Volume One: Recommended Code of Practice

By C Carleton, C Fay, G Griffeiths, A Holt, R Rogers and A Tonge; edited by JC Dering

ISBN 0 906940 38 9, Softbound, 2000
Order Reference C22, Price Non-members £50.00*, Members £45*

This SUT publication, produced by the Society’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Legal Working Group, provides the AUV community with a Code of Practice for use and voluntary adoption as a community standard. The concept of AUVs has been in evidence for at least 20 years with a wide range of operating capabilities and technical solutions. However, the safety and legal framework for their use has yet to be properly formulated. The wide and everyday use of the technology is still relatively immature as an established part of the underwater marine technology scene. Early AUV deployment and research, as would be expected, has its roots in the military maritime operational requirement, with major maritime powers such as the United States and Russia being examples of leading developers of an early military AUV capability. However, more recently in the UK both the civil research and industrial communities have developed ocean going AUV capabilities of international repute, examples being Autosub as a research platform and the Marlin vehicle being offered as an industrial AUV platform.

AUV development and, more importantly, routine usage is on the increase. This is partly being driven by the costs of ship time incurred when doing routine operations such as pipeline inspection or simple repetitive oceanographic measurements.

This growth of AUV usage has been under a loose legal framework and because of current legal status of the technology, this has meant the AUV community has had to be self regulating. This Code is in some way and expression of that self–regulatory approach.The Recommended Code of Practice has been produced by the Society’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Legal Working Group to provide a pertinent reference document for the safe and efficient operation of AUVs.

*All three Volumes can be purchased together for £165

Volume One: Recommended Code of Practice, Second Edition

By C Carleton, C Fay, G Griffeiths, A Holt, R Rogers and A Tonge; edited by JC Dering

ISBN 0 906940 51 6, ISBN–13 978 0 906940 51 8
Paperback, 78pp, 2009
Order Reference C40,  Price Non-member £75, Members £67.50

This is the first update to the pioneering The Operation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Volume One: Recommended Code of Practice, published in 2000. Since then, a great deal of experience has been gained in the operation of these vehicles, and related matters – such as insurance and the legal aspects – informs this update. Since any AUV will spend time on the surface, the ambit of this code has been extended to include this, and the vehicles are now classified as autonomous marine vehicles (AMV). It is intended that this code will be widely taken up by the industry, and the relevant parts will eventually be incorporated in international maritime law.

This AMV CoP has been written as a voluntary code that the SUT endorses for adoption by the AMV community. It is a non–legal document which encapsulates the combined experience of the members of the AUVLWG, spanning most – if not all – aspects of civil and military AMVs and should be regarded as a guide, based on best practice, to the issues to be considered in the design, build, and operation of an AMV. The code is primarily aimed at the users, designers, researchers, and manufacturers of AMV systems in the United Kingdom. Though the CoP is focused on the UK, it is believed by both the AUVLWG and the SUT that it could be used as a basis of a codified procedure to be adopted by the international AMV community.

 

Collaborative Autosub Science in Extreme Environments

Proceedings of the International Science Workshop, held 11–13 April 2007 at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, UK

*Special Offer of £170 for both volumes when purchased with
Masterclass in AUV Technology for Polar Science

ISBN 0 906940 50 8, ISBN–13 978 0 906940 50 1
Hardbound, 202 pp, Colour, 2008
Order Reference C39,  Price: Non-members £95, members £85.50

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are well suited for the task of gathering data and making observations from some of the most extreme environments on earth. This workshop brought together an international group of scientists and engineers to review a range of missions that have been tacked by AUVs in extreme environments, from beneath polar ice to deep–sea hydrothermal vent sites, and to examine the science and technology requirements for the future. This volume provides a record of AUV achievements and outlines of plans for using AUVs and other vehicles in extreme environments through the contributed papers and abstracts, and provides pointers for the future from the records of discussions.

