Submersible Technology

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• I Drilling.
• 1 Evaluation of the last five years of ADS/ROV in drilling operations.
• 2 Dual ROV-manned vehicles.
• 3 Designing for intervention drilling—ROV.
• 4 Dedicated vehicle: A new remotely operated vehicle specifically designed for support of exploration drilling.
• II Platform Cleaning.
• 5 Antifouling techniques.
• 6 Slippery paint.
• 7 Water jetting by an ROV.
• 8 Hutton production risers—A novel cleaning problem.
• III Commercial Aspects of Underwater Operations.
• 9 The real-life aspects of managing a lump sum contract.
• 10 Difficult contract clauses.
• 11 Mobilization requirements for DSVs and diving systems.
• 12 The roles of the client’s representative and the diving superintendent.
• IV Survey.
• 13 Recent and future developments in undersea survey and intervention.
• 14 Intelligent transponder surveying.
• 15 Autonomous vehicles in survey.
• V Subsea Production Facilities.
• 16 Subsea installation and intervention: How to utilise the potential of ROV techniques.
• 17 ROV tooling technology: Montanazo D2 Field ROV intervention system.
• 18 The underwater shuttle.
• 19 A one-atmosphere transfer system for deep-water production support.
• 20 A swage pile connection technique.
• VI NDT.
• 21 NDE—Overview and legal requirements.
• 22 Improving subsea MPI consistency.
• 23 ROV inspection system (ROVIS).
• 24 Electromagnetic inspection underwater.
• VII Problems and Requirements.
• 25 Marine recovery of a hyperbaric rescue vehicle.
• 26 The design and development of a new class of self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboat for diver rescue.
• 27 Hyperbaric evacuation.
• 28 Qualifications of offshore personnel: LSTs and diving supervisors.
• 29 Qualifications of offshore personnel: Inspection personnel.
• VIII Inspection and Repair—Platforms/Pipelines.
• 30 The use of cofferdams for weldedrepairs to offshore structures.
• 31 Oil company view of future operations—Inspection and repair of deepwater structures.
• 32 Automatic stud welder for surface and underwater applications.
• 33 Grouted clamps for platform repair.
• 34 Use of concrete mattresses.
• 35 Trenching and burial of submarine pipelines.
• 36 Pipeline inspection by ROV.
• 37 Seahorse II.
• IX Vehicle Development.
• 38 Beyond +2000 Feet.
• 39 Designing reliability into systems.
• 40 The low-cost remotely operated vehicle (LCROV).
• X Non-Oil Related Engineering.
• 41 Environmental monitoring through the use of ROVs.
• 42 Power cable repair underwater.
• 43 Oceanographic tasks and tools—A survey of some recent developments.
• XI The Cost Effectiveness of Underwater Operations.
• 44 Statistical analysis of the time taken for various underwater tasks.
• 45 Potential improvements in the efficiency of underwater operations.
• 46 Are ROVs efficient?.
• 47 DAVID: A versatile multipurpose submersible support system for remote control or diver-assisted performance.