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Leading micro ROV manufacturer AC-CESS Co UK Ltd (Aberdeen, Scotland) has reported a number of late 2009 early 2010 successes with its AC-ROV Underwater Inspection System including the following: Dong Energy / Inspectahire Oil and gas producer Dong Energy have purchased and deployed two AC-ROV systems on their North Sea based Siri platform. The mission involved ingressing a seafloor chamber attached to the platform’s oil storage tank to inspect dangerous cracks that resulted in the rig being taken offline. Operated by Inspectahire (Aberdeen, Scotland) a 120 meter tethered AC-ROV system was launched from the hydraulic manipulators of a Fugro Rovtech workclass ROV through purpose cut holes in the wall of the damaged chamber. At 80 to 100