Norwegian subsea services player DeepOcean has strengthened its offering within digitalisation and automation through the acquisition of a compatriot digital transformation company btwn.
The Oslo-based company has snapped up all shares in btwn from the company’s employees for an undisclosed amount.
Btwn – pronounced “between” – specialises in replacing manual processes with automated solutions, with a track record within renewable energy, oil and gas, aquaculture and maritime. The company is headquartered in Sandnes, Norway, and has 11 employees. In addition to becoming an integrated part of DeepOcean’s digital innovation team, btwn will continue to operate as a stand-alone brand.
“Digitalisation of our subsea services and projects, autonomous capabilities and unmanned vessels are the cornerstones of our technology development strategy. Adding btwn’s competence and capacity will allow us to further ramp-up these efforts to the benefit of our customers,” said Øyvind Mikaelsen, CEO of DeepOcean.
In recent years, DeepOcean has introduced digital twins and animations of subsea operations, and autonomous inspection drones, as part of its subsea offering with survey, IMR and construction work.
“btwn will strengthen our in-house development team and customer-facing digital innovation projects within all these areas. Further, our cooperation with the Remota JV, which provides Remote Operations Centers for maritime and offshore operations, complements this offering. Our primary focus is to help reduce operating costs and emissions for operators of offshore energy assets,” added Mikaelsen.
