Scarce metals and minerals that we will desperately need in the future lie at the bottom of the ocean for us to pick. Therefore, many countries are looking into the possibilities of deep sea mining: harvesting these raw materials at depths of kilometers. An important role is reserved for ROVs and ROV Cables.
The EU aims to reduce dependency on imports of raw materials. ROVs and ROV Cables play an important role in harvesting such materials in European waters.
For a cutting-edge EU Research Project, DeRegt was asked to join an EU-funded consortium of 14 companies. Industry, research institutes and service companies across seven different countries joined forces.
Why is it important to involve your cable supplier early in developing your new product or equipment? At DeRegt, we often see customers who have succeeded in developing an excellent Sonar or ROV system but forget to think of the cables involved or underestimate their complexity.
For the design and construction of a new subsea trenching vehicle, named “Swordfish”, Osbit Ltd. (UK) was in need of a subsea trencher lift umbilical, used for launch and recovery of a subsea asset and transmission of electrical power and fibre optic communications. In their search, they came into contact with DeRegt.
The oil & gas sector is a widely varied field, with a whole range of cable requirements. Each system has different conditions, risks and possibilities. At DeRegt we want to help you find the perfect cable for your situation, which is why we want to give you all the information you need to specify your requirements.
Every ROV project has its own system requirements. For a fit-for-purpose cable design, these system requirements have to be translated into cable requirements. In other words, the link between system requirements, cable requirements and cable design is crucial for a successful subsea project.
In this blog, we take a look at the system requirements with the greatest impact on cable requirements and the cable design. Read more in this free to download whitepaper.
The newly developed Sonic Wireline Operated Remote Drill (SWORD) is a system designed to collect samples and geotechnical data from the seabed. The cable needs to combine electro/optic components with a high tensile light-weight strength member, taking into account the rules around rope hoisting/lifting applications.