Contents:

• Foreword – G Griffiths
• Prefaces: AUVs in the Context of Global Climate Change £ C Summerhayes; Where Might AUV Science Go? – K Heywood
• Ice/Ocean Interactions: Urgent Questions for AUVs – D Vaughan
• Turbulent Heat Flux, Salt Flux and Friction Velocity from an AUV under Arctic Summer Pack Ice – D Hayes, J Morison and M McPhee
• Seabed Photography from an AUV – D Jones, S McPhail, B Bett, C Flewellen and M Conquer
• A Comparison of Swath–Bathymetric Imagery from High–Latitude Glacier–Influenced Fjords Derived from AUV, ROV and Shipboard Systems £ JA Dowdeswell, R Noormets, J Evans, G Griffiths, RD Larter and C Cofaigh
• Animals as Exploratory Underwater Vehicles – L Boehme, M Biuw, M Fedak, K Nicholls, Sally Thorpe and M Meredith
• Deployments of an Underwater Glider at the Mouth of Illulissat Fjord, Greenland – R Bachmayer and B de Young
• Ice–Borehole ROV £ a New Tool for Subglacial Research – S Vogel, RD Powell, I Griffith, K Anderson, T Lawson and SA Schiraga
• Hydrothermal Exploration Using WHOI’s ABE AUV – C German, DR Yoerger, M Jakuba, A Bradley, TM Shank and K Nakamura
• Glider Experiments from Cyprus: Continuous Surveys in the Levantine Basin £ D Hayes G Zodiatis and G Georgiou
• Charting Lacustrine Environments with UBC–Gavia – AL Forrest and B Laval
• Seasonal Thermal Structure of Pavilion Lake £ AL Forrest and B Laval; Developing AUVs for Science – J Ferguson and L Mackay
• Autosub6000 £ a Long–Range and Deep–Diving AUV – S McPhail
• Exploration of Hydrothermal Vents on the Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean, Using AUVs – SE Humphris, RA Reves–Sohn, H Singh, TM Shank and HN Edmonds
• MUN Explorer AUV: Current and Future Plans for Science in Extreme Environments – S Adams, R Lewis and N Bose
• Brief Overview of Some Collaborative Efforts between UUVs and UAVs in the United States – ML Patterson and A Brescia
• Subglacial Environments – Potential for AUV and ROV Operation in Sub–Ice Environments – S Vogel
• Ellsworth Subglacial Lake: Exploration and Technologies – M Mowlem, C Floquet and the Lake Ellsworth Consortium
• plus records of group breakout sessions and summaries of the NERC Autosub Under Ice projects

 

Collaborative Autosub Science in Extreme Environments

Proceedings of the international Masterclass, held 28–29 March 2006 at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

*Special Offer of £170 for both volumes when purchased with
Workshop on AUV Science in Extreme Environments

ISBN 0 906940 48 6, ISBN–13 978 0 906940 48 8
Hardbound, 146 pp, Colour, 2007
Order Reference C37,  Price: Non-members £95, members £85.50

 

Maritime polar environments are some of the most challenging areas on earth. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) offer tremendous potential as one solution to cost–effective data–gathering for science and industry in these inhospitable areas. The International Polar Year 2007–2009 provides a particular focus for science.

In preparation for an upsurge in the use of AUVs for polar research, this Masterclass –organised by, and held at, the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, and supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council –brought together an international group of engineers and scientists to assess current performance and future requirements. The contributed papers provide both a resource for new AUV users and critical analyses of what remains to be achieved if, after the International PolarYear, AUVs are to be a lasting legacy as observers of the polar oceans.

