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Oceaneering Mobile Robotics Completes Successful Pilot Project with ZEISS Group

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October 4, 2023 –  Houston, Texas – Oceaneering International, Inc. announces that its Oceaneering Mobile Robotics (OMR) business successfully completed a pilot project using its omnidirectional UniMover™ O 600 and UniMover™ D 100 underride robots at the ZEISS facility in Jena, Germany in cooperation with Ingenics Consulting.

Oceaneering Mobile Robotics' UniMover autonomous underride system
Oceaneering Mobile Robotics’ omnidirectional UniMover™ O 600 system in use during the pilot project at ZEISS Group’s facility in Germany.

The pilot specially tested the mobile robot systems’ maneuverability, and obstacle avoidance features, as well as proved specific behaviors at the building’s fire doors. The project demonstrated OMR’s underride mobile robot capabilities and enabled Ingenics Consulting and ZEISS Group to assess their suitability for inclusion in the new, state-of-the-art facility currently under construction in Jena.

Installation, integration, and operation of the underride mobile robots occurred within a three-day period, during ongoing production at the current ZEISS Group facility in Jena. The trial seamlessly ran for one week alongside existing manual logistic processes.

ZEISS Group sought to gain preliminary experience with mobile robots in a dynamic environment that includes both automated transport and manual traffic. Responsible for developing the logistic processes in the new facility, Ingenics Consulting approached OMR on behalf of the ZEISS Group.

“In the planning of the new high-tech site in Jena, it was important for us to address the planned changes and use of innovation for ZEISS at an early stage and to involve the relevant partners,” said Benjamin Lehnort, Senior Project Engineer, Ingenics Consulting. “Through the ongoing communication with OMR in this pilot project, we were able to give the employees at ZEISS in Jena an impression of a mobile robotics system and, as a project team, gain valuable information for the further planning of the building and internal transport. Conducting the pilot in an operational area was particularly important to us in order to get as close as possible to the future environmental conditions.”

Lutz Lippmann, Project Manager, Carl Zeiss AG, said: “The project’s overarching objective was two-fold. We sought to introduce mobile robotics to our multiple business units and to test the underride robots in a dynamic environment with extensive manual transport, thereby assessing the optimal functionality of the mobile robot system. We are delighted that the pilot not only met but exceeded our expectations, with OMR successfully operating the mobile robots in our existing facility.”

Hendrik Hörisch, Branch Manager, Oceaneering Mobile Robotics GmbH, said: “We were able to show that our mobile robots for autonomous transport can be integrated into during an operational logistics process within a very short time without interrupting production or making structural changes to the building thanks to our infrastructure-free navigation technology. Furthermore, we were able to successfully give the employees of Carl Zeiss AG insight into the possibilities of mobile robotics and share an outlook on the potential logistical innovations at the ZEISS high-tech location in Jena.”

The planned new building in Jena serves as ZEISS’ founding location and the second-largest facility worldwide. ZEISS is constructing a building on 80,000 square meters where all development units, as well as a large part of the locally based production and administrative departments, will be located. The new location’s modernity and openness matches the high-tech and science-oriented city of Jena, due to the systems developed and manufactured there.

ZEISS Group’s new facility features state-of-the-art technology that will be used to transport dedicated material trolleys from the logistics area to the production areas on two levels. Integration of the OMR underride technology focuses on providing a flexible, reliable solution that improves efficiency in production and logistics.

OMR’s innovative underride mobile robots are equipped with infrastructure-free navigation based on BlueBotics’ Autonomous Navigation Technology (ANT). Within this one-week demonstration, ZEISS’ facility benefited from mobile robots equipped with the latest navigation technology backed by OMR’s 30+ years of experience in designing, manufacturing, and implementing autonomous mobile robotic solutions.

About ZEISS Group
The ZEISS Group, a renowned and innovative company, is widely recognized as a global leader in precision optics and optoelectronics. For more information, visit www.zeiss.com

About Ingenics Consulting
Ingenics is a multinational corporate consulting engineering company with over 40 years’ experience. The firm is specialized in the transformation and digitization of business models, products, and processes. For more information, visit www.ingenics.com

About Oceaneering Mobile Robotics
Oceaneering Mobile Robotics designs, manufactures, implements, and maintains innovative turnkey logistic solutions based on autonomous mobile robot technology. For over 30 years, OMR has been a trusted partner for the automotive, healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics industries. For more information on Oceaneering Mobile Robotics, please visit www.oceaneering.com/omr

About Oceaneering International
Oceaneering is a global technology company delivering engineered services and products and robotic solutions to the offshore energy, defense, aerospace, manufacturing, and entertainment industries. For more information on Oceaneering, please visit www.oceaneering.com

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Project Ripple

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Project Ripple is an Oceaneering India initiative in collaboration with Deepalaya, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that aims at educating underprivileged children. We assisted Deepalaya with a donation that was used to provide elementary education and conduct workshops and trainings, to make learning interesting and interactive for the students.

