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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2022
Bp Exploration Operating Company Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Ted Manning, Sunbury-on-Thames, GB;
Johnathan Stone, Sunbury-on-Thames, GB;
Abstract
An offshore node deployment system includes a control system, a surface vessel including a deck, and a propulsion system in signal communication with the control system, a node storage container supported by the deck of the surface vessel, wherein the node storage container is configured to store a plurality of nodes which are physically disconnected from each other, and a node deployment system supported by the deck of the surface vessel and controllable by the control system, wherein the node deployment system is configured to retrieve the nodes from the node storage container and deploy the nodes to a subsea location.