Contents:

• Foreword – G Griffiths; Why Polar Marine Science Is Important – P Wadhams
• Research and Development of Past, Present and Future Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technologies – I Yamamoto
• Autosub Operations in the Arctic and the Antarctic – S McPhail
• Sensors and Instrument Requirements for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles – D Hayes, T Boyd and M Patterson
• Communications – DR Blidberg
• Future Technologies and Requirements – N Størkersen
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Operations–Needs of New Users – N Bose, D Hayes and G Griffiths
• Launch and Recovery of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Polar Regions – P Stevenson
• Autonomy and Collision Avoidance – M Pebody
• ‘When Things Go Horribly Wrong’ – J Ferguson
• Towards a Risk Management Process for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles – G Griffiths and A Trembanis
• Future Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Campaigns and Missions – J Wilkinson
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Navigation and Proximity Operations for Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer (DEPTHX) – W Stone, N Fairfield and G Kantor

Confronting New Challenges and Sharing Knowledge

Proceedings of the sixth international conference, held 11–13 September 2007 at the Royal Geographical Society, London

ISBN 0 906940 49 4, ISBN–13 978 0 906940 49 5
ISSN 2754-6322  
Hardbound, 558 pp, Colour
Order Reference C38,  Price: Non-members £190, members £171

This international site investigation conference, organised by the Offshore Site Investigation and Geotechnics (OSIG) Committee of the Society for Underwater Technology, is the fifth in a series started by SUT in 1978. This conference, ‘Confronting New Challenges and Sharing Knowledge’, continued the aims of this established series of disseminating and communicating the latest developments in all aspects of marine geotechnology.

The needs of the offshore community have changed substantially since the first conference in 1978 and, today, interest is primarily focused around geohazards, deepwater development with floating production facilities, the shallow geotechnical aspects of subsea tie–backs and development of renewable sources of energy. Leading practioners and academics in the offshore industry have contributed keynote papers to these proceedings: Prof R Jardine, Dr T Lunne, Prof M Randolph and H Mannaerts. Included are over 50 peer–reviewed papers, with colour images and graphs, covering twelve sessions of the diverse specialities within this field.

Contents:

• The Role of ROV Technology in Offshore Shallow Geohazard Observation and Monitoring: Environmental Stewardship in the Gulf of Mexico – H Mannaerts et al.

• North Falkland Basin Geohazard Study – K Day and J Gale

• Integrated Multidisciplinary Assessment and Mitigation of West Nile Geohazards – R Moore et al.

• Experience and Lessons Learned from Procurement of Site Investigation Campaigns at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm – P Fish and C Leach

• Behaviour of a Piston Corer from Accelerometers and New Insights on Quality of the Recovery – J–F Bourillet et al.

• Rapid Determination of Soil Sample Quality Using Shear Wave Velocity and Suction Measurements –
  S Donohue and M Long

• An Improved Tool for In Situ Pore Water and Gas Sampling – E Tervoort and J Peuchen

• PROD Delivers an Accurate Site Investigation at Maari – D Pennington and P Kelleher

• Novel Data Gathering Platforms for Offshore Site Surveys – H Young et al.

• Determining the Extent of Saberllaria Reefs during Seabed Surveys – R Birchall

• Casing Integrity in Hydrate Bearing Sediments – R Freij–Ayoub et al.

• Pipe–Soil Interaction in Highly Plastic Clays – H Dendani and C Jaeck

• The Axial Resistance of Buried and Unburied Pipelines – J Oliphant and A Maconochie

• The Influence of Pipe–Soil Interaction on Lateral Buckling and Walking of Pipelines – the SAFEBUCK JIP –
  D Bruton et al.

• Soft Clay Shear Strength Parameters for Deepwater Geotechnical Design – T Lunne and K Andersen

• Full–Flow Penetrometer Testing in Bothkennar Clay – N Boylan et al.; Rate Effects in Vane Shear Testing – J Peuchen and P Mayne

• The Harpoon Free–Fall Cone Penetrometer for Rapid Offshore Geotechnical Assessment – DC Mosher et al.

• Shallow Gas and Its Multiple Impact on a North Sea Production Platform – TI Tjelta et al.

• Formation of Pockmarks in the Norwegian Channel – C Forsberg et al.

• Small Scale Model Testing of Gas Migration in a Soft Seabed as a Basis for Developing a Mechanical Model for Gas Migration – MH de Vries et al.

• Foundation Behaviour of a Giant Gravity Platform of Soft Soils as Evidenced after Ten Years of Monitoring –
  G Svano et al.

• In situ Testing for Design of Pipeline and Anchoringh Systems – M Randolph et al.

• Management of Geotechnical and Geohazard Risks in the West Delta – T Evans et al.

• Potential Effects of Well Drilling Operations on Foundation Piles in Clay – F Schroeder et al.

• Some Considerations for Predicting Spudcan Penetration Resistance in Two–Layered Soil Using Miniature Penetrometer – KL Teh et al.

• Spudcan Reinstallation Near Existing Footprints – C Gaudin et al.

• Some Recent Developments in Offshore Pile Design – R Jardine and F Chow

• The Use of ICP Design Methods as a Predictor of Conductor Drill–Drive Installation – R Overy and P Sayer

• Controlling Conductor Deviation with Inclined Driving Shoe – E Tisseau et al.

• A Re–evaluation of Driven Pile Capacities for Sites Involving Low Plasticity, Low OCR Clays –
  A Ridgway and R Jardine

• The Use of ICP Design Methods for the Foundations of Nine Platforms Installed in the UK North Sea – R Overy

• Shaft Friction of Piles Driven in Siliceous, Calcareous and Micaceous Sands – SJ Schneider et al.

• Investigation of Monopile Behaviour under Cycle Lateral Loading – K Lesny and P Hinz

• An Investigation of the Performance of a ‘Hybrid’ Monopile–Footing Foundation for Offshore Structures –
  K Stone et al.

• Foundation Design and Installation of the Yolla A Platform – P Watson and C Humpheson

• Installation of Suction Piles at Deepwater Sites in Angola – J–L Colliat et al.

• Effect of Caisson–Tip Geometry on Flow Pattern of Soil Plug – H Zhou and M Randolph

• Theory for the Installation of Suction Caissons in Sand Overlaid by Clay – M Senders et al.

• Specific Identification Test Procedures for Deepwater Sediments of Gulf of Guinea – F Thomas et al.

• Use of Statistical Methods for Selecting Design Soil Parameters – S Lacasse et al.

• The Influence of Full–Flow Pentrometer Area Ratio on Penetration Resistance and Undrained and Remoulded Shear Strength – N Yafrate et al.

• Offshore Site Investigation: Some Insights into the Role of the Client Representative – R Hobbs

• Centrifuge Model Testing of Skirted Foundations for Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities – S Gourvenec et al.

• Pipeline and Cable Plough Stability in Soft Clays – D Cathie et al.

• An Investigation of the Bearing Capacity of Irregular Shaped (Triangular) Footings – KJL Stone et al.

• Seabed Acoustic Characterisation Using Wind Noise – M Donnelly; Note on Geotechnical Soil Description –
  J Landva et al.

• A Probabilistic Approach for Geotechnical Assessment of Jack–Up Leg Penetration – T Van Der Wal et al.

• Finpile: Improving the Lateral Stability of Monopile Foundations – JH Irvine et al.

• Performance Prediction for a Subsea Mechanical Trenching Wheel – E Jackson et al.

• Rovdrill®: The Development and Application of a New ROV Operated Seabed Drilling and Coring System –
  A Spencer

• Behaviour of Laterally Loaded Piles in Sloping Ground: Comparison between 3D Finite Element and p–y Analyses –
  K Georgiadis and M Georgiadis

• Comparison of Pore Pressure Generation and Dissipation Rates from Cone and Ball Penetrometers – HE Low et al.

Controlling the Future Subsea

Proceedings of the international conference, held June 2006

ISBN 0 906940 45 1, Hardbound, 2006
174 pp, 134 figures and tables, Colour
Order Reference C34,  Price: Non-members, £95.00, members £85.50

Subsea Controls and Data Acquisition (SCADA) is a unique, long established international conference which represents the oil industry control systems groups and deals with control, communication, remote data acquisition and the enabling technologies associated with hydrocarbon exploitation from the subsea environment. This conference is aimed at professionals working in the field of subsea engineering. The emphasis is placed on future technology requirements, availability and obsolescence. Equally, importance has been placed on global issues such as environment, decommissioning, deepwater problems and long–distance offsets.

Topics include: all–electric systems, seabed processing, fibre optic transmission and distributed systems. Reliability of systems continues to play a dominant role, coupled with contributions from professionals giving experience gained and new challenges to overcome. Subsea Controls and Data Acquisition 2006, therefore, is of interest to all in subsea engineering. Includes 134 figures and tables in colour and 14 chapters.

Contents

• The Need to Adopt a Proactive Approach to Obsolescence Management in Subsea Controls –
  D Saul, BP Exploration Operating Co Ltd, UK
• Application of Virtual Flow Metering as a Backup or Alternative to Multiphase Flow Measuring Devices –
  B Bringedal, ABB AS Corporate Research, Norway; and A Phillips, Vecto Gray Ltd, UK
• Opto–Electrical Solutions for Offshore Fields – M Fullenbaum, Alcatel Submarine Networks, France
• Composite Materials for Subsea Oil Separation –
  D Micheaux et al, IFREMER; Bureau Veritas; CNIM; IFP; PROSERNAT; and TotalFinaElf, France
• Using Platelet Technology™ to Locate and Seal Leaks in Long Subsea Umbilical Lines –
  N Ryan et al, Brinker Technology Ltd, UK; BP E&P Technology, USA; Shell UK Ltd; and Shell, Ireland
• Enabling Subsea Survillance – G Deans and R MacKenzie, Schlumberger, UK and USA
• Ultra–Long Offset ‘Subsea to Beach’ Controls Technology – Case Study, Statoil Snøhvit –
  W Acworth, Vecto Gray Controls Ltd, UK
• Development and Approval of HIPPS for Application in the Gulf of Mexico – CJ Lindsey–Curran, BP E&P Technology, USA
• Multi–Axis Finite Element Analysis of Helical Umbilical Structures in Bending, Tension and Crushing – A Dobson et al; Duco Ltd, UK; and Institut Français Du Pétrole, France
• Long Offset Control System Using All–Electric CameronDC System – W Menz, Cameron subsea Systems, Germany
• Subsea Architectures to Facilitate Increased Recovery from Reservoirs – R Neri and K Falk, Aker Kvaerner, Norway
• Tordis Subsea Separation Boosting and Injection (SSBI) Project – JH Neuenkirchen, Statoil, Norway
• Subsea Data Mapping – D Saul, BP Exploration Operating Co Ltd, UK
• Feasibility Study: SWIMMER, a Hybrid AUV/ROV for Intervention on Subsea Production Systems –
  G Grenon et al, Cybernetix, and Total, France

Diversity and Sustainability

Proceedings of the international conference, held November 2002

ISBN 0 906940 42 7, Hardbound
ISSN 2754-6322  
Order Reference C26,  Price: Non-members £110.00, members £99

This international site investigation conference, organised by the Offshore Site Investigation and Geotechnics (OSIG) Committee of the Society for Underwater Technology, is the fifth  in a series started by SUT in 1978.

The last quarter of a century has seen dramatic changes in the technologies, areas and water depths in which we work, and the speed with which projects move from conception to implementation. Moving into the 21st century we have seen a new focus on sustainability issues at global and local levels. Sustainability has implications for the natural environment, resource and energy management, and on the economic survival of complete industries, as well as companies and individuals. Engineers and scientists need to focus on new ways of working, increasing their effectiveness and breadth of thinking to ensure that projects meet the triple requirements of economic efficiency, environmental protection and social acceptability. To do this we need to be both more innovative and diverse in our activities.

