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Published: October 2009
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Building on previous versions of The World ROV Market Report, this new edition from industry analysts Douglas-Westwood forecasts that following a softening of expenditure throughout 2009 a significant increase in work-class activity will occur over the period 2010 - 2014.

ROV Technologies
The World ROV Market Report is geared to the needs of the senior executive and assumes no previous reader knowledge of the subject area. The study describes the development of the industry and gives many examples of the various types of ROVs and the technologies involved. Individual sections discuss the fundamental technologies of positioning and obstacle avoidance; main ROV components such as umbilical cables, tooling, survey sensors, cameras and manipulators.

Unique market modelling
The Douglas-Westwood ROV modelling process is comprehensive, identifying existing fleet numbers and forecasting growth through a number of industry conditions including deepwater & subsea expenditure and drillship & semi-submersible newbuild activity.

The World ROV Market Report 2010-2014 identifies 2009 expenditure on ROV services in the global work-class market at $1.7 billion. The report forecasts rapid recovery and expenditure from a 2009 low, growing to $3.2 billion by 2014. Increase in ROV demand and the attrition of the existing fleet will require over 550 new work-class units over the next five years – driven by the industry’s push into deepwater and the increased necessity of work-class ROVs in today’s industry.

Market drivers & influences
The report identifies and charts key underlying drivers and defines their influence on the global work-class ROV market, including global energy demand, oil supply, production profiles, offshore expenditure, drilling activity, rig availability, deepwater & subsea expenditure and innovative subsea processing technologies.

Industry players & competitive landscape
The report considers recent developments in the market and identifies key consolidation of work-class ROV operators. Fleet ownership and appendices outline significant companies, both vehicle operators and technology providers.

Douglas-Westwood provides advisory services as complementary partners to our clients worldwide as part of their strategic planning process. We develop and test advanced competitive strategies for new products, new business streams, mergers and acquisitions, through market insights, modelling and simulation. Our research-based approach has been used by clients considering the future direction of their business from a number of perspectives – financial, customer value enhancement, or internal operations. 

Douglas-Westwood established in 1990, is an independent employee-owned company and the leading provider of business research & analysis, strategy and commercial due diligence on the global energy services sectors. We have offices in Canterbury (England) Aberdeen (Scotland) and New York (USA) and to date have completed more than 590 projects for clients in 60 countries.

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1 Summary .. 17
1.1 Introduction . 18
1.2 Underlying drivers .. 18
1.3 Technology . 19
1.4 The World WROV Market  20
1.5 Conclusions  21
2 Introduction to Unmanned Underwater Vehicles  23
2.1 Vehicle Types . 24
3 Development and Evolution . 29
3.1 Classifications .. 30
3.2 History & Development  30
3.3 Changes in markets & applications . 31
4 Technology . 35
4.1 ROV Elements  36
4.2 Control and Simulation  36
4.3 Navigation Sensors  37
4.4 Acoustic Positioning Systems  40
4.5 ROV Dynamic Positioning Systems . 45
4.6 Underwater Acoustic Imaging . 46
4.7 ROV Support Vessels and LAR systems .. 49
4.8 ROV Umbilicals and Winches .. 51
4.9 Frame Materials and Buoyancy .. 52
4.10 ROV Power .. 53
4.11 Manipulators .. 55
4.12 Cameras and Lights .. 57
4.13 ROV Tooling  60
4.14 Survey Sensors  66
5 Applications  71
5.1 Introduction . 72
5.2 Drilling Support . 72
5.3 Inspection, Repair & Maintenance . 73
5.4 Pipeline Operations  74
5.5 Oil and Gas Exploration Phase  77
5.6 Subsea Cables  81
5.7 Oil and Gas Decommissioning  84
5.8 Seabed Mining  86
5.9 Marine Renewable Energy .. 90
5.10 Research  92
5.11 Aquaculture . 97
5.12 Salvage  97
5.13 Archeology .. 99
5.14 Search & Rescue .. 99
5.15 Military & Security Applications .. 100
6 Examples of ROVs  105
6.1 Security & Inspection ROVs  106
6.2 Military ROVs  107
6.3 Trenching, Burial and Mining ROVs .. 110
6.4 Research ROVs .. 112
6.5 Eyeball Class ROVs . 114
6.6 Light Work Class  115
6.7 Work Class ROVs .. 117
7 The World ROV Market .. 119
7.1 ROV Market Overview . 120
7.2 Macro-Economic Drivers .. 121
7.3 Pricing Assumptions .. 127
7.4 Active WROV Units: TOTAL  128
7.5 Active WROV Units: DRILL SUPPORT . 129
7.6 Active WROV Units: FIELD SUPPORT . 130
7.7 ROV Services Expenditure: TOTAL .. 131
7.8 Expenditure: DRILL SUPPORT . 132
7.9 Expenditure: FIELD SUPPORT . 133
7.10 Capital Expenditure . 134
7.11 Competitive Landscape – ROV Operators . 135
7.12 ROV Operator Consolidation . 136
7.13 Competitive Landscape – ROV Manufacturers .. 137
8 Selected Company Profiles  139
8.1 ROV Manufacturers . 140
8.2 ROV Operators  143
8.3 Technology Providers  145

Figures
Figure 1: WROV Operations – Global Expenditure 2005-2014  20
Figure 2: WROV Capex – Global Expenditure 2005-2014 . 21
Figure 3: Sentry AUV . 24
Figure 4: Eagle Ray AUV . 24
Figure 5: The Deep Drone ROV recovering debris from a downed aircraft  25
Figure 6: Argus Rover  26
Figure 7: VideoRay .. 26
Figure 8: Marine and Minerals Projects Seabed Crawler  27
Figure 9: Cable plough .. 27
Figure 10: FOCUS 2 ROTV Being Recovered .. 28
Figure 11: Lockheed Martin Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle  28
Figure 12: Hydro Products RCV225 and RCV125 (1980) .. 30
Figure 13: Jason 6,500m Depth Rated ROV . 31
Figure 14: Cable Burial Plough . 32
Figure 15: LBV150SE-5 in hull inspection mode . 32
Figure 16: K-Ster MCM ROV . 33
Figure 17: Conceptual layout of the NEPTUNE (Canada) OOS .. 33
Figure 18: SMD Seabed Mining System .. 34
Figure 19: The ISIS ROV containerized control room  36
Figure 20: The Stealth-2 ROV and control system . 36
Figure 21: Example simulator imagery .. 37
Figure 22: Tritech LRPA200 4000m depth rated, 200m range altimeter . 37
Figure 23: Mini-Intelligent Pressure Sensor, titanium cased 6000m rated . 37
Figure 24: CompassPoint sensor . 38
Figure 25: Tritech Intelligent Gyrocompass  38
Figure 26: NavQuest 300 DVL .. 39
Figure 27: Workhorse DVL .. 39
Figure 28: IXSEA PHINS INS  39
Figure 29: Sonardyne Lodestar INS  39
Figure 30: Ultra-Short Baseline Technique . 40
Figure 31: Long Baseline Technique and Compatt Transponders (right)  41
Figure 32: NASNet multiple user overview . 42
Figure 33: NASNet Station (short extension) . 42
Figure 34: NASNet ROV hydrophone  42
Figure 35: NASNet MTrx unit . 42
Figure 36: Sonardyne Scout USBL . 43
Figure 37: GIB-Plus Buoy . 44
Figure 38: Gateway Buoy . 44
Figure 39: Short Baseline arrangement  44
Figure 40: SBL transponder  44
Figure 41: PLSM Aqua-Metre R3000 . 45
Figure 42: Combined acoustic & taut wire metrology  45
Figure 43: ROV DP data flow and affects  46
Figure 44: Tritech Super Seaking DST sonar display and unit (inset) .. 47
Figure 45: 1171 OAS & Imaging Sonar equipment and imagery . 47
Figure 46: SRD Eclipse 240kHz multibeam imaging sonar  48
Figure 47: DIDSON Imaging Sonar . 48
Figure 48: Visualisation of a pipeline inspection .. 48
Figure 49: Acoustic imagery from the Didson system  48
Figure 50: Havila Phoenix subsea construction vessel . 49
Figure 51: Stromek LARS  50
Figure 52: Wire guided LARS with an ROV in its TMS garage . 50
Figure 53: Top Hat TMS  50
Figure 54: ROV and TMS A-Frame LARS & Winch  51
Figure 55: MASH ROV Umbilical Winch (3400m of 34mm diameter cable) .. 52
Figure 56: Videoray MROV and umbilical in transit case . 52
Figure 57: The MARUM Quest 4000m rated research all-electric ROV .. 53
Figure 58: The Panther-XT all-electric ROV .. 54
Figure 59: AC Thruster .. 54
Figure 60: Seaeye DC Thrusters on the Talisman AUV .. 54
Figure 61: 225HP HPU .. 55
Figure 62: Curvetech HTE Thruster  55
Figure 63: Intelligent Valve Pack .. 55
Figure 64: 13.5 Litre Compensator/Reservoir  55
Figure 65: REMUS 600 AUV as seen from a Seabotix LBV (right)  55
Figure 66: Manipulator tool-skid  56
Figure 67: Titan 4 manipulator .. 56
Figure 68: CSIP/ECA “ARM 5E” electronic manipulator .. 56
Figure 69: Scandredge heavy duty ROV manipulator .. 56
Figure 70: Pan and Tilt cameras .. 57
Figure 71: Titan Wrist Camera .. 57
Figure 72: ManipCam MD 4000  57
Figure 73: HDTV ROV Camera. 57
Figure 74: Crystal Cam micro video  57
Figure 75: Seamor MROV  57
Figure 76: 4500m rated OE11-143 HID  58
Figure 77: 6000m rated Deep Multi-SeaLite (Halogen)  58
Figure 78: LED Lighting (arrowed) on the ROPOS Research ROV (Canada) . 58
Figure 79: AC-ROV Laser Scaling System . 59
Figure 80: Tritech SeaStripe laser .. 59
Figure 81: Tritech Typhoon VMS Camera .. 59
Figure 82: Early version of the ISS Camera on Falcon ROV . 59
Figure 83: Hydraulic grinder  60
Figure 84: ROV tooling manifold .. 60
Figure 85: Marine Growth Preventer .. 61
Figure 86: CleanHull ROV  61
Figure 87: Operation modes of the RovingBat ROV .. 61
Figure 88: VideoRay MROV with metal thickness gauge  62
Figure 89: Well casings cut with AWJC  62
Figure 90: DWC System in use subsea  62
Figure 91: Enhanced Deepwater Subsea Tree . 63
Figure 92: Torque Verification Tool . 63
Figure 93: Tornado Torque Tool .. 63
Figure 94: Tool Deployment Unit . 64
Figure 95: IFOKUS ROV Stabs . 64
Figure 96: ROVCON Mk 2 visualization  64
Figure 97: ROVCON Mk 2 Tie-in Tool .. 64
Figure 98: Pipeline clamp system  65
Figure 99: Core drill . 65
Figure 100: ROVDRILL . 66
Figure 101: Cores from ROVDRILL  66
Figure 102: ACV03 Survey ROV .. 67
Figure 103: Atlas Fansweep 30 on Wayamba AUV  67
Figure 104: SeaBat 7125 Dataset  67
Figure 105: Screenshot of imagery from a Tritech Seaking SSS  68
Figure 106: Synthetic Aperture Sonar Principle  68
Figure 107: SAS Imagery from the Hugin AUV . 69
Figure 108: Synthetic Aperture Sonar Processing .. 69
Figure 109: Sub-Bottom Profiler Data  69
Figure 110: ROV imagery of the BOP  73
Figure 111: ROV installed pipeline clamp  73
Figure 112: Deep C CP Probe and light activated display .. 74
Figure 113: S-Lay . 74
Figure 114: J-Lay . 74
Figure 115: Pipelay vessel Calamity Jane .. 75
Figure 116: Neptune CPT system at Woolacombe . 75
Figure 117: IHC Engineering Business Rockdump ROV . 76
Figure 118: TSS Pipetracker on a Seaeye ROV .. 76
Figure 119: Focus-2 equipment spread  77
Figure 120: Z3000 Node deployment from ROV.. 78
Figure 121: Optowave seismic sensor .. 78
Figure 122: EM Sensors awaiting deployment . 79
Figure 123: Post-operation seabed survey showing leg depressions .. 80
Figure 124: Ormen Lange Template .. 80
Figure 125: Drillship West Navigator .. 80
Figure 126: Assembly of a Submarine Repeater . 81
Figure 127: The CS Sovereign cable lay and repair ship  81
Figure 128: Greenland Connect route map . 82
Figure 129: Tracked cable maintenance ROV with cable tracker  82
Figure 130: Gradiometer for munitions sweep during cable route survey .. 83
Figure 131: C&C Technologies/ASV 5500 Semi-submersible .. 83
