Skip Navigation Minerals Management Service Minerals Management Service MMS Home pagesSearchMMS Topic IndexAbout MMSWhat’s NewOffshore Energy and Minerals Management United States Department of the Interior
TA&R Home PageTA&R International Home PagesTA&R Oil Spill Research HomeTA&R Research Projects HomeTA&R Workshops HomeTA&R Safety Home
Project Number 446
Date of Summary March 16, 2004
Subject ROV/AUV Capabilities
Performing Activity Texas A&M University, Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC)
Principal Investigator Randall and Ward
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Completed September 2004
Description The project was to complete a technical assessment of present and future AUV/ROV capabilities relevant to subsea deepwater oil and gas developments. ROVs and AUVs offer considerable promise for subsea development systems in deep and ultra-deep water. The ROV and AUV technology is rapidly evolving in a highly competitive marketplace. The ROV/AUV technology must interface with subsea well and production equipment, which is also rapidly evolving, in order to result in effective subsea development systems. A technical assessment of future ROV/AUV capabilities is needed to promote synergy and integration with subsea production systems. A workshop was held to develop broad, objective assessment of ROV and AUV technology and capabilities relevant to subsea production systems. The assessment included present technology as well as technology and capabilities that could be present / available to industry in the next 5 to 10 years. The workshop included oil and gas operators, subsea engineers, ROV and AUV companies (suppliers and contractors), and subsea equipment manufacturers and additionally addressed the operational and safety issues.
Progress

A two-day workshop entitled “Challenges of Interfacing Remotely Operated Vehicles and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles with Deepwater Subsea Systems” was held at Texas A&M’s University facilities in Houston, Tx on April 10-11, 2003.

Reports
AA (424 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . ROV/AUV Capabilities, R. Randall, TAMU; E. G. Ward, OTRC; September 2003.

 

Privacy | Disclaimers | Accessibility | Topic Index | FOIA

Last Updated: 07/22/2008, 06:28 PM