Industries / Energy

Connected Subsea Infrastructure

Offshore energy depends on data from beneath the surface, from sensors, robots, and structures. Subnero delivers it from seabed to surface to shore, over whatever links the mission allows, without a vessel on station.

The Cost of Disconnected Infrastructure

Offshore monitoring and inspection still lean on crewed vessels and manual data recovery, which is expensive, weather limited, and slow. An end to end communication layer, from seabed to shore, keeps assets connected and data flowing, so you learn what is happening on the seabed without sending a ship to find out.

Continuous monitoring

Subsea data arrive as they are gathered, not on the next vessel visit.

Fewer vessel days

Recover data and run inspections remotely, cutting costly crewed vessel time.

Data to shore

Satellite, cellular, or radio backhaul carries subsea data straight to your onshore teams.

Proven in harsh conditions

Proven across deployments worldwide, from the North Sea to the deep Gulf of Mexico.

One Communication Layer, Many Assets

From a single subsea sensor to a field of instrumented structures, vehicles, and sensor arrays, the same communication layer carries offshore data from seabed to surface, shore, and cloud, whether that is one link or a full end-to-end network.

Offshore energy field with wind turbines and platforms above the surface and a network of seabed landers, sensors, and structures connected below

Offshore Applications

Inspection, repair, and maintenance of subsea assets by AUVs and hybrid vehicles over an underwater network
Asset Monitoring and IRM

Continuous condition data and connected vehicles for inspection and maintenance. Instrumented with SWIS.

Decommissioning and brownfield monitoring for CO2 and methane leaks over a seabed sensor network
Decommissioning and Brownfield

Watch retired sites for CO2 and methane leaks. Built on WNC Smart Modems.

Long term subsea monitoring of a carbon capture and storage site with a persistent seabed sensor network
Carbon Capture and Storage

Long term containment and leak monitoring for subsea storage sites. Profiled with SWIS ADCP.

Resident ROV and AUV operations supported by an underwater communication and navigation network
Resident Vehicle Operations

Communication for vehicles living offshore. Enabled with Subnero Underwater Network.

One Stack, Any Link, Any Device

Offshore fields run mixed vendor equipment. The Subnero stack is defined in software, not locked to one link or one supplier, so it works across acoustic and optical links underwater, satellite, cellular, and radio above the surface, and alongside the modems, positioning systems, and instruments you already operate.

Subnero modems integrated into subsea systems for reliable offshore connectivity

Proven Offshore

RTS Cube Systems integrated Subnero M25M modems to deliver reliable, real time data in harsh North Sea conditions, modernizing their subsea platform and unlocking new edge processing.

Read the RTS Cube Systems story.

In the Gulf of Mexico, Subnero modems on Nauticus Robotics' Aquanaut subsea robot held continuous communication through a descent to 2,300 meters, the deepest measured operation of a Subnero modem.

Read the Gulf of Mexico deep water trial.