DeepOcean collaborates Akvaplan-niva for offshore environmental survey

DeepOcean has teamed up with fellow advisory and research firm Akvaplan-niva, a subsidiary of the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), to utilise remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and unmanned glider vehicles (USVs) to perform environmental studies for offshore wind and oil and gas developments.

As part of the collaboration agreement, the two parties will work towards combining the field operations of DeepOcean’s autonomous vehicles with Akvaplan-niva’s environmental data collection services. The partnership will also look to utilise Akvaplan-niva’s unmanned autonomous glider vehicles commercially for use in environmental studies. The deal will also see DeepOcean share environmental data collected during the company’s ROV operations with Akvaplan-niva, for use by the wider research community.