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- OTC '89 SPECIAL PREVIEW Maritime Reporter, Apr 1989 #25
May 1-4, Houston, Texas The annual Offshore Technology Conference, OTC '89, will once again be held in the spacious Astrodomain Complex in Houston, Texas, on May 1-4,1989. The event, one of the largest of its kind in the world, will consist of an exceptional technical program and a large exhibition, featuring more than 1,200 exhibiting companies. The more than 25,000 registrants will be able to view some of the latest advances giny equipment and offshore technolo- Besides its extensive exhibition, the 21st annual OTC will feature two keynote sessions, six topical luncheons and 12 special sessions.
The two general interest keynote sessions highlight the 54-session technical program. The program will consist of over 300 papers, making it the largest number ever presented at OTC.
"Industry Trends for the Future," will be presented on Monday, May 1, by a panel of experts. The session will focus on prospects for the offshore industry. On Tuesday, May 2, "Safety Considerations," will focus on future adoption of specific precautions in the wake of the Piper Alpha experience and other offshore incidents.
Leading engineers, scientists and managers from both industry and academia will participate in the 12 special sessions scheduled on the OTC program. The program will examine major offshore projects in the areas of the South China Sea, Gulf of Mexico, North Sea and the South Atlantic off Brazil. The special sessions will focus on newly developing technologies in the fields of geotechnical work, oilfield equipment seals, and corrosion-resistant alloys. Such major projects as Bullwinkle, Oseberg, and Smit compact semisubmersible are examined.
Three topical luncheons each will be held on Monday, May 1, and Wednesday, May 3. The Monday luncheons will include: "Green Canyon Joliet Field," by Cornelis Langewis Jr., general manager of the Green Canyon Project, Conoco, Inc.; "Offshore China," by You Dehua, vice president of China National Offshore Oil Corp.; and "Gulf of Mexico Lease Economics," by Joseph E. Warren, president of Joseph E. Warren Inc. On Wednesday, "Placid's Operating Experience," will be presented by Phillip G. Clarke, vice president of operations, Placid Oil Co., as well as "Tommeliten—Marginal Field Development for the Future," by Egril Endresen, senior vice president, Statoil, and "Offshore Launch Platforms," by Norman D. Howard, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co.
Such national and international companies and organizations as the American Bureau of Shipping, Alexander Industries, Beaird Industries, Canadian Marine Drilling, Brown & Root, Cummins Engine and Schottel- Lips will be among the 1,200 exhibitors occupying the 17 acres of exhibit space of the Astrodomain Complex and outdoor display area at OTC '89. Such countries as Brazil, Canada, Italy, France, Japan, Sweden, the U.K. and West Germany will be represented in what is considered the offshore industry's leading international event.
For more than 20 years, the Offshore Technology Conference has been the largest annual forum in the world for the exchange of offshore and ocean resources technology.
Through the years, as worldwide offshore industry announced a series of major technological advances at this event, the stature and importance of OTC grew.
Last year, OTC marked its 20th anniversary with an extensive technical program and major exhibition.
OTC assembled a special museum to display the immense development and range of offshore technology produced during its 20 years in existence.
OTC primarily serves offshore industry engineers, managers, scientists and marine-related personnel from around the world. Over 1 million participants from around 90 countries have attended the combined technical programs and exhibitions of OTC since its inception in 1969.
The conference is sponsored by 11 prominent engineering and scientific organizations, including the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), with combined worldwide memberships in excess of 700,000. The event is managed by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) for the sponsoring organizations.
For further information on OTC, contact: Fred Herbst, public rela- tions manager, Offshore Technology Conference, P.O. Box 833868, Richardson, Texas 75083-3868; telephone: (214) 669-0072; and telex: 730989 SPEDAL.
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 45ronments. The new agreement will address speci? c techni- cal gaps in the UUV defense and offshore energy markets especially for long duration, multi-payload mission opera- tions where communications are often denied or restricted. As part of the new alliance, Metron’s Resilient Mission Autonomy portfolio
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 43Image courtesy Kongsberg Discovery Image courtesy Teledyne Marine New Products Teledyne Marine had its traditional mega-booth at Oi, busy start to ? nish. Image courtesy Greg Trauthwein offers quality sub-bottom pro? ling capability without the need tion of offshore windfarms. GeoPulse 2 introduces new
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 41optimal performance. The vide a visual identi? cation of the vehicle’s surroundings. Quadroin now features a Nortek Nucleus1000 integrated subsea The newly integrated EvoLogics AI-powered object recogni- navigation package that couples Nortek’s DVL technology with tion module allows detecting objects
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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: 33regulated industry in the world.” How- ever, commercial success depends on many factors, not least a predictable OPEX. Over the past four years, SMD has worked with Oil States Industries to calculate cost per tonne ? gures for prospective customers. Patania II uses jet water pumps to Oil States’
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 32FEATURE SEABED MINING by a sea? oor plume from its pilot collection 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
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 30FEATURE SEABED MINING bilical. It has passive heave compensation which nulli? es the necott. “The focus since then has been on scaling while en- wave, current and vessel motions that in? uence loads in the suring the lightest environmental impact,” says The Metals power umbilical. The LARS can
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 29n January, Norway said “yes” to sea- bed mining, adding its weight to the momentum that is likely to override the calls for a moratorium by over 20 countries and companies such as I Google, BMW, Volvo and Samsung. Those against mining aim to protect the unique and largely unknown ecology of the sea?
