THE POTENTIAL USE OF UNDERWATER VEHICLES IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRIES

To date submersibles have been built to observe rather than to perform a specific task, and uses have been limited generally to patroling submarine pipelines and to emergencies and malfunctions in which the search and observation role was necessary. The dry ambient pressure work chamber is one form of submersible that has found application in pipeline repair, maintenance, and installation. Such chambers are installed and supplied from a support vessel. In the future, submersibles will be designed with support vessels for specific purposes in connection with control and production functions directly on the seabed. The water depth at which it becomes economic to transfer such functions below water is being reached, and five commercial organizations (not named) are presently working to this end.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Institute of Marine Engineers' Ocean Engineering Section Symposium, Dec. 2, 1971.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Marine Engineers

  Memorial Building, 76 Mark Lane
  London EC3R 7JN,   England 
• Authors:
  • Walker, R I
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 214-217
• Serial:
  • Institute of Marine Engineers Transactions
  • Volume: 84
  • Issue Number: Pt7
  • ISSN: 0309-3948

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Pipelines; Repairing; Submersibles; Underwater pipelines
• Old TRIS Terms: Pipeline construction; Underwater repairs
• Subject Areas: Construction; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056267
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM