VideoRay Advantage Program saves day in Offshore ROV Disaster
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A replacement VideoRay ROV sits on the deck of a work boat waiting to conduct an underwater inspection of a floating gas well jacket offshore Turkey in the Black Sea. The VideoRay was a replacement for a Deep Blue VideoRay lost in an accident 48 hours prior and was hand carried from the VideoRay factory in Pennsylvania to Istanbul, Turkey the same day the call was received for assistance.
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VideoRay operator Pavel Bohacik of Momentum Engineering uses a VideoRay ROV to observe the well head at 60 meters depth (198 feet), of a gas well offshore Turkey in the Black Sea prior to guiding a floating 75 ton jacket onto it. On his right side is a laptop running a SeaSprite scanning sonar that was used to locate the well head and record the video from the VideoRay.
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VideoRay consultant Steve Van Meter, working from the seagoing tug Roma, prepares to launch the VideoRay ROV on an inspection of a floating 75 ton gas well jacket structure offshore Turkey. Photo Credit: |
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Steve Van Meter, a VideoRay consultant conducting an inspection of a floating 75 ton gas well jacket offshore Turkey while on the floating structