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Saipem and Equinor complete record-breaking autonomous mission

Wednesday, January 29 2025

Fossil Energy – Njord Field

Saipem’s Hydrone-R underwater intervention drone at the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea broke its world record for longest subsea residency by almost 80 days, according to a Jan. 28 LinkedIn post by Hege Skryseth, Equinor’s executive vice president.

The drone was recovered on Jan. 24, 2025, after being deployed since May 20, 2024. The new world record is 240 days, which was made on its second dive, while the previous and first dive was 165 days.

The Hydrone-R has been deployed at about 330 m depth at the Njord oil and gas field for two record-breaking periods.

The vehicle has also done its first completely untethered and autonomous operations when inspecting the subsea assets and seabed below Njord A and tested its leak inspections/detection capabilities. It did all this while performing its regular work scope as a work-class ROV supporting daily drill support activities.

The Njord field started production in 1997. Njord is located in the Norwegian Sea, 30 km west of Draugen and 130 km northwest of Kristiansund. The licensees are Wintershall Dea Norge AS (50%), Equinor Energy AS (27.5%, operator) and Neptune Energy Norge AS (22.5%).

Related posts:

  1. Official opening of the Njord field – ready for 20 more years
  2. Njord field upgraded and ready for another 20 years
  3. Hydrone-R achieves milestone of uninterrupted subsea operations
  4. Two rig contracts and collaboration agreement with Transocean

Filed Under: Equinor, International News, Njord A, Norwegian Sea, Record, Saipem, underwater intervention drone Tagged With: Equinor, Njord Field, norwegian sea, record breaking, saipem, underwater intervention drone

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