives and signatures in mind

JULY / AUGUST SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER — geological features, paleo-channels, archaeology targets — using the same software environment.

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Podcast, on UXO with Seequent’s Matt Grove – EMEA

TAKING THE FIRST STEP

Regional Segment Manager – Offshore, and Becky Bodger

When asked what a developer should do frst if they’re • Robotics • Digital Transformation • Decarbonization – EMEA Customer Solutions Team Lead & Geophysicist.

starting a project in UXO-prone waters, both Grove and • Digital Transformation: Cyber Security • New Frontiers: Latin America • Project of the Year

Bodger converged on planning discipline.

• Offshore Wind: WTIVs • Going Green: Water Systems • Going Green: Outftting the Green Rig

Start with documentation and repositories. Do a desk- • Transport & Installation • Subsea: Electrifcation • Marginal Fields: Projects top study to understand what types of munitions are and Technologies • Heavy Lifters: Deck Machinery & Cranes • Power Generation • Subsea: Vehicles – AUVs, ROVs, UUVs likely present. Then design the survey around the small- est target you must detect — because that decision drives everything else: line spacing, sensor height, number of

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EVENT PARTNERS on total feld, gradients, or other collection approaches.

• Underwater Intervention 2026 – New Orleans, LA “The lowest detectable item…is really important,”

Bodger said. “Your very frst step in designing the survey is so important.” 46 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM