Popeye Project: ROV interfaces

Journal Article · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1997 · Sea Technology

OSTI ID:530451

Scates, C R ^[1]; Hickok, D D ^[2]; Hernandez, D A

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1. Shell Oil Inc., New Orleans, LA (United States)
2. Dvaerner FSSL Inc., Houston, TX (United States)

The Popeye Project in the Gulf of Mexico helped advance the technology and standardization of ROV interfaces for deepwater subsea production systems. Some of the many successful ROV operations during installation and completion were {open_quotes}first-of-it`s-kind{close_quotes} activities-enabled by many technical advances. The use and reliance upon ROV systems for support of deepwater drilling and installation operations significantly increased in the past 10 years. Shell Offshore Inc.`s (SOI) confidence in this increased capability was an important factor in many of the design decisions which characterized the innovative system. Technology advancements, which depended on effective ROV intervention, were implemented with no significant difficulties. These advancements, in particular the flying leads and seabed position methods, are available to the industry for other deepwater subsea systems. In addition, several Popeye ROV interfaces have helped advance the subsea standardization initiative; e.g., hot stabs, torque-tool end effectors, and paint color.

• OSTI ID: 530451
• Journal Information: Sea Technology, Journal Name: Sea Technology Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 38; ISSN 0093-3651; ISSN SEATAD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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