The theme for this fifth conference was, therefore, –Diversity and Sustainability– with over 30 papers encompassing the widest possible range of geographic, technological and innovative projects.

Contents

Geotechnical Solutions for the Offshore: Synergy of Research and Practice – S Lacasse, NGI, Norway

Deepwater Canyon Slope Stability – K Day, Gardline Surveys Ltd, UK

Adding Value to Site Specific Geohazards Investigations from Regional Studies – Examples from the North–West European Margin – Z Harrison et al, British Geological Survey, UK

Study of the Effects of Gas Hydrates on the Seafloor Slope Instability in the Lower Congo Basin: a Thermodynamic Chemical Approach – N Sutlan et al, IFREMER and TotalFinaElf, France

Gravity Based Design for Subsea Structures – R Fisher, Technip–Coflex Group, UK; and D Cathie, Thales Geosolutions, Belgium

The Pros and Cons of Different Foundations Used for the Åasgard Field Development – G Haland, Statoil, Norway

Girassol: Geotechnical Design Analyses and Installation of Suction Anchors – J–L Colliat–Dangus and H Derndani, TotalFinaElf, France

Geotechnical Aspects of the Maureen Gravity Platform Removal; Optimising Integrated Site Investigation for Offshore Wind Farm Projects – P Broughton et al, Phillips Petroleum Company Ltd, UK

Continuous Burial Assessment of Pipelines and Cables: a State–of–Practice – A Puech, Fugro–France; and H–J Tuenter, Fugro Engineers BV, The Netherlands

Cemented Hardgrounds on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and their Impact on Submarine Cable Installation – R Comrie et al, Setech Ltd, and formerly contracted to Enitel, UK

Reducing Backfilling Risks – T Powell et al, Technip–Coflexip Group, and Trevor Jee Associates, UK

Accurate Detection of Buried Pipelines in River Crossings and Inshore Areas by Magnetic Methods – T de Vallieres, TotalFinaElf, France, and T Slater, Innovatum, UK

Ormen Lange Geoborings  Geological and Geotechnical Site Investigations in the Storegga Slide Area – TI Tjelta et al, Statoil, Norway

The Storegga Geomodel and Its Use in Slide Risk Evaluation: Geological and Geotechnical Site Investigations in the Storegga Slide Area – P Bryn et al, Nrsk Hydro, and NGU, Norway

Slope Stability at Ormen Lange – TJ Kvalstad et al, Norsk Hydro, Norway

Integrating Geophysics and Geotechnics: Two Cases – C Huslid and E van Raaij, Statoil, Norway

An Integrated Deepwater Site Investigation: Southern Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico – EA Liedtke et al, BP America Inc; Fugro–McClelland Marine Geosciences Inc; and Shell International, USA

Quantifying Geohazards Through Advanced Visualisation and Integration in the Terang–Sirasun Development, Kangean Psc. Indonesia – P Cook et al, BP Indonesia; Hydrosearch Ltd, UK; K&M Technology Group, UK; and Landmark, Indonesia

SE Asia Jack–up Punch–throughs: the Way Forward? – JJ Osborne, Global Maritime, UK; and JM Paisley, Fugro Singapore PTE Ltd

Assessing the Effects on Jack–up Structures of Eccentric Installation Over Infilled Craters – R Jardine et al, Imperial College; Geotechnical Consulting Group; Noble Denton; and TotalFinaElf, UK

Axial Capacities of Jetted Well Conductors – TG Evans et al, BP Exploration, UK

A Calibrated Model for the Interpretation of Cone Penetration Tests (CPTs) in North Sea Quaternary Soils – N Ramsey, Fugro Ltd, UK

The Cyclic Resistance of Calcareous Sediments – IMS Finnie, Lloyds Register, UK; and P Hefer, Advanced Geomechanics, Australia

