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There is now an awareness within the industry, particularly as oil companies direct considerable resources towards developing diverless production systems, that a fully integrated approach to equipment design and intervention is necessary to achieve an acceptable system. The requirement for an integrated approach to equipment design and intervention is applicable not only to diverless depths but to all subsea structures, equipment and intervention techniques in whatever depth. Fortunately the inherent dexterity of the diver does not impact so severely on design as other intervention techniques. However the benefits of an integrated approach are still applicable and the use of such simple "diver aids" as cutting guides and subsea markings installed prior to the installation of jackets and subsea equipment can have a significant impact on the cost of intervention. This paper examines the requirements and limitations in designing subsea equipment for Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) intervention. For the oil company embarking on the development of a diverless production system, be it totally diverless because of the envisaged water depth or primarily diverless with the possibility of diver back up, the intervention techniques adopted will strongly influence the final system design. The necessity to undertake an extensive development programme to produce the optimum intervention system is very costly, requires long lead times and comprehensive testing particularly where novel solutions are adopted. It is a daunting prospect for even the most progressive of oil companies.
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ROV'86 REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES Technology Requirements - Present and Future ROV'86 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Conference Chairmen: Robert L. Wernli Naval Ocean Systems Center Roger Chapman RUMIC Ltd ROV '86 PROGRAMME PLANNING COMMITTEE Gordon Richardson Sub Sea Offshore Ltd (Chairman) Brian Redden Wharton Williams (Co-Chairman) Dave Christie Comex Houlder Diving Ltd Doug Huntingdon Ulvertech Ltd jack jaeger Hydro Products Inc John johnston Honeywell Inc Crawford Logan AssoCiation of Offshore Diving Contractors Bob Manson Osprey Electronics Ltd Richard Marsh Bennico Ltd Dave Partridge OSO - Department of Energy jean Pritchard Society for Underwater Technology (Secretary) Don Shaw Stolt Nielsen Seaway Technology Ltd Dave Siviter Ametek Offshore Ltd Neil Wellam Oceaneering International Services Ltd ROV '86 STEERING COMMITTEE Deam Given Windate Enterprises Inc Bill Hulburd Optical Imaging Systems Inc Jack jaeger Hydro Products Inc Robert L. Wernli Naval Ocean Systems Center ROV '86 POLICY COMMITTEE Tom Hollobone AssoCiation of Offshore Diving Contractors (AODC) David Wardle Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) Robert L. Wernli Naval Ocean Systems Center (MTS) ROV '86 EXHIBITION MANAGERS The Spearhead Group ROV'86 REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES Technology Requirements - Present and Future Proceedings of the ROV '86 Conference organized by the Marine Technology Society, the Society for Underwater Technology and the Association of Offshore Diving Contractors and held in Aberdeen, UK, 24-26 June 1986. Published by Graham & Trotman for MTS, SUT and AODC Published in 1986 by Graham & Trotman Limited Sterling House 66 Wilton Road London SW I V I DE United Kingdom © MTS, SUT, AODC, 1986 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1986 Responsibility for the contents rests upon the authors, and not upon MTS, SUT, AODC or their members. British Library and Library of Congress ClP Data is available. This publication is protected by international copyright law. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, r