If we were to take a typical multi role survey vessel we would expect to offer a broad range of survey services, which may include swathe bathymetry, analogue seismic, high resolution seismic, environmental and geotechnical sampling, for example, writes JohnBHopwood.
Section: Equipment & Cabling
Publication Date: February 2008 The latest addition to the TSS (International) range is its Orion Inertial Navigation System which uses ring laser technology and the latest TSS algorithms to provide highly accurate, reliable data in a compact and affordable package.
Section: Equipment & Cabling
Publication Date: February 2008 ROVs come in many shapes and sizes. For the past two decades electric and hydraulic ROVs have complemented each other, with the bigger hydraulic systems finding its main use as work horses within the offshore oil and gas industry, and the electric ROVs as observation platforms for the oil and gas industry.
Section: Equipment & Cabling
Publication Date: February 2008 Towing multiple seismic arrays in the search for oil requires a reliable, high-strength, mid-span attachment point for paravanes and floats.
Section: Equipment & Cabling
Publication Date: February 2008 Since pipelines and transported substances are high value assets, continuous and smooth operation is of utmost importance. In the early days inspection and maintenance was focused on securing functionality from a supply and economic point of view.
Section: Equipment & Cabling
Publication Date: January 2008 Within the OBC seismic industry there is a growing need for smarter designs to cope with the high price and short life time of traditional wire armoured OBCs.
Section: Equipment & Cabling
Publication Date: January 2008 Technology is generating a lot of chatter in the seismic community and among the seismic-literate in client oil companies
Section: Equipment & Cabling
Publication Date: January 2008