Subsea geotechnical and trenching services provider Aratellus is partnering with Sulmara to offer a fully-integrated site characterisation solution.
Aratellus has signed a collaboration agreement with Sulmara to improve the coordination of geophysical and geotechnical investigations in the offshore energy sector with a focus of reducing project carbon footprint and overall cost.
The agreement allows a turnkey solution that combines Aratellus’ subsea drill – Sword – and Sulmara’s force multiplier USVs and new seismic solutions to be delivered on a global scale.
“This agreement provides clients with a unique single interface for their combined geophysical and geotechnical solutions, whilst minimising carbon footprint and lowering project cost,” the partners said.
Sulmara Subsea chief executive Kevin McBarron said: “By engaging in this collaboration, it’s another demonstration of Sulmara believing that partnership in innovation can help reduce project costs and carbon emissions”
Aratellus chief executive Steven Gray said: “Sulmara and Aratellus are aligned in our ambition to transform how the energy services industry delivers on NetZero, this collaboration reinforces our joint commitment to that goal.”


