... in areas beyond the reach of divers It wlll also be able t o work at the same operating depths as d~vers but at lower cost and with greater safety and rel~ablllty In particular, it was a Subtecl~ 95 p5 1-62 0 1995 Soc~ely Tor Underwriter Tc~hnology P r ~ n ~ c d In the UK 52 D BROOME ET AL requirement...

... vehlcle trunkllne platform gooder auv mlsslon power source recovery operator cost remote marine operation technology autonomous underwater vehlcle vehicle veh cle whlch offshore operator upstream oil & gas subsea system wlth AN AUV FOR PIPELINE SURVEYS-THE NEXT STEP...

... by improving the productivity of human operators, and then by automating portlons of the inspection process itself INTRODUCTION There are over 12,500 kilometres of pipelines in the North Sea Although legislation has resulted in the burial of recently laid pipelines, thousands of kilometres of pipeline have...

... and semces needed by o a e l d operators To minimise the cost of this effort we need appropnate fachties that can be shaled on an 'as required bases' (1 e. open access) The Aberdeen Offshore Technology Park has brought together a number of such open access fachties to support and stimulate high quahty R D...

...~nked to a 68000 1 VME - bus based subsea arm controller has been developed as part of the ARM (Advanced Robotic Mampulator) project The alm IS to produce a new e~ght degree of freedom mampulator for mountlng on an ROV (Remotely Operated Velucle) to be used for the underwater inspection of offshore...

... ABSTRACT Atmospheric diving systems (ADS) reached their heyday when they provided a cost-effective, light-weight and reliable alternative to saturation diving for offshore drilling support. Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) were on their way, but had not reached maturity in useful task...

... ABSTRACT The safety of the diver when he is conducting Air Diving Operations is largely dependant on the accurate control of his depth and the time he has been under pressure. At present the depth information is gathered by use of a manually operated pneumo-fathometer and the time is taken...

... Shell has, as development operator and with Partners consent, decided to change this concept to include three main elements. The new concept consists of a less complex offshore platform, pipelines for transport of wet gas to shore, and an onshore processing and compression plant. In the processing plant...

... are, however. no mandatory requlrcmcnts for p~pcllne operators to lncorporatc subsca cn~crgency/~solat~on valves Thc report by Lord Cullcn following thc Publlc Inqu~ry Into thc P~per Alpha d~saster makes comprchcns~vc rccommcndat~ons for lmprovlng overall safcty of North Sea ~nstallat~ons Thc whole safcty...

... S1tuat1on, could be greatly reduced. Shortly after tIu.s 1JlC1dent the UK Depart:nent of Energy 1ssued d1rect1ves to operators reqw.rl1lCJ the mstallat10n of E)nergency Shutdcrwn Valves (ESV) on platforms as close to r1ser top as possilile hC7ilever no gu1delmes were issued specif1cally relatl1lCJ to SUbsea...

... operatlon operation sultablllty assessment wlth dp vessel trlal sultablllty vessel sultablllty safety assessment operator procedure audlt dp system guldellne whlch support vessel marine transportation dp audlt sltuatlon charterer ABSTRACT This paper looks back...

...TECHNIQUES FOR PIPELINE INSPECTION BY D U WILLIAMSON BP EXPLORATION, ABERDEEW OPERATIONS The main purpose of the presentation will be to Illustrate by example how the effectiveness of the Plpellne Inspectlon exercise 1s Influenced by the selection of the correct method and a clear understanding...

... to adverse &bons, or (becaw) they have sane defects of deslgrl, material, or canstructlrn". He pomted out, however, that mmany- cmpmnts can operate successfully for 1- per~ods mth relatively massive defects." The -gator's duty 1s to f l r s t ldentlfy the relevant f u l u r e mechan~sn, flnd the reasans...

...FREE-SWIMMING CABLE AND FLOWLINE BURIAL ROV OPERATIONS F Rlchard Frisble, E Wayne Hughes Ocean Systems Englneerrng SUMMARY The operatlonal experlence gained from the offshore applrcatlon of free-sw~mm~ng remotely operated vehrcles (ROVs) to perform cable and flowllne burlal operatlons has ylelded...

... The sources of funding available to development projects are considerable Most are linked to government, however, it is possible with an interesting programme and the potential of a ‘technical or financial return’ to obtain funds through operating companies in the offshore industry...

... In the development of offshore oil and gas deposits, coordination of effort between those involved in all phases of the activity has generally been a dynamic process Depending on the location, several groupings of the main parties have evolved, usually consisting of Government, operators...

... offshore platforms had been in service for a period, a BSC requirement for plate testers (ultrasonic thickness measurement of wall thickness and MPI of crack specimens) was ‘translated’ into a ‘dry CSWIP qualification’ for early diver inspectors as an interim measure. inspection diver operator...

... system intervention and support for both operation and maintenance The system consists of a 24-slot main production template producing through a fixed buoyant riser to a floating drilling/production semisubmersible permanently anchored overhead Future satellite templates are planned which will produce...

... Underwater vehicles are tethered or autonomous, manned or unmanned Tethered work systems, whether remotely operated or manned, have the advantage of unlimited surface-supplied power, but are limited in range by the length of their cables to a support vessel or surface platform Such systems...

... be in control, but in a supervisory role if at all possible We must use computers to simplify the controls for the pilot, never forgetting his need for communications to the outside world and to other operating staff Finally, the provision of auto-fault monitoring takes the strain off the pilot, and above all...