Remote Inspections and Operations Special Report 2025

    April 15, 2025
    The 3rd annual Remote Inspections & Operations Special Report covers monitoring and inspection technologies, aerial drones, subsea AUVs, USVs and remote-controlled operations for the offshore energy industry.
    Photo credit Remota; Design and text by Endeavor Business Media
    Remote Inspections & Operations Special Report 2025

    The 3rd annual Remote Inspections & Operations Special Report first published within the March/April 2025 issue of Offshore magazine. The report covers monitoring and inspection 
    technologies, aerial drones, subsea AUVs, uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), and remote-controlled operations for the offshore energy industry.

    Features include:

    • An interview with Benjamin Laura, Oceaneering's senior vice president and COO
    • Riser integrity management, by Baker Hughes
    • Drones for offshore remote inspections, by Flyability
    • Drones for FPSO maintenance, by Terra Inspectioneering
    • UAV deliveries for offshore wind projects, by TNO
    • USVs for offshore energy development, by Fugro
    • A new USV for remote surveillance, by Kongsberg Maritime and Reach Subsea
    • Continuous developments in remote operations centers, by Remota

    The Offshore editorial team wrote or arranged the material for this special section, putting a strong emphasis on critical remote operations topics such as asset management, subsea technologies, drones, USVs, and offshore energy advances that will likely trend in 2025. You'll need free site-access membership to view the articles below. If you are not already a registered website user, you can sign up here.

     

    Courtesy Oceaneering
    Freedom AUV underwater trials
    March 12, 2025
    Oceaneering's senior vice president and COO discusses the company's ROV and AUV services that are designed to extend the capabilities of remote operations.
    Courtesy Baker Hughes
    flexible risers
    March 14, 2025
    A move toward more comprehensive inspections employing advanced monitoring solutions is changing the traditional approach to riser integrity management.
    Courtesy Flyability
    Elios 3 drone for inspection
    Feb. 27, 2025
    Two Flyability drones inspected 63 offshore tanks in two weeks, and in another case the technology was used to inspect oil tanks on an FPSO.
    Courtesy Terra Drone
    Inspection with Terra UT Drone
    March 19, 2025
    Utilizing drones for FPSO cargo oil tank inspections enhance safety, efficiency and accuracy while reducing downtime and operational costs.
    Courtesy TNO
    UAV performs a cargo delivery
    March 14, 2025
    UAVs can deliver tools and spare parts faster than vessels, minimizing downtime and maximizing offshore wind farm efficiency.
    Courtesy Fugro
    Blue Eclipse USV
    Feb. 28, 2025
    Uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) use 95% less fuel than traditional survey vessels.
    Courtesy Kongsberg Maritime / Reach Subsea
    REACH REMOTE subsea vessel
    March 10, 2025
    Kongsberg Maritime's first uncrewed surface vessel (USV) has just taken to the water for subsea work for Reach Subsea.
    Courtesy Remota
    Remota ROC workstation
    March 13, 2025
    There is a need for continuous developments in remote operation center (ROC) infrastructure meeting the needs of the ROC operators.

     

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    Photo credit Remota; Text and design by Endeavor Business Media
    Remote Inspections & Operations Special Report 2025

    For more information about Offshore's special reports, contact Editor-in-Chief Ariana Hurtado at [email protected]. 

    About the Author

    Ariana Hurtado | Editor-in-Chief

    With more than a decade of copy editing, project management and journalism experience, Ariana Hurtado is a seasoned managing editor born and raised in the energy capital of the world—Houston, Texas. She currently serves as editor-in-chief of Offshore magazine, overseeing the editorial team, its content and the brand's growth from a digital perspective. 

    Utilizing her editorial expertise, she manages digital media for the Offshore team. She also helps create and oversee new special industry reports and revolutionizes existing supplements, while also contributing content to Offshore magazine, its newsletters and website as a copy editor and writer. 

    Prior to her current role, she served as Offshore's editor and director of special reports from April 2022 to December 2024.

    Before joining Offshore, she served as senior managing editor of publications with Hart Energy. Prior to her nearly nine years with Hart, she worked on the copy desk as a news editor at the Houston Chronicle.

    She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Houston.

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