ROV transportable tool

Chilton, T S; Pejaver, D R; White, J

Title: ROV transportable tool

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This paper, after providing a brief overview of the total project, focuses on the description of innovative designs for the diverless maintenance of valves and control pods on subsea installations. While diverless maintenance capability is a must in deep water, simple systems that can be deployed using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) can be cost effective in all water depths ranging from a few hundred to several thousand feet. This paper describes such ROV transportable systems being developed by Furness Underwater Engineering Limited and Wharton Williams Limited under contract to Esso. The work is being done under the technical stewardship and coordination of Esso's research affiliate, Exxon Production Research Company, and draws on Esso's prior expertise on diverless maintenance system design.

Authors:: Chilton, T S; Pejaver, D R; White, J

Publication Date:: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI Identifier:: 5968858

Report Number(s):: CONF-870993-

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Offshore Europe '87: SPE of AIME conference, Aberdeen, UK, 8-11 Sep 1987; Other Information: Technical Paper SPE16573/1

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 02 PETROLEUM; 42 ENGINEERING; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; REACTOR MONITORING SYSTEMS; DESIGN; UNDERWATER OPERATIONS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; COMMERCIALIZATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING; EXPLORATION; MAINTENANCE; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; TOOLS; VALVES; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; EUROPE; FLOW REGULATORS; WESTERN EUROPE; 020200* - Petroleum- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration; 423000 - Engineering- Marine Engineering- (1980-); 420206 - Engineering- Mining & Drilling Equipment & Facilities- (1980-1989); 290200 - Energy Planning & Policy- Economics & Sociology

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