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Oceaneering Veteran Spotlight Series: William Moore

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William Moore is a First Lieutenant in the Army National Guard and a Senior Project Coordinator at Oceaneering. As an Army Officer in combat arms, he’s advised by non-commissioned officers but it’s his job to make decisions. A project management role at Oceaneering was a natural fit for his experience.

“Oceaneering has a large presence in the military and is very welcoming to service members. The Oceaneering Veterans Network helped me get connected.”

Watch the video below to learn how our shared values and skills translation played a role in William’s transition from the military to civilian workforce.

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Oceaneering Selected as Finalists for Offshore Achievement Awards

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Houston, Texas – Oceaneering International announces that its Freedom™ Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) is a finalist for the 37th Offshore Achievement Awards.

The Freedom™ AUV system has been chosen as a finalist for Collaboration Project Award. Freedom, a hybrid AUV/ROV system, is the result of a long-term collaborative relationship between Oceaneering, TotalEnergies, and Chevron dating back to 2014, with Equinor joining the collaboration in 2019. In 2014, the group began efforts to optimize the delivery of a pipeline inspection service from an AUV. The close association between customers TotalEnergies, Chevron, and Equinor, and Oceaneering as developer, has ensured that the specification and requirements of the improved pipeline inspection AUV have been realized within both the hardware design as well as the autonomous behaviors developed and refined during the DevOps testing phase of the Freedom AUV project.

Freedom commenced commercial operations in September 2023.

The Offshore Achievement Awards recognize outstanding achievements in the energy industry, including innovative technologies and the significant individual contributions. The awards give recognition to those who go above and beyond in the energy sector. Winners will be announced at P&J Live in Aberdeen, UK, on Thursday, March 14, 2024.

To learn more about the 37th Offshore Achievement Awards, including all the finalists, please visit: spe-aberdeen.org/oaa/

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Oceaneering Selected by Defense Innovation Unit to Test and Develop Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Prototype

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Houston, Texas – Today, Oceaneering International, Inc. announces that its Aerospace and Defense Technologies (ADTech) business segment has been awarded a contract by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), a U.S. Department of Defense organization, for the development and testing of the Freedom™ Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) as a potential Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) prototype for the U.S. Navy’s Program Office for Advanced Undersea Systems.

The contract includes a Manufacturing Readiness Review to assess current production capacity and tradeoffs that could be performed to speed LDUUV capabilities to the fleet.

The Freedom™ AUV recently completed a five-year test and development program, culminating in commercial operations beginning in 2023.

Its design incorporates unique features that make it well suited for commercial and defense operations, including its multi-thruster design which provides six degrees of freedom in vehicle maneuverability.

With eight independent thrusters, Freedom supports mission success with its ability to conduct low altitude, precision operations in complex, critical subsea infrastructure environments.

Martin McDonald, Senior Vice President, Subsea Robotics, said: “Oceaneering is pleased to have been selected by the U.S. Navy and the DIU for this program supporting the development of LDUUV capabilities. The Freedom™ AUV offers the flexibility needed to support mission critical operations and we are delighted to be recognized for the flexibility Freedom offers and its suitability to support an LDUUV prototype.”

As the worldwide leader in subsea robotic services, Oceaneering used its Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) database, encompassing over six million hours of operation, to identify several technology building blocks (thrusters, connectors, batteries, etc.) that are key to the performance and reliability of the Freedom™ AUV system.  These technology building blocks were designed and tested to provide Freedom with a prolonged maintenance-free operating period, which enables sustained subsea operations.

Long duration, reliable performance in subsea environments requires mature maintenance and logistics systems.  The Freedom™ AUV uses the same maintenance and logistics systems used by Oceaneering’s fleet of work class ROVs, the largest in the world, which last year performed over 450,000 hours of subsea robotic services.

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Oceaneering Carries Out First Integrated Onshore Remote Operations Scope in Brazil

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Houston, Texas – Oceaneering announces that its Subsea Robotics segment has achieved a new milestone, successfully completing its first onshore piloting of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from an onshore remote operation center (OROC) in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

This important milestone was possible due to the partnership between Oceaneering and Petrobras, that worked together to ensure secure offshore connectivity for piloting of an ROV, utilizing the existing LTE coverage in the field and required a complex setup process to establish a bridge between the data networks of both companies, achieving low latency, without compromising their respective cyber security policies. 

The Oceaneering team was tasked with several work scopes in water depths ranging from 5 m to 1100 m (16 ft to 3600 ft). The team performed tasks such as inspections and high-level activities such as hull inspections with cleaning and interventions. The work scope was carried out over 14 days in November 2023 onboard the CBO Manoella vessel. The Oceaneering team used the 220 hp heavy work class Millennium® Plus ROV for the remote operations from land. The Brazilian team operated the vehicle on four different scopes with 100% uptime. 

Oceaneering Onshore Remote Operations Center in Macae, Brazil
Oceaneering Onshore Remote Operations Center in Macaé, Brazil

Petrobras technical representatives were able to watch the integrated ROV and Survey operations carried out from our OROC in Macaé and provided positive feedback to the Oceaneering team. 

“This project is a demonstration of Oceaneering’s leadership in the subsea robotics space deploying remote operations technology and executing value added projects in Brazil, helping our customers reduce carbon emission and safety exposure in their operations,” said Simao Silva, Brazil Country Manager. “Remote operations will help increase the safety of offshore operations a while increasing the efficiency and providing our customers with specialized services per scope.” 

About Oceaneering
Oceaneering is a global technology company delivering engineered services and products and robotic solutions to the offshore energy, defense, aerospace, manufacturing, and entertainment industries. Oceaneering is a leading engineering and robotics company with two decades of remote operations experience. 

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Oceaneering Earns 2024 Military Friendly® Employer Designation

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Houston, Texas – Oceaneering International, Inc., announces today that it has earned the 2024 Military Friendly® Employer designation – Rank Silver.

As an authorized DOD SkillBridge organization, Oceaneering works with each of the applicable branches of U.S. military services, and respective installation commanders, to develop SkillBridge training programs for their personnel. We offer active-duty service members – with transferable skills and experience – approved unpaid internship opportunities for in-demand career fields with a high probability of post-service employment. The internships start during the service member’s 180-day window prior to separation from active duty.

2024 Military Friendly logo

“Oceaneering is proud to earn the Silver designation in the 2024 Military Friendly® Employer ranking,” said Holly Kriendler, Senior Vice President and Chief HR Officer at Oceaneering. “This designation reaffirms our company’s commitment to employing military veterans and transitioning service members and demonstrates that our programs are successful. Veterans possess excellent skills and experience and bring unique perspectives to our global workplace that align our company’s Core Values.”

The Military Friendly® Silver Designation is awarded to companies who meet the requirements and score within 20 percent of the 10th ranking Employer in their category.

Institutions earning the Military Friendly® Employer designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. Over a thousand companies participated in the 2024 Military Friendly® Employer survey.

Methodology, criteria, and weightings for the designation were determined by VIQTORY with input from the Military Friendly® Advisory Council of independent leaders in the military recruitment community. Final ratings were determined by combining an organization’s survey score with an assessment of the organization’s ability to meet thresholds for Recruitment, New Hire Retention, Employee Turnover, and Promotion and Advancement of veterans and military employees.

Oceaneering will be showcased along with other 2024 Military Friendly® Employers in the December issue of G.I. Jobs® magazine and on MilitaryFriendly.com.

For more information about our Hiring Heroes program, visit Oceaneering.com/Veterans

View our profile at MilitaryFriendly.com

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Oceaneering Secures IMR Survey Work for Australian Energy Company

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Houston, Texas – Oceaneering International, Inc. announces that Oceaneering Australia secured an Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair (IMR) and Survey contract from a major Australian energy company.

Oceaneering will mobilize in mid-November to carry out IMR and survey work scopes that include the provision of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and survey personnel and equipment, subsea inspection, onshore project management and engineering, data processing and associated deliverables, photogrammetry, and onshore ROV video streaming for remote inspections. The offshore work scope is expected to take 15 days to complete.

Jason Hughes, Director of Offshore Project Group, Asia Pacific (APAC), Oceaneering, said: “This contract marks a new milestone for Oceaneering as it is our first survey scope in Australia, and it complements our Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair capabilities in region. We are delighted to have the confidence of our customer to carry out this work scope to help extend the life of their assets.”

Kate McCubbin, Oceaneering’s Senior Manager, Subsea Robotics and Survey for Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, said: “As we continue to grow in the APAC region, we are delighted to expand our high specification survey services to Australia. We look forward to building on our strong subsea robotics and engineering solutions in Australia and to provide our customers with a high specification survey offering that continues the technical excellence that they have become accustomed.”

Vandana Crispin, Oceaneering’s Senior Manager, IMR and Integrated Projects, APAC region, said: “This project seamlessly integrates Oceaneering’s extensive global expertise in IMR, Survey, ROV services and Asset Integrity into a cohesive project, delivering added value to our local clients. This strategic amalgamation of services reflects Oceaneering’s commitment to enhancing operational efficiency and meeting the unique needs of clients in Australia. We look forward to offering more integrated projects to our valued customers in the APAC region.”

Oceaneering has been operating in Australia for 50 years, setting a benchmark for delivering high-quality professional services across various domains, including Life of Field Services, Controls, IMR, Decommissioning, Intervention, Flow Assurance, Engineered Solutions, Asset Integrity Management, Data Solutions, Subsea Equipment and ROV Services. Oceaneering’s strong local presence ensures timely and expert support for clients throughout the region.

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Oceaneering Announces a Successful Field Trial for Ocean Perception™ Marine Mammal Mitigation Software Solution

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Houston, Texas – Today, Oceaneering International, Inc., announces the successful field trial of Ocean Perception™, a patented marine mammal mitigation software solution for the offshore wind and renewables industry.

The field trial was conducted in August 2023 at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary offshore the Northeastern United States to demonstrate Ocean Perception’s first-of-its-kind visualization of real-time mitigation operations, mammal detections, and locations.

Ocean Perception is a unique solution that provides accurate mammal location data to improve operational efficiencies for construction operations – thereby reducing downtime attributed to false positives experienced by traditional marine mammal monitoring methods.

Ocean Perception integrates equipment and sensor information to a vessel-based control center, streamlining operations and improving overall situational awareness. The software’s remote operations infrastructure allows offshore operations to be shared in real-time with key stakeholders onshore.

The trial tested the integration of data protocols, integration of the solution with buoy systems, various frequencies testing, and other capabilities including machine learning and thermal cameras for the potential for 24-hour operations. Ocean Perception’s navigational features enhance operational capacity and survey mode, ensuring compliance of support vessels with speed restrictions with minute-to-minute tracking.

The trial integrated SMRU Consulting’s battery-powered Cab Guardian Buoy System with Ocean Perception as part of a complete package for offshore wind construction operations. The buoy system can detect mammals at a range of up to 10 km (4 mi) and report those detections in real-time, allowing Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) operators to approve the detections within Pamguard software, seamlessly delivering into Ocean Perception’s map visualization.

Blanca Montoya, Product Manager, Oceaneering, said: “We are thrilled with the data we gathered at the Marine Mammal Sanctuary field trial, our third for Ocean Perception. We proved that the system can provide novel marine mammal monitoring for wind and other renewable developers while meeting strong regulatory requirements. SMRU’s Cab Guardian Buoy system coupled with Ocean Perception™ provides disruptive, game changing capabilities that will improve regulatory compliance and increase mammal protection during operations.”

Paul King, Director of Engineering, SMRU Consulting, said: “We’re delighted to work with Oceaneering to help offshore wind developers increase operational safety and increase project efficiencies through deploying a real-time, lightweight, cost-effective, battery-powered acoustic buoy system.”

Oceaneering supports diverse energy transition goals with innovative solutions for the toughest project challenges. With a suite of industry-leading technologies and services, we are ideally positioned to serve global offshore wind, tidal, wave, interconnector, hydrogen, and carbon capture projects in key regions around the world including the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

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Oceaneering and GDi to collaborate on Digital Asset Management Solutions

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Houston, Texas – Oceaneering International, Inc. announces today that its Integrity Management and Digital Solutions (IMDS) group has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Aberdeen headquartered technology and engineering services provider Global Design Innovation, Ltd. (GDi) to deliver innovative digital asset management solutions for asset-intensive industries such as oil and gas, utilities, and power generation.

The agreement will allow Oceaneering to provide customers efficient digital solutions, including a technology-focused approach to remote support, inspection, and digital asset management services thereby increasing safety, data quality, and cost efficiency.

As part of the collaboration agreement, Oceaneering will utilize GDi’s Vision software solution for streamlining inspection processes. This technology allows remote assessment of external conditions, eliminating the necessity for frequent on-site physical inspections. By leveraging this remote assessment method, Oceaneering aims to optimize personnel presence on-site, leading to cost savings and enhanced operational efficiency.

Leo Granato, Senior Vice President – IMDS, Oceaneering, said: “The oil and gas industry faces a significant challenge with growing inspection backlogs and limited resources to keep up with the demand. We are pleased to collaborate with GDi to introduce a new operational model aimed at reducing these backlogs. GDi’s offerings complement our existing Inform™ software suite, enabling us to deliver a comprehensive lifecycle solution for digital asset management.”

Gareth McIntyre, Director at GDi, said: “GDi look forward to collaborating with Oceaneering to deliver our combined digital asset management solutions. Both companies are fully aligned in the view that digital technology shall play a critical role in the transformation and sustainability of asset heavy industries. Working together will generate significant benefits to our clients and deliver a transformative, end-to-end digital offering, to accelerate and better inform integrity-management decisions.”

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