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- OTC-'85 SPECIAL PREVIEW Maritime Reporter, Apr 1985 #49
May 6-9, 1985, Houston This year's 17th Annual Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) will take place at Houston's Astrodomain from Monday, May 6 through Thursday, May 9. OTC is an international technical meeting devoted to information exchange on offshore resources development. It is sponsored each year by 11 of the world's leading engineering and scientific associations, including The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the Marine Technology Society.
While focusing on frontier technology, this year's program of 252 papers in 41 sessions also addresses topics as diverse as safety, foundation behavior, seismic surveys, oceanography, and marine mining, among others.
Complementing the technical program this year will be an unmatched exhibition of products and services covering more than 25 acres of the Astrodomain complex. More than 2,000 companies—the world's major manufacturers of offshore- related equipment and services— will use OTC as a forum to unveil major improvements and innovations for handling present-day challenges as the industry moves to deeper waters and increasingly hostile conditions.
OTC '85 takes place during the "Year of the Ocean," declared by the United States to increase awareness of the complex issues involved in reaching the full potential of all types of marine development. This is the same premise on which OTC was founded and continues on a worldwide basis—improved offshore technology and development of resources in an environmentally sound manner through cooperation of all major engineering and scientific disciplines.
For four days some 65,000 engineers, scientists, and managers from 90 nations will hear outstanding technical presentations and view an array of technical equipment and services available for today's offshore challenge.
Top petroleum industry executives will address the important issues facing deepwater operators in the opening general session, "The Challenge of Deep Water." Leading off the 2^-hour session on Monday morning, May 6, will be John F.
Bookout, president of Shell Oil Company, who will present an overview of the deepwater challenge.
Next, the managing director for British Petroleum Exploration, Basil R. Butler, will discuss worldwide deepwater exploration prospects.
Patrick J. Early, senior vice president of production with Amoco Production Company, will comment on deepwater drilling systems.
Harry J. Longwell, vice president of production with Exxon Company U.S.A., will discuss deepwater production systems; and F.E.
"Tut" Ellis, executive vice president with Conoco Inc., will address the economics of deepwater exploration and production.
OTC Awards Lymon C. Reese, professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas, and Hudson Matlock, vice president for research and development with The Earth Technology Corporation of Long Beach, Calif., will share honors as joint recipients of the 1985 OTC Distinguished Achievement Award for Individuals.
Through their research and engineering practice, the pair has made significant contributions to the development of soils and foundation technology and its application to offshore platform design. Computer programs and soil/pile interaction criteria they developed years ago still form the basis for most pile foundation design practices. Prof.
Reese and Mr. Matlock will accept their honor during the OTC Awards Luncheon on Monday, May 6, in the Astrohall Ballroom.
Topical Luncheons Registrants at OTC '85 will have an opportunity for informal discussions with offshore experts during a series of five Topical Luncheons on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 7 and 8. These popular luncheons feature speakers' comments followed by open question-and-answer periods.
Tuesday's luncheon topics are "The Hutton TLP—First of a Kind" at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel, and "Meeting the Technology Challenge in the Canadian Arctic" at the Marriott Astrodome Hotel. In the first, L.B. "Buck" Curtis, vice president of production engineering services for Conoco Inc., will emphasize two aspects of the Hutton platform's development: the "people" factor, including ways to coordinate work between partners, government approvals, project personnel, and contractors in such a novel undertaking; and the operations factor, including future types and applications of tension leg platforms.
In the day's second luncheon, John Loh, manager of frontier development for Gulf Canada, will explain production and drilling programs uniquely developed for use in the Canadian Arctic.
One of three Wednesday luncheon topics is "The Move of Exploration North of the 62nd Parallel and the Accompanying Development of Deepwater Technology" at the Shamrock Hilton. Christopher Fay, director of exploration and production for A/S Norske Shell, will review the technology needed to develop deepwater and hostile areas off Norway, including technology used during the Troll field development and in the Tromsoeflaket and Haltenbanken regions.