Correlation Between Compressive Seismic Velocity and Cone Resistance at Shallow Penetration in Sands – P Foray et al, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble; and Fugro France, France

Shear Wave Velocity Integrated in Offshore Geotechnical Practice – J Peuchen et al, Fugro Engineers BV; and Sakhlin Energy Investment Company, The Netherlands

Wireline Logging for Deepwater Geohazard Assessment – A Digby, BEL Geophysics, UK

Excess Pore Pressures Induced by Installation of Suction Caissons in NC Clays – J Cao et al, Fugro–McClelland Marine Geosciences Inc, USA; and C–Core Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Very High Resolution Marine 3D Seismic Method for Detailed Site Investigation – B Marsset et al, IFREMER, France

Implementation of GIS within the Offshore Community; and Managing Geotechnical Risk in Deepwater – S Buchan and GP Cooper, Svitzer Ltd, UK

Managing Geotechnical  Risk in Deep Water – C Clayton, Univeristy of Southampton; and P Power, Fugro Ltd, UK

Performance and Reliability – Lessons Learned

Proceedings of the international conference, held June 2002

ISBN 0 906940 41 9, Hardbound
Order Reference C25, Price: Non-members £65.00, members £58.50

Subsea Controls and Data Acquisition (SCADA) is a unique, long established international conference which represents the oil industry control systems groups and deals with control, communication, remote data aquisition and the enabling technologies associated with hydrocarbon explotation from the subsea environment. The theme for the latest conference, held in Paris on 13-14 June 2002 and entitled Subsea Controls and Data Acquisition: Performance and Reliability – Lessons Learned, was structured to cover a wide range of subjects in those areas which emphasise the realibility of and lessons learned from operation of such systems.

Aimed at the professionals active in subsea production systems and in particular those engaged in the control and monitoring of such systems, the proceedings from the  Conference are now available in a 200-page hardback book with a subject matter ranging from fibre optics to smart wells, and wave generation systems to patentable technology.

Contents

Subsea Electrical Failures: bp Experiences and Lessons Learned – K Williams and Z Bruce, BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd, UK

Steel Tube Umbilicals – Past, Present and Future: Lessons Learnt and Future  Directions – D Stables and P Fellows, Duco Ltd, UK

A Systematic Approach to Reduce Subsea Equipment Failures – T Mellem and B Hugaas, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Norway

Reliability of Subsea Control Systems: HIPPS a Case Study – G Gall, P Turner and R Seaton, Kvaerner Oilfield Products Ltd, UK

Subsea Technology: Can it be Patented and How?  – W Buskop, Buskop Law Group, PC, USA

Deepwater Control System Reliability Results from the Ceiba Development – J Cattanach and J Bodine, Cooper Cameron Ltd, UK

Intelligent Well Interface Standardisation (IWIS) – R Baird, Shell Global Solutions International BV, The Netherlands

Achieving Reliability Improvement for Subsea Challenges – C Roberts and T Laing, Boreas Consultants Ltd, UK

KOS 200, The Subsea Control System for the Millenium – S Corneliussen, FMC Kongsberg Subsea

The Application of Fibre Optics to Subsea Systems – D Pye, Ocean Design Europe Ltd

Advanced Applications of Subsea Control Systems – B Clark, G Duncan, P Kitt, GA Leiper and T Whitaker, Kvaerver Oilfield Products Ltd, UK

Remote Power Generation for Deepwater Offshore Facilities – R Thornton, Butterrow Engineering Ltd, UK

Otter Development – Enhanced ESP Protection by use of Subsea Control System – F Coudeville and I Watt, TotalFinaElf, France

A Systems Approach to the Reliability of Hydraulic Subsea Production Control Systems – R Rowntree, Castrol Subsea Technology

Papers presented at the international conference held in London, 2–3 May 2000

ISBN 0 906940 36 2, Softbound, 2000
Order Reference C21, Price: Non-members £39.00, members £35.10

 

The seafloor is no longer a pristine environment. From the shallow continental shelves to the deep ocean floor, it is visited regularly by sampling devices, autonomous instruments and human beings. Cables are laid, structures placed, waste dumped; shipwrecks and lost equipment all inevitably finish up on the ocean floor.