Figure 132: Thanet Offshore Wind Farm and the Polar Prince . 84
Figure 133: Deployment of cable plough . 84
Figure 134: MARCAS-3 CMROV . 84
Figure 135 JetCut system in operation subsea . 85
Figure 136: Akers Buoyancy Tank Assemblies in the Frigg project .. 85
Figure 137: Sonsub Innovator 250HP WROV 86
Figure 138: Global distribution of significant seafloor hydrothermal deposits  86
Figure 139: Russian flag planted on the Arctic seabed by submersible (2007) 87
Figure 140: Marine & Mineral Projects Mining Tool  87
Figure 141: The Peace in Africa diamond mining vessel . 88
Figure 142: Subsea Mining Tool .. 88
Figure 143: Sagar Nidhi research vessel . 88
Figure 144: The Spider ROV proposed for use by Neptune Minerals .. 89
Figure 145: Pacific interests of Neptune Minerals .. 89
Figure 146: Seabed sampling using ROV  90
Figure 147: WHOI Nereus in ROV mode . 90
Figure 148: Oyster wave energy device  91
Figure 149: Location of Barrow Offshore Wind Farm & the LBT1 Tractor .. 91
Figure 150: ROV & surface imagery of the EMEC Open Hydro turbine .. 91
Figure 151: Heliocranchia piglet squid at 1,050m off Nigeria  92
Figure 152: Magnapinna Squid in the Shell Perdido Field .. 92
Figure 153: Doc Ricketts ROV performing push coring  93
Figure 154: The inside of the Environmental Sample Processor . 93
Figure 155: Launch of the Doc Ricketts ROV from the RV Western Flyer . 93
Figure 156: Deploying a Niskin bottle through the ice-sheet . 94
Figure 157: Deploying SeaSoar  94
Figure 158: Possible future OOS technologies . 94
Figure 159: GITEWS seabed sensor and surface buoy .. 95
Figure 160: The ANTARES project concept .. 95
Figure 161: ANTARES sensors (l) and subsea junction box (r) 95
Figure 162: Remotely Operated Cable-Laying System  96
Figure 163: Installation of seabed penetrometer system . 96
Figure 164: SCINI ROV . 97
Figure 165: LBV 150 subsea .. 97
Figure 166: LBV 150 topside .. 97
Figure 167: Mort removal scoop on a Seaeye Falcon .. 97
Figure 168: Scanning Sonar imagery mosaic of a destroyed oil rig .. 98
Figure 169: PolRec/ROLS baseplate . 98
Figure 170: PolRec concept  98
Figure 171: Jason Junior Observing one of Titanic’s Staterooms .. 99
Figure 172: Novaray MROV with wing .. 99
Figure 173: Demonstration SAR UGV .. 99
Figure 174:A Selection of US Military Unmanned Marine Vehicles . 100
Figure 175: Mine Clearance Diver  101
Figure 176: ECA Olister . 101
Figure 177: Gayrobot Pluto with CM101 demolition charge  101
Figure 178: US MH60-S Helicopter with the AMNS . 102
Figure 179: BAE Systems Archerfish EMDV .. 102
Figure 180: The iRobot Transphibian .. 103
Figure 181: RoboLobster  103
Figure 182: The US Navy’s Avalon DSRV  103
Figure 183: The NATO IROV on exercises .. 104
Figure 184: The NATO SRV1 on the Norwegian patrol ship Harstad . 104
Figure 185: Triggerfish ROV  104
Figure 186: Sea Max 1  104
Figure 187: Seamor 300F . 106
Figure 188: Sea Otter Mk 2 .. 106
Figure 189: VideoRay Pro 4 . 107
Figure 190: LBV150SE-5 with crawler unit .. 107
Figure 191: LBV600XL2 with LARS .. 107
