ROV intervention issues relating to pipelay operations in ultra deepwater
- Sonsub, Inc., Houston, TX (United States). Subsea Production Systems
Recently, there has been a rapid increase in the water depths for some of the development projects of oil and gas fields. Not just in the installation of producing facilities, but of the transportation infrastructure. While ROVs are used extensively in support of deepwater pipelay operations, with the recent advances in J-Lay operations and the investigation into projects which may take this method to what is now being called ``ultra deepwater`` (i.e. 10,000 feet), there are new issues which must be addressed for continued ROV intervention to be successful. This paper will attempt to bring forth some of those issues and offer some potential solutions. It is necessary to begin thinking of these potential problem areas, as the solutions could impact the economics of the projects. These issues may well begin to influence the way the ROV industry further develops and refines it`s fleet to meet the needs of the authors clients in the future.
- OSTI ID:
- 55756
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940230-; ISBN 0-7918-1268-5; TRN: IM9525%%437
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 13. international conference on offshore mechanics and Arctic engineering (OMAE-13), Houston, TX (United States), 27 Feb - 3 Mar 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of OMAE 1994. Volume 5: Pipeline technology; Murray, A.; Fernandez, M.L.; Thygesen, J.E. [eds.]; PB: 373 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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