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 27SEA-KIT USV Maxlimer returning from HT-HH caldera in Tonga. © SEA-KIT International data and further assess ecosystem recov- ery. What is known, noted Caplan-Auer- bach, is that the impact of submarine vol- canoes on humans is rare. “The HT-HH eruption was a tragedy, but it was very unusual. It let us
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 26FEATURE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION & SENSORS Kevin Mackay, TESMaP voyage leader and Center head of the South and West Paci? c Regional Centre of Seabed 2030. Kevin in the seismic lab at Greta Point looking at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano 3D map completed with data from the TESMaP voyage
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 25Auerbach explained that ideally, “one ? ed layers of geothermal activity,” noted changes over an area of 8,000 km2. They would have both instruments: seismom- Skett, “and the change in salinity and dis- found up to seven km3 of displaced ma- eters to detect and locate subsurface ac- solved particles for
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 23elatively inactive since 2014, the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai (HT-HH) submarine volcano began erupting on December 20, 2021, reaching peak intensity on January 15, 2022. This triggered tsunamis throughout the Pa- R ci? c, destroyed lives and infrastructure, and generated the largest explosion recorded
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 202024 Editorial Calendar January/Februay 2024 February 2024 March/April 2024 Ad close Jan.31 Ad close March 21 Ad close Feb. 4 Underwater Vehicle Annual Offshore Energy Digital Edition ?2?VKRUH:LQG$)ORDWLQJ)XWXUH ?2FHDQRJUDSKLF?QVWUXPHQWDWLRQ 6HQVRUV ?6XEVHD'HIHQVH ?6XEVHD'HIHQVH7KH+XQWIRU ?0DQLS
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 19About the Author vey with the pipe tracker is not required, resulting in signi? - Svenn Magen Wigen is a Cathodic Protection and corrosion control cant cost savings, mainly related to vessel charter. expert having worked across The major advantage of using FiGS on any type of subsea engineering, design
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 18TECH FEATURE IMR There are also weaknesses in terms of accuracy because of FiGS Operations and Bene? ts signal noise and the ability to detect small ? eld gradients. In Conventional approaches to evaluating cathodic protection this process there is a risk that possible issues like coating (CP)
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 17• Integrity assessment, and otherwise covered, e.g., by rock dump. As for depletion of • Mitigation, intervention and repair. sacri? cial anodes, this can be dif? cult or even impossible to Selecting the best method for collecting the data these work- estimate due to poor visibility, the presence of
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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: 15sensor options for longer mission periods. About the Author For glider users working in ? sheries and conservation, Shea Quinn is the Product Line Manager the Sentinel can run several high-energy passive and active of the Slocum Glider at Teledyne Webb acoustic sensors, on-board processing, and imaging
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 13nyone familiar with glider hardware options integrated for a broad Glider answers that need,” said Shea autonomous underwater ve- range of missions. Quinn, Slocum Glider Product Line hicles (AUVs) is certainly “As the use of Slocum Gliders grew, Manager at TWR. A familiar with the popular- so did
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 11assist in identifying mines and act as a neutralization device. About the Author Bottom mines pose even greater chal- David R. Strachan is a defense analyst and founder of lenges. Unlike contact mines, bottom Strikepod Systems, a research and strategic advisory mines utilize a range of sensors to
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 9from marinas along the western coast. The exact number of lizing laser detection systems can detect mines just below the mines, as well as their locations, remains largely a mystery, surface, even those hiding in murky water. The Airborne Laser although reports suggest that over three hundred have been
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 4Editorial NIWA-Nippon Foundation TESMaP/ Rebekah Parsons-King www.marinetechnologynews.com ast month marked the resounding NEW YORK 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 return of Oceanology Interna- Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fax: (212) 254-6271 tional in London, perennially one Lof the world’s most important