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The World ROV Report 2007-2011

Published: March 2007
Pages: 113
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Building on previous versions of the popular World ROV Report, this new edition from industry analysts Douglas-Westwood forecasts a significant increase in work-class activity over the next five years.

Contents

• 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• 1.1 INTRODUCTION
• 1.2 SUMMARY
• 1.3 THE ROV OPERATIONS MARKET
• 1.4 CONCLUSIONS
• 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES
• 2.1 VEHICLE TYPES
• 2.1.1 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
• 2.1.2 Remotely Operated Vehicles
• 2.1.3 Cable and Pipe Burial Vehicles
• 2.1.4 Semi-Submersible Vehicles
• 2.1.5 Remotely Operated Towed Vehicles
• 3 APPLICATIONS
• 3.1 SEABED MINING
• 3.1.1 Polymetallic Nodules
• 3.1.2 Metals
• Case Study - Solwara Project
• 3.1.3 Aggregates
• Case Study - The World and Palm Jumeirah
• Case Study - Barrow Offshore Wind Farm
• 3.2 OIL & GAS RELATED ACTIVITIES
• 3.2.1 Ocean Bottom Cable and Node Placements
• Case Study - OBC
• 3.2.2 Electro-Magnetic Seismic
• 3.2.3 Jack-up & Semi-Submersible Site Surveys
• 3.2.4 Drilling support
• 3.2.5 Template Installation
• Case Study - Ormen Lange Template Installation
• 3.2.6 Platform Decommissioning
• Case Study - Frigg Field Decommissioning
• 3.2.7 Geotechnical Investigation
• 3.3 PIPELINES
• 3.3.1 Pipeline Route Surveys
• Case Study - Pipeline Route Surveys using UUV
• 3.3.2 Pipeline Operations
• Pipeline Start-up
• Pipeline Crossings
• Pipeline Lay-down
• Pipeline Metrology
• Pipeline Connection
• Post-Lay Survey
• Regular Inspections
• 3.4 SUBMARINE CABLES
• 3.4.1 Background
• 3.4.2 Route surveys
• 3.4.3 Cable Lay
• 3.4.4 Cable Burial
• Case Study - Ormen Lange Control Cables
• Case Study - Lillgrund and Q7 Offshore Wind Farms
• Case Study - Power from Shore
• 3.5 OCEAN RESEARCH
• 3.5.1 Seabed sampling and investigation
• Case Study - Hydrothermal Vents
• 3.5.2 SERPENT
• 3.6 OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEMS
• Case Study - VENUS
• 3.7 OTHER ACTIVITIES
• 3.7.1 Nuclear Industry
• Case Study - Celia
• 3.7.3 Hazardous Cargo Recovery
• 3.7.4 Vessel and Port Inspection
• 3.7.5 Tourism
• 3.7.6 Film & Television
• Case Study - The Titanic
• 3.7.7 Search & Rescue
• 3.7.8 Aquaculture
• 3.8 MILITARY UUV APPLICATIONS
• 3.8.1 Submarine AUV Deployment & Recovery
• 3.8.2 Explosive Ordnance Detonation - EOD
• 3.8.3 Submarine Rescue
• 3.8.4 Defence against terrorists (DAT)
• 3.8.5 Mine Counter Measures (MCM)
• Existing MCM Systems
• Semi-Submersible MCM Systems
• 4 EVOLUTION OF THE UNMANNED VEHICLE
• 4.1.1 Submarine Telecommunications Cables
• 4.1.2 Offshore Wind Farms and Power Cables
• 4.1.3 Homeland Security
• 4.1.4 Military UUV
• 4.1.5 Research
• 4.1.6 Deepwater Oil & Gas
