DeepOcean has been awarded a three-year plus options call-off contract for provision of ROV-based survey services by Shell in the U.K. North Sea.

“By pushing survey speeds far beyond today’s standards for acoustic and visual data capture and processing, we expect Shell and our other clients to see a direct effect on their overall survey cost in years to come” said Ottar Maeland, DeepOcean’s executive vice president for the Greater North Sea.

The National Subsea Research Initiative is hosting an event in Aberdeen on Sept. 23 to help connect U.K. subsea technology developers with end users and funding sources in a bid to get new subsea technology off the ground.

Aimed at supporting and encouraging investment in emerging technologies that will make a significant contribution to the continued prosperity of the U.K. Continental Shelf and the country’s subsea industry, the event will bring developers and the wider industry together to help break down the barriers in commercialising new technology.

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