OEG Renewables Announces Successful Test of SEAJET’s All-Electric Controlled Flow Excavation Solution

OEG Energy Group Limited (OEG, the Group), a leading offshore solutions business, is pleased to announce that SEAJET Systems Ltd (SEAJET), an OEG Renewables company, has successfully wet tested its all-Electric Controlled Flow Excavation (E-CFE^®) technology called HYDROMOLE. The ‘wet test’ was completed at ORE Catapult research center in Blyth, Newcastle in the Northeast of England and represents the final milestone in the development of the world’s first all-electric twin CFE, which is now available for commercial deployment into the global subsea market.

All-Electric Controlled Flow Excavation (“E-CFE^®”) technology called HYDROMOLE.

This revolutionary HYDROMOLE E-CFE system is the most powerful and advanced system available in the market with the ability to deliver 400k W of power to the seabed, independent of water depth. The advanced control system on the HYDROMOLE also allows system performance to be monitored and optimized in real-time, ensuring reliability and maximizing project uptime. In departing from industry standard older hydraulic technology, E-CFE also massively reduces CO2 emissions and fuel cost savings by 40% as well as eliminating the risk of high-pressure, high-volume oil spills into the marine environment.

The system has a wide range of applications across the full lifecycle of an offshore energy project, from pre-commissioning, construction, inspection, maintenance and repair through to final decommissioning. The non-contact method of excavation and trenching allows for multiple applications such as seabed preparation, cable and pipeline trenching and backfilling, free-span mitigation and the deburial of subsea infrastructure.

OEG’s multi-million-dollar investment, combined with SEAJET’s management team who have unrivalled experience in this sector, and a manufacturing partnership with Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) have resulted in the development of a transformational technology for seabed intervention. Being part of OEG also allows access to a global infrastructure of offices and facilities giving SEAJET the capability to provide HYDROMOLE to clients in strategic locations around the world.