• 4.1.7 Autonomy
• 4.1.8 Semi-Submersible UUV
• 4.1.9 The future?
• 5 UUV TECHNOLOGY
• 5.1 UUV COMPONENTS
• 5.2 ROV CONTROL
• 5.3 LAUNCH AND RECOVERY SYSTEMS
• 5.4 TETHER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• 5.5 UMBILICALS
• 5.6 CONNECTORS
• 5.7 PROPULSION
• 5.7.1 Electric Thrusters
• 5.7.2 Hydraulic Thrusters
• 5.8 BUOYANCY
• 5.8.1 ROV Buoyancy
• 5.8.2 Controlled Buoyancy
• 5.9 ROV MANIPULATORS
• 5.10 ROV TOOLING
• 5.10.1 NDT/Inspection Tools
• 5.10.2 Pipeline Clearance Tools
• 5.10.3 Tie-in Tools
• 5.10.4 Tool Skids
• 5.11 UUV POSITIONING & NAVIGATION
• 5.11.1 LBL (Long Baseline) Acoustics
• 5.11.2 SBL (Short Baseline) Acoustics
• 5.11.3 USBL (Ultra-Short Baseline) Acoustics
• 5.11.4 Seabed Infrastructure Acoustic Systems
• 5.11.5 Surface Buoy Acoustic Systems
• 5.11.6 Inverted USBL
• 5.11.7 Fibre Optic Gyroscopes
• 5.11.8 Obstacle/Hazard Avoidance Sonar
• 5.11.9 Depth sensors
• 5.11.10 CTD Sensors
• 5.11.11 Altimeters
• 5.11.12 Sensor Packages
• 5.11.13 Doppler Velocity Logs
• 5.11.14 Inertial Navigation Systems
• 5.12 UNDERWATER COMMUNICATIONS
• 6 THE WORLD ROV MARKET
• 6.1 THE DWL ROV MARKET MODEL
• 6.2 OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURE
• 6.2.1 Total Operations
• 6.2.2 Drill Support Operations
• 6.2.3 Field Support & Other Operations
• 6.3 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
• 7 COMPANY PROFILES
• 7.1 MANUFACTURERS
• 7.1.1 ACSA
• 7.1.2 ASV Ltd
• 7.1.3 Atlas Elektronik
• 7.1.4 BAE Systems
• 7.1.5 Boeing
• 7.1.6 Cybernetix
• 7.1.7 Deep Ocean Engineering (DOE)
• 7.1.8 Deep Sea Systems International (DSSI)
• 7.1.9 Develogic
• 7.1.10 EAB Engineering
• 7.1.11 ECA
• 7.1.12 Hitec Subsea
• 7.1.13 Hytec
• 7.1.14 International Submarine Engineering (ISE)
• 7.1.15 Kongsberg
• 7.1.16 L-3 MPRI (Hitec-o)
• 7.1.17 Lockheed Martin Unmanned Systems
• 7.1.18 Niteworks
• 7.1.19 Oceaneering
• 7.1.20 Oceanscan
• 7.1.21 Odim
• 7.1.22 Perry Slingsby Systems
• 7.1.23 Phoenix International
• 7.1.24 Rovtech (Fugro-Rovtech)
• 7.1.25 Saab Underwater Systems
• 7.1.26 Schilling SubAtlantic Alliance
• 7.1.27 Seabotix
• 7.1.28 Seaeye Marine
• 7.1.29 SeeByte
• 7.1.30 Sercel
• 7.1.31 SMD Hydrovision
• 7.1.32 Tecnadyne
• 7.1.33 Thales Underwater
• 7.2 MAJOR VEHICLE OPERATORS
• 7.2.1 Acergy
• 7.2.2 Allseas
• 7.2.3 C&C Technology
• 7.2.4 Canyon Offshore
• 7.2.5 Comex
• 7.2.6 CTC Marine
• 7.2.7 Deep Marine Technology
• 7.2.8 DeepOcean
• 7.2.9 Fugro
• 7.2.10 Geoconsult AS
• 7.2.11 Oceaneering
• 7.2.12 Saipem
• 7.2.13 Subsea
• 7.3 SUBMARINE CABLE INSTALLERS
• 7.3.1 ASEAN Cableship
• 7.3.2 Baltic Offshore AB
• 7.3.3 Global Marine
• 7.3.4 Hesfibel
• 7.3.5 International Telecom
• 7.3.6 Kokusai Cable Ship
• 7.3.7 Marine Projects International
• 7.3.8 Nexans
• 7.3.9 SAIC
• 7.3.10 Tyco Telecommunications
• Figures
• Tables

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