Company profile
Saipem
Saipem is an energy services and offshore engineering company developing underwater robotics for subsea inspection and intervention. Its Hydrone program in...
Facts
- Segment
- MARITIME
- Country
- Italy
- Headquarters
- Milan, Lombardy
- Founded
- 1957
- Website
- https://www.saipem.com
About Saipem
Saipem's Hydrone platform shares navigation, communications, inspection tools, data management, subsea garages and charging infrastructure across three underwater vehicles. FlatFish performs long-range autonomous surveys of pipelines, risers and structures; Hydrone-R combines autonomous inspection with light robotic intervention; and the 180-kilowatt Hydrone-W is an all-electric work-class ROV for heavy manipulation and maintenance.
Vehicles can launch from shore or surface facilities, or remain resident on the seabed for remote missions without a dedicated support vessel. Hydrone-R is operating under a ten-year life-of-field contract at Equinor's Njord field and has exceeded 200 continuous days submerged. FlatFish has completed autonomous structure and pipeline inspections, cathodic-protection measurements and wall-thickness assessment in deep-water testing, while Hydrone-W has completed testing and is ready for field mobilisation.
Market context
DEVELOPMENT
Summary
Type: Subsea robotics
Core: Hydrone
Function: Inspection
Audience: Energy operators
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Saipem's FlatFish underwater drone completes Petrobras test campaign and advances to the final project stage — 2026-03-19
- Saipem wins Petrobras contract to develop and test FlatFish-based autonomous underwater inspection solution offshore Brazil — 2023-01-19
- Saipem and OSRL expand services agreement to include deployment of FlatFish for offshore monitoring and inspection — 2022-08-10
- JettyRobot completes Saipem South Stream pipeline project — 2019-04-04