VideoRay P4 OG 300 Oil & Gas Offshore ROV Configuration.
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OFFSHORE OVERVIEW:
The offshore industry is one of the primary beneficiaries of small ROV evolution. In this market, there is a considerable history of ROVs that handle underwater work in deep water (greater than 300 meters) depth ratings, or the ability to carry heavy payload or tools. Larger "Work Class" ROVs that perform these feats are a multi-billion dollar industry that had developed to meet oil and gas exploration, production, and handling tasks.
However, many of the tasks assigned to work class ROVs – or human divers – is shallow (less than 300 meters) and involves searching, inspecting, or surveying underwater. These tasks are ideally suited to VideoRay ROV technology. Since VideoRays are smaller, lighter, and consume very little power, they can be deployed from many different areas on rigs and ships. Since they have very little mass, they can be safely used on comparatively delicate machinery without fear of damage. Since deployment involves simply heaving the submersible by hand into the water, they can be deployed in sea states where using larger machines is too dangerous. And their smaller size means they can penetrate areas where other machines are too small.
You might think that the smaller size would mean less current handling. However, the thrust to weight ratio of a VideoRay is so large, the tether so small, and the design so hydrodynamic that this is not the case. In reality, VideoRays can handle MORE current than most work class ROVs in the shallow areas in which they are deployed.
SPECIFIC OFFSHORE JOB TASKS:
FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) Inspection
Structural and Intake Inspection
UWILD (Underwater In Lieu of Drydocking) Vessel Inspection
VIDEORAY OFFSHORE IMAGES » VideoRay P4 OG 300 Oil & Gas Offshore ROV Configuration. Launching the VideoRay Pro 4 submersible off a rig can be done by hand or with the assistance of a LARS. Typical VideoRay Pro 4 Control station set-up on a rig. It can be moved by one person to an alternate location in minutes. Rugged VideoRay P4 Control Panel with a Toughbook PC can take a lot of abuse on a rig - it's also extremely easy to pilot. The compact size of the submersible means it can reach places that other larger ROVs cannot - here it is deployed down a riser turret to inspect an FPSO anchoring system. The VideoRay ROV control panel's small "footprint" means it can be set-up and piloted from nearly anywhere. Launching a VideoRay ROV to inspect footings on a LNG pipeline in Sakhalin Russia. Multiple team members are trained on the VideoRay ROV system allowing anyone to be successful on a mission. Still video image from the VideoRay ROV approaching the bulls eye indicator for a visual. Offshore VideoRay ROV professional Steve Van Meter with one of his famous self portraits. Bjarte Langeland of Stinger Technology AS, an offshore specialist company in Norway, with his Methane Sniffer rig that includes a VideoRay Pro 4 ROV. The Stinger Technology VideoRay Pro 4 leaving the sniffer rig - still image from their other Pro 4. The ability to launch the VideoRay Pro 4 from anywhere on the rig means more coverage and more data. Piloting the VideoRay ROV in the Gulf of Mexico. VideoRay with a Shell and Shell Oil personnel in Sakhalin Russia. VideoRay P4 OG 300 Oil & Gas Offshore ROV Configuration. Launching the VideoRay Pro 4 submersible off a rig can be done by hand or with the assistance of a LARS. Typical VideoRay Pro 4 Control station set-up on a rig. It can be moved by one person to an alternate location in minutes. Rugged VideoRay P4 Control Panel with a Toughbook PC can take a lot of abuse on a rig - it's also extremely easy to pilot. The compact size of the submersible means it can reach places that other larger ROVs cannot - here it is deployed down a riser turret to inspect an FPSO anchoring system. The VideoRay ROV control panel's small "footprint" means it can be set-up and piloted from nearly anywhere. Launching a VideoRay ROV to inspect footings on a LNG pipeline in Sakhalin Russia. Multiple team members are trained on the VideoRay ROV system allowing anyone to be successful on a mission. Still video image from the VideoRay ROV approaching the bulls eye indicator for a visual. Offshore VideoRay ROV professional Steve Van Meter with one of his famous self portraits. Bjarte Langeland of Stinger Technology AS, an offshore specialist company in Norway, with his Methane Sniffer rig that includes a VideoRay Pro 4 ROV. The Stinger Technology VideoRay Pro 4 leaving the sniffer rig - still image from their other Pro 4. The ability to launch the VideoRay Pro 4 from anywhere on the rig means more coverage and more data. Piloting the VideoRay ROV in the Gulf of Mexico. VideoRay with a Shell and Shell Oil personnel in Sakhalin Russia.
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