Submersible technology proceedings of an international conference (SUBTECH '85 'Department for Intervention' in association with The Underwater Engineering Symposium)

Front Matter....Pages i-xix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Evaluation of the Past Five Years of ADS/ROV in Drilling Operations....Pages 3-5 Dual ROV—Manned Vehicles....Pages 7-13 Designing for Intervention Drilling—ROV....Pages 15-18 Dedicated Vehicle: a New Remotely Operated Vehicle Specifically Designed for Support of Exploration Drilling....Pages 19-26 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 Antifouling Techniques....Pages 29-40 Slippery Paint....Pages 41-52 Water Jetting by a ROV....Pages 53-57 Hutton Production Risers—A Novel Cleaning Problem (an up-to-the-moment case history)....Pages 59-68 Front Matter....Pages 69-69 The Real-life Aspects of Managing a Lump Sum Contract....Pages 71-75 Difficult Contract Clauses....Pages 77-80 Mobilization Requirements for DSVs and Diving Systems....Pages 81-83 The Roles of the Client’s Representative and the Diving Superintendent....Pages 85-93 Front Matter....Pages 95-95 Recent and Future Developments in Undersea Survey and Intervention....Pages 97-118 Intelligent Transponder Surveying....Pages 119-128 Autonomous Vehicles in Survey....Pages 129-132 Front Matter....Pages 133-133 Subsea Installation and Intervention: How to Utilise the Potential of ROV Techniques....Pages 135-146 ROV Tooling Technology: Montanazo D2 Field ROV Intervention System....Pages 147-156 The Underwater Shuttle....Pages 157-163 A One-atmosphere Transfer System for Deep-water Production Support....Pages 165-173 A Swage Pile Connection Technique....Pages 175-179 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 NDE—Overview and Legal Requirements....Pages 183-187 Improving Subsea MPI Consistency....Pages 189-197 ROV Inspection System (ROVIS)....Pages 199-207 Electromagnetic Inspection Underwater....Pages 209-215 Front Matter....Pages 217-217 Marine Recovery of a Hyperbaric Rescue Vehicle....Pages 219-226 The Design and Development of a New Class of Self-propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboat for Diver Rescue....Pages 227-235 Hyperbaric Evacuation....Pages 237-245 Qualifications of Offshore Personnel: LSTs and Diving Supervisors....Pages 247-251 Qualifications of Offshore Personnel: Inspection Personnel....Pages 253-259 Front Matter....Pages 261-261 The Use of Cofferdams for Welded Repairs to Offshore Structures....Pages 263-269 Oil Company View of Future Operations — Inspection and Repair of Deepwater Structures....Pages 271-281 Automatic Stud Welder for Surface and Underwater Applications....Pages 283-287 Grouted Clamps for Platform Repair....Pages 289-296 Use of Concrete Mattresses....Pages 297-304 Trenching and Burial of Submarine Pipelines....Pages 305-311 Pipeline Inspection by ROV....Pages 313-318 Seahorse II....Pages 319-329 Front Matter....Pages 331-331 Beyond +2000 Feet....Pages 333-336 Designing Reliability into Systems....Pages 337-341 The Low-cost Remotely Operated Vehicle (LCROV)....Pages 343-351 Front Matter....Pages 353-353 Environmental Monitoring Through the Use of ROVs....Pages 355-360 Power Cable Repair Underwater....Pages 361-366 Oceanographie Tasks and Tools— a Survey of Some Recent Developments....Pages 367-382 Front Matter....Pages 383-383 Statistical Analysis of the Time Taken for Various Underwater Tasks....Pages 385-392 Potential Improvements in the Efficiency of Underwater Operations....Pages 393-397 Are ROVs Efficient?....Pages 399-406 DAVID: A Versatile Multipurpose Submersible Support System for Remote Control or Diver Assisted Performance....Pages 407-412