This unique collection of papers, presented earlier this year at the SUT–s international conference Man–Made Objects on the Seafloor, covers a diverse selection of topics from around the world, ranging from the mid–Atlantic to the Sunda Straits. The application of technologies, equipment, methods and reasoning to areas as varied as artificial reefs, seafloor autonomous research stations, submarine telecommunication cables, subsea pipelines, radiological surveys, deepwater trawling, wreck exploration, decommissioning and mine warfare makes this 195–page volume a must for marine scientists, engineers and all those wishing a better understanding of Man–s activities in the marine environment. Includes 80 figures and tables.

Contents

• Artificial Reef Technology – KJ Collins, AC Jensen and IP Smith, Southampton Oceanography Centre
• Deep Ocean Landers: Seafloor Autonomous Research Stations – IG Priede, University of Aberdeen
• Technology for Ground Truthing Seafloor Processes – H Amann, Technical University of Berlin
• The Silent Enemy Below – Cdr RW Bell–Davies, Royal Navy, HMS Dryad
• Development of a Controllable Grab System for Deepwater Recovery – D Mearns, Blue Water Recoveries Ltd
• The History of the Submarine Telecommunication Cables – G Wrench, Global Marine Systems Ltd
• The subsea Pipeline – More Than Just a Steel Tube? – JHA Baker, Shell UK Exploration and Production
• Oil and Gas Seabed Infrastructure – What Is It and How Does It Affect Other Users of the Sea? – P Dyson, Total Oil Marine plc
• Archaeological Intervention in the Deep Sea – J Adams, Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton
• Signs and Symptoms of Deepwater Trawling on the Atlantic Margin B Bett, Southampton Oceanography Centre
• Approaches to the Monitoring of Marine Disposal Sites Under the UK Food and Environment Protection Act (Part II, 1985) – HL Rees, SE Boyd, SM Rowlatt, DS Limpenny and MA Pendle, CEFAS
• Subsea Radiological Surveys: A Case Study at Dounreay – M French, Fathoms Ltd
• The Exploration of the Submarine Wrecks Kosomolets and I–52 by the Mir Submersibles – A Sagalevitch, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow
• Surveys of the Beaufort’s Dyke Explosives Disposal Site – D Saward, Fisheries Research Services
• Drill Cutting Piles – JP Hartley, Hartley Anderson Ltd
• “Calibrating” the Effects of Man’s Detritus through the Study of Genotoxic Pollution – M Crawford, Deep Water Recovery and Exploration Ltd
• The Ospar Commission Decision 98/3 – A Green Fig Leaf or an Environmental Turning Point? – P Wilkinson and D Bellamy, Bellamy Wilkinson and Associates

A report of a workshop on autonomous underwater vehicles and other underwater robotics, held June 1999

ISBN 0 906940 35 4, Ringbound, 1999
Order Reference C20, Price: Non-member £25, Member £22.50

 

This is a report of a workshop run by the Society for Underwater Technology in London on Thursday 17 June 1999. The aim of the day was to see whether underwater robotics was a cost-effective way forward for the underwater industry; pinpoint the areas of technology which needed to be developed and identify how this technology could be brought to market.

Presentations first set the economic scene, looked at the business case for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and considered where underwater robotics could ideally help in survey and subsea engineering in the next decade and by 2020. Another set of presentations looked at what development work was going on now across a wide variety of disciplines. Break–out groups then looked at the potential and the problems in bringing the technology to market in the near future. They looked at the possibilities in the longer term, and tried to identify major stumbling blocks. This report summarises and presents the outcome of this process.