This paper describes application areas for mobile service robots in offshore oil and gas producing environments, requirements and restrictions for the use of the robots together with a first prototype and its evaluation in a field test. The field of offshore oil and gas production is analyzed in the first part to identify possible application scenarios for mobile automation. It shows that there...

Wireless sensing technology can collect pressure, temperature, and flow measurements in remote and often unsafe locations that is common in the offshore/on land oil and gas industry without cables and the associated problems. However, the severe offshore conditions make it necessary to develop reliable and cost-effective real-time monitoring structures when building offshore control and monitor...

Abstract The unwanted vibrations of offshore structures induced by wave or earthquake loads can lead to the reduction service life and fatigue failure platforms. This paper introduces tuned inerter damper (TID) a jacket platform as passive control device for mitigating excessive structure loads. An analytical design method is proposed platforms influence installation location on modal response ...

Laboratories and test houses keep a "pool" of test subjects that volunteer to be participants in life jacket approval testing, which is believed to be an incorrect procedure. Fifty-six participants donned 8 child/infant life jackets onto 4 infant manikins in random order with time and accuracy of donning recorded. Average donning time for all 8 life jackets decreased significantly after the fir...

Decommissioning activity offshore is expected to increase significantly in the next few years and will include some very large concrete platforms in the northern North Sea. The two studies included in this report examine possible methods of removal and demolition, including complete removal, part-removal to below the water line and leaving the concrete bases in place after removing the topsides...

Installation of jacket platforms requires simultaneous and combined operations multiple assets. Once the whole process has to be planned, it is necessary predict in a fast reliable way possible weather limitations that may occur during operations. The paper will present major challenges this unusual innovative Dynamic Positioning analysis which been carried out for Ana Jacket installation. obta...