A system and method of operating a subsea module
AssigneeOceaneering AS
InventorRune HANSEN
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Abstract
A system for managing and controlling a subsea module is described herein. The system includes a deployment module configured to releasably receive and accommodate the subsea module and a load-bearing cable. One end of the load-bearing cable is connected to the subsea module and the other end is connected to a cable control device on the deployment module. The subsea module may be lowered out of and retracted into the deployment module. The subsea module may be configured to hold a subsea vehicle, such as a remotely operated vehicle or autonomous underwater vehicle. The subsea module may also be a remotely operated tool.
Claims21
A system for managing and controlling a subsea module, comprising:
- a deployment module having lifting lugs and a chassis on which an umbilical winch is arranged, and a first interface for releasably receiving and accommodating the subsea module;
- wherein the deployment module is configured to be placed on a carrier structure and connected to an electrical power and signal interface unit on the carrier structure, the carrier structure being one of a ship, a floating platform;
- a fixed offshore, inshore or atshore installation, or a quay;
- a load-bearing umbilical cable or a load-bearing wire or rope in combination with a piggy-back control cable, one end of which is connected to the subsea module and the other end of which is connected to the umbilical winch on the deployment module, wherein the subsea module may be lowered out of and retracted into the deployment module;
- wherein the deployment module is configured to be placed on the carrier structure when the subsea module is at a subsea location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.