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4 INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE
4 INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE
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Because of their economic dominance, these four groups represent that segment of the nonmilitary, marine industrial sector that the committee concluded could benefit the most from future ONR-supported research and technology development. OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY Whether measured by payroll, value output, capital investment, geographic reach, or technical complexity, the offshore oil and gas industry (including exploration and production, as well as pipeline operation and maintenance)
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. This low success rate is primarily due to lack of compatible strategies, unclear or conflicting objectives and time frames, cultural barriers, inability to fulfill customer expectations, and lack of implementation plans and alliance management (David Clementz, Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, personal communication, 1995~.
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Drilling and production platforms need design criteria based on atmospheric and oceanographic conditions, stress and load analysis, soil shear strength, and consolidation of the underlying seafloor. Platform construction and maintenance presents its own set of challenges: .
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Acoustic, fiber-optic, and hard-wire data transmission Subsea pipeline construction and operation requirements include installation methods, leak detection, fluid metering, oil and water cut monitoring, wall thickness monitoring, and methods for maintaining pipeline location. A recent survey conducted by the National Petroleum Council (NPC)
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Areas of R&D within ONR 33 that are directly applicable to oil and gas industry needs include the following: · Separation of oily wastewater at sea · Subsea construction technologies · Monitoring methods for structures and coatings · Environmental monitoring and modeling methods Recent declassification of remote sensing data from defense satellites such as the Navy's geodetic satellite GEOSAT has generated tremendous interest in both the petroleum and fisheries industry, as these new data allow greater accuracy in determining seafloor structure from observations of sea surface elevations. The offshore petroleum industry needs surface meteorologic data as well as bathymetric data and oceanographic data for many specific areas (e.g., the Malacca Straits, the South China Sea, the Gulf of Thailand, Scotland's northwest approaches, Ireland's western approaches, the Gulf of Mexico, coastal West Africa [Angola]
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Although information of this type is not technology, the Navy has data pertinent to fisheries interests, which could be transferred to the commercial sector through various forecasting and data distribution services. Remote imaging techniques are important in locating and assessing fish stocks, an important component of fish stock management and development.
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The larger operators are typically associated with offshore oil and gas activities. Many service providers have a large capital
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Undersea power sources with greater energy and power densities are a major component of these operating systems. The need for remotely operated systems will grow with the increasing depths and costs of oil exploration; its development will greatly affect work vehicles used at depth and the vehicles used to monitor and survey pipelines.
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