Tidewater Subsea orders two UHD-III ROVs

July 9, 2014
FMC Technologies Inc. has received an order from Tidewater Subsea LLC for two new UHD-III ROVs from its Schilling Robotics business unit. The ROV systems are expected to be delivered in 4Q 2014.

Offshore staff

HOUSTONFMC Technologies Inc. (NYSE: FTI) has received an order from Tidewater Subsea LLC for two new UHD-III ROVs from its Schilling Robotics business unit. The ROV systems are expected to be delivered in 4Q 2014.

The UHD-III system is the latest generation of work-class vehicles, incorporating FMC Technologies' ISOL-8 pump as a key feature that enables compliance with API Standard 53, which requires a secondary intervention method on blowout preventers (BOPs) that can close rams in less than 45 seconds.

07/09/2014