Figure 192: ECA PAP Mark 5 . 108
Figure 193: ECA Olister . 108
Figure 194: K-Ster . 108
Figure 195: Deep Drone 7200 . 108
Figure 196: SeaFox IQ  109
Figure 197: SeaFox C as part of the ANMS . 109
Figure 198: AN/SLQ being launched from USS Dextrous in 2004 .. 109
Figure 199: Rock Dump ROV . 110
Figure 200: Grab Excavation System . 110
Figure 201: IHC Engineering Business BPL3 . 110
Figure 202: CTC Marine Projects Ultra Trencher . 111
Figure 203: Capjet cable burial ROV .. 111
Figure 204: Seafloor Mining Tool Concept  112
Figure 205: Victor research ROV .. 112
Figure 206: KAIKO 7000  113
Figure 207: Hercules ROV  113
Figure 208: Hydra Minimum . 114
Figure 209: Perseo GT  114
Figure 210: Topside equipment . 114
Figure 211: Control Unit . 114
Figure 212: Seaeye Lynx .. 115
Figure 213: Lynx Control Room . 115
Figure 214: Super Mowhawk .. 115
Figure 215: Topside equipment . 115
Figure 216: H1000 ROV . 116
Figure 217: Sub Atlantic Comanche with Innovatum Gradiometer .. 116
Figure 218: Saab Seaeye Jaguar . 117
Figure 219: Hydra Millenium Plus . 117
Figure 220: PSS Triton XLX . 118
Figure 221: Schilling UHD . 118
Figure 222: Global Primary Energy Demand 1966-2008 .. 121
Figure 223: Global Oil Supply 1930-2025 . 121
Figure 224: Global Oil Supply Mix . 122
Figure 225: Global Natural Gas Supply Mix . 122
Figure 226: Offshore Drilling Activity by Region 2004-2013  123
Figure 227: Global Drilling Activity by Water Depth 2004-2013 . 123
Figure 228: Installed Base of Offshore Pipelines 1950-2014 . 124
Figure 229: Annual Offshore Pipeline Installations 1950-2014 .. 124
Figure 230: Global Subsea Completions by Region 1994-2015  125
Figure 231: Global Subsea Completions by Water Depth 1994-2015  125
Figure 232: Installed Base of Offshore Fixed Platforms 1950-2014  126
Figure 233: Subsea Well Abandonments 2003-2015 . 126
Figure 234: Pricing Assumptions (Indexed) 2005-2014 . 127
Figure 235: WROV TOTAL – Active Units 2005-2014  128
Figure 236: WROV DRILL SUPPORT – Active Units 2005-2014 . 129
Figure 237: WROV FIELD SUPPORT – Active Units 2005-2014 . 130
Figure 238: WROV TOTAL – Global Expenditure 2005-2014  131
Figure 239: WROV DRILL SUPPORT – Global Expenditure 2005-2014 . 132
Figure 240: WROV FIELD SUPPORT – Global Expenditure 2005-2014 . 133
Figure 241: WROV Capex – Global Expenditure 2005-2014 . 134
Figure 242: Work-class ROV Operator Fleet .. 135

Tables
Table 1: WROV Operations – Global Expenditure 2005-2014 . 20
Table 2: WROV Capex – Global Expenditure 2005-2014  21
Table 3: WROV TOTAL – Active Units 2005-2014 .. 127
Table 4: WROV TOTAL – Active Units 2005-2014 .. 128
Table 5: WROV DRILL SUPPORT – Active Units 2005-2014  129
Table 6: WROV FIELD SUPPORT – Active Units 2005-2014  130
Table 7: WROV TOTAL – Global Expenditure 2005-2014 .. 131
Table 8: WROV DRILL SUPPORT – Global Expenditure 2005-2014  132
Table 9: WROV FIELD SUPPORT – Global Expenditure 2005-2014  133
Table 10: WROV FIELD SUPPORT – Global Expenditure 2005-2014 . 134

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