Sonardyne and AMOG partner for advanced subsea asset monitoring

As offshore energy infrastructure expands into increasingly demanding environments, safeguarding the integrity of underwater assets has become a paramount priority for the sector

Rising to this challenge, the underwater technology specialist Sonardyne has formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AMOG, an international advanced engineering company. Together, they are set to provide a complete subsea asset monitoring service tailored directly to the needs of offshore energy infrastructure operators.

This strategic alliance seamlessly integrates Sonardyne’s trusted underwater positioning, communication, and monitoring technologies with the industry-leading engineering assessment expertise of AMOG. By harnessing their combined capabilities, the partnership aims to unlock vital insights into asset health, substantially reduce costly operational downtime, and enable the safe life extension of critical underwater architecture. Crucially, this comprehensive monitoring approach will support a wide spectrum of subsea installations, encompassing floating offshore wind platforms and traditional oil and gas moorings, alongside essential pipelines and risers.

Dr Hayden Marcollo, a globally recognised specialist in moorings and vortex-induced vibration engineering and analysis, serves as a director at AMOG. Highlighting the transformative potential of the collaboration, he says: “Combining high‑quality subsea data, processed at source on Observer, with advanced engineering assessments, will provide asset owners with more actionable, near-real-time insight into the condition and behaviour of critical subsea infrastructure through a single solution.”

The implications for infrastructure management are profound. Providing a unified approach to complex engineering challenges allows for a proactive rather than reactive operational strategy. As Dr Marcollo further elaborates regarding the commercial benefits: “For operators, this could support earlier detection of anomalies, improved understanding of loads and motions, and more informed decisions around inspection, maintenance and integrity management, as well as asset longevity, in one end-to-end solution.”

The practical application of this partnership is already well underway. Demonstrating the system's immediate relevance to the rapidly expanding renewable energy market, Sonardyne and AMOG are actively collaborating on a near-real-time mooring monitoring system tailored for a European floating offshore wind project.

Frank Rose, business development manager at Sonardyne, outlined the broader vision for the joint initiative. He notes: “By integrating on-demand and long‑term monitoring data from subsea environments with engineering models and analytics, there’s an opportunity to provide a more complete picture of asset performance—whether supporting day‑to‑day operations, integrity assurance or life‑extension strategies.”

This MoU represents a forward-thinking approach to subsea infrastructure management that promises to enhance operational excellence. “By working alongside AMOG, we’re exploring how data and engineering assessments can come together to give operators greater confidence in the way their subsea assets are performing, today and over the long term," Rose adds