Offshore Energy Assets
Offshore connectivity under SLA. Not under assumption.
Orbit delivers the governance model your offshore asset actually requires. SPS Networks carries the SLA.
Offshore connectivity is not a single problem. It is four problems running simultaneously.
An FPSO operating in deep water is running connectivity across multiple simultaneous requirements — each with different performance expectations, different risk tolerances, and different accountability structures.
Operational systems require reliable, low-latency connectivity. Safety systems require communications continuity that can be evidenced and audited. Crew networks require welfare-grade access that satisfies MLC obligations and keeps a workforce of two hundred people connected to home. Shore-based monitoring platforms require bandwidth and uptime that supports real-time data transfer.
These four requirements share the same bearer infrastructure. They do not share the same priority. Managing them without a defined, enforced policy is not connectivity management — it is connectivity tolerance. You are hoping the infrastructure copes rather than governing it to perform.
Add a PSV or OSV fleet rotating between the asset and port, each with its own bearer mix and its own connectivity support relationship, and the accountability gap widens further.
This is the environment Orbit is designed for.
Your connectivity infrastructure is a compliance surface. Most offshore operators are not treating it as one.
Client SLA obligations
Offshore energy assets frequently operate under production or services contracts that carry explicit communications uptime requirements. When a client disputes a service claim, the answer needs to be documented — not reconstructed from memory and email threads. Orbit's monthly governance packs are structured to produce that documentation as a standard operational output.
ISM Code
The ISM Code's communication system record requirements apply to offshore vessels and mobile offshore units. The documentation obligation that applies to a trading vessel applies here — and the consequences of a failed PSC inspection or class survey are compounded by the operational complexity of an offshore asset.
IACS UR E26 — Cyber resilience
As IACS Unified Requirement E26 comes into force for new builds and retrofits, the connectivity layer is explicitly within scope. Orbit Secure is designed with this regulatory direction in mind — network segmentation, access governance, and evidence pack capabilities that sit within the E26 documentation framework.
GMDSS operational continuity
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System obligations require documented operational continuity of safety communications. Orbit's multi-bearer failover and policy-intent architecture supports continuity planning and produces the operational record of that continuity as a standard SLA output.
Governance across every layer of your connectivity environment.
Network segmentation and policy governance
Operational, safety, and crew networks defined, segmented, and governed as policy. Priority rules enforced. Bandwidth allocation documented. The connectivity infrastructure of your asset managed with the same rigour you apply to every other operational system.
Multi-bearer resilience with defined failover
Primary and backup bearers configured with explicit policy intent. Failover behaviour documented, tested, and recorded. When the primary bearer degrades at 0200hrs with operational systems running, the failover is automatic, policy-defined, and evidenced.
Client SLA reporting
Monthly governance packs structured to satisfy client contract SLA reporting requirements — uptime per bearer, latency, incident log, resolution summary, improvement actions. Produced automatically. No manual compilation.
P1 through P4 incident workflow
Every connectivity incident enters a structured workflow regardless of severity, bearer, or vendor. Severity classified. Escalation path defined. Root cause documented. Resolution tracked. Full incident record in governance pack and console at all times.
Cyber resilience evidence packs
Where Orbit Secure is in scope, evidence packs are produced aligned to maritime cyber compliance documentation requirements — structured for the regulatory and class audit environment as it evolves.
Shore team visibility
The Orbit console is accessible to your shore-based operations and technical teams simultaneously. One shared system of record — vessel team and shore team looking at the same data, managing the same incidents, working from the same governance pack.
Fixed and mobile. Every offshore configuration.
Orbit has been designed to operate across the full range of offshore energy asset types. The bearer mix, network segmentation requirements, and SLA structure vary by asset — the governance model does not.
FPSO and production vessels
High crew count, complex network segmentation, multiple operational systems with different connectivity dependencies, client SLA obligations. Typically the highest-complexity offshore deployment.
Semi-submersibles and drilling units
Operational connectivity dependencies during active drilling phases. Crew welfare requirements. Rotation schedules that affect crew network demand patterns.
Platforms — fixed and compliant
More predictable bearer environment than mobile assets. Governance requirements around client reporting and GMDSS continuity are the primary drivers.
PSV and OSV fleets
Mobile support vessels rotating between offshore assets and port. Bearer transitions between offshore VSAT or LEO and port-side LTE. Fleet governance requirements with the added complexity of operational connectivity dependencies.
The person accountable for the asset's communications performance.
The person this page is written for carries a title like Offshore Installation Manager, Marine Operations Superintendent, VP Operations, or Asset Manager. The title varies by company and by asset type. The accountability is consistent: when communications fail on an offshore asset, this is the person who answers for it — to the client, to the class, to the flag, and to the crew.
If that is you — and you do not currently have a system that produces documented evidence of connectivity performance on a monthly cadence, enforces network policy across your bearer infrastructure, and gives you a single point of accountability when something goes wrong — Orbit is built for your environment.
Ready to make connectivity accountable?
Fifteen minutes is enough for us to understand your environment and come back with a first-pass architecture — vessel or site mix, bearer configuration, SLA tier recommendation. Not a generic pitch. An engineering conversation.
One control plane. One SLA. One partner.