Fred Shumaker, vice president of Alan C. McClure Associates Inc., will moderate a second luncheon on "Deepwater Production" at the Marriott Astrodome. Panelists will include: Bruce Collipp, engineering advisor for Shell Offshore Inc.; Travis Hutchinson, president of Offshore Production Systems Inc.; and Robert Walker, general manager of Brown & Root's Marine Engineering Division. Each of the speakers will discuss his perspective on deepwater production predictions for the next few years.
At the Shamrock Hilton, a third Wednesday luncheon will feature J.D. d'Ancona, director general for Offshore Supply Office, U.K. Department of Energy. His talk on "United Kingdom Continental Shelf—The Second Decade" will include plans for developing the U.K.'s offshore industry to its potential as an international supplier.
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- Setting the Course for Low Carbon Shipping Maritime Reporter, Jul 2019 #12
last year, 34 signatory CEOs from the industry made clear that efforts to significantly lower the carbon footprint of shipping presented “biggest technology challenge in the past 100 years”.This statement was not an exaggeration. In fact, the transition to a low-carbon future will take more than an unprecedented
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- Greensea: Redefining the Connection between Man and Machine Marine Technology, Mar 2017 #34
an operator’s relationship with their systems. Quite a challenge … It is. The technology is tough, but that’s not the biggest challenge. The technology challenge is the kind of challenge that gets engineers out of bed every morning. But moving that technology effectively offshore, listening to the operators
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 45? exibility for ship or port-to- port mission deployments. Cellula’s Solus-LR and Solus- XR platforms will be equipped with Cellula’s hydrogen fuel cell technology, supporting sustainable, long duration operations with zero carbon emissions • Teledyne Marine Acquires Valeport Teledyne Marine agreed to acquire
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 43tool developed ? ler, which is a new generation of GeoAcoustics sub-bottom with Cathx Ocean that it says ‘radically’ reduces the time and pro? ling technology, reaching into deeper waters for the ac- effort required to detect and classify objects of interest in sea- quisition of essential data for e.g
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 41Image courtesy Outland Technology Image courtesy Exail Image courtesy Submaris and EvoLogics Vehicles The ROV-1500 from Outland Technology represents a leap forward in underwater robotics, a compact remotely operated vehicle (ROV) weighing in at less than 40 lbs (19kg) the ROV- 1500 is easy to transport
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 40NEW TECH OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2024 All photos courtesy MTR unless otherwise noted NEW TECH, PARTNERSHIPS LAUNCH IN LONDON With Oceanology International now one month in the rear-view mirror, MTR takes a look at some of the interesting technologies launched before, during and after the London event.
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 36LANDER LAB #10 Of special interest for marine applications, LiPo batteries are Shipping any kind of lithium battery can be a challenge, and offered in a “pouch” design, with a soft, ? at body. The pouch IATA regs vary with the batteries inside or outside an instru- is vacuum-sealed, with all voids ?
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 33be permanent. And in Feb- ruary 2024, the European Parliament passed a resolution raising concerns about Norway’s mining intentions. www.marinetechnologynews.com 33 MTR #3 (18-33).indd 33 4/4/2024 9:17:27 A
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 32collection system test. pact, nodule collection system that utilizes mechanical and The Metals Company recently signed a binding MoU with hydraulic technology. Paci? c Metals Corporation of Japan for a feasibility study on The company’s SMD Q-Collector range is available in a vari- processing 1.3 million
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 30is performed subsea, nodules have helped further advance the design. and the LARS is ? tted with a routing system that keeps the Digital twin technology analyzes data gathered from mul- umbilical in a single plane during collector operations. tiple sensors and assets to enable 3D visualization of
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 29.” Canada-based The Metals Company has partnered with Allseas which has a con- verted drillship, Hidden Gem, set up for nodule collection. Onboard technology developments include the vessel’s launch and recovery system (LARS) which deploys and recovers the col- lector and feeds its power and control
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 27commonplace, pioneering new ways of understanding the ocean. Current submarine volcano research suggests profound discoveries to come, featuring new technology. “Projects like TESMaP are literally rewriting our under- standing of volcanoes in every measure we look at,” said Mackay. Despite de- cades of
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 26the TESMaP voyage on Tongaroa and later ? lled in by Maxlimer from SEA-KIT International. Jasmin McInerney, Ocean Instrument Engineer, Employment of technology during talking to crew in the workboat deploying the glider. Phase One of TESMaP. RV Tangaroa ? anked by the islands of HTHH. Left - Hunga Ha’apai
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 25Eruption Seabed Mapping Even before the recent HT-HH erup- corals, sponges, star? sh and mussels. Project (TESMaP) to understand the ex- tion, subsea technology helped scien- This indicated the resilience of certain tent of impact and inform future manage- tists uncover the behaviors of underwa- marine ecosystems
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 23the volcano and travelling faster than expected. Why was this? HA‘APAI While the answers might not yet be clear, scientists have continued employing technology to better understand the behavior of submarine ERUPTION volcanoes and their seabed surroundings. “Seismology and acoustics are both the study of
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 20AUVSI Xponential 6DQ'LHJR&$86$ May/June 2024 July/August 2024 August 2024 Ad close May 21 Ad close July 21 Ad close Aug. 4 Dredging Technology Autonomous Vehicle Operations Digital Edition ?+\GURJUDSKLF6XUYH\ ?8QGHUZDWHU7RROV 0DQLSXODWRUV ?6FLHQWL?F'HFN0DFKLQHU\ ?*36*\UR&RPSDVVHV 0(06 ?:RUNFODVV5
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 19of time. Also, because FiGS sales, marketing and management in data is combined with detailed CP models developed using the sector since 2001. FORCE Technology’s SeaCorrTM software, it’s possible to easily identify issues such as hotspots including areas of un- tion based on condition of CP system, Current
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 18, revolutionizes this process by ent sensor for use on ROVs and AUVs developed by FORCE providing detailed insights into the lifespan of the CP system. Technology employs a novel approach with its electrodes This capability enables operators to tailor survey schedules mounted on a rotating head. Called FiGS
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 17plan. structures. The most common form of measuring CP systems is known simply as ‘stabbing’. It involves the use of a contact probe Field Gradient Technology (a.k.a., ‘CP stabber’) making direct contact measurement to Data quality and value improves through the use of non-con- the steel structure and
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 16TECH FEATURE IMR Image courtesy FORCE Technology OPTIMIZING CATHODIC PROTECTION SURVEY USING NON-CONTACT SENSORS By Svenn Magen Wigen, FORCE Technology he principle behind sacri? cial anodes, which are water structures, reducing the need for frequent repairs and used to safeguard underwater pipelines
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 15keep the glider on track. It is expected that the Slocum Sentinel Glider will con- MARINE tinue the upward trajectory of glider use in a variety of ap- TECHNOLOGY plications, including new, non-traditional ? elds for glider use, such as oceanographic mapping and surveying. The TV glider user community and
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 13Slocum Glider through an the past two decades, growing from especially high-energy sensors – and increased diameter to gain better volu- emerging technology to one of the most the need to operate in more diverse metric ef? ciency and is 8 feet in length. widely used tools for oceanographic water
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 11a valuable foun- dation of knowledge for use not only in future post-con? ict clearance ops, but during future con? ict scenarios as well. www.marinetechnologynews.com 11 MTR #3 (1-17).indd 11 4/4/2024 8:53:19 A
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 9, a small AUV that can sist in localizing moored mines, airborne MCM rotorcraft uti- be deployed from an unmanned surface vessel (USV) to both www.marinetechnologynews.com 9 MTR #3 (1-17).indd 9 4/4/2024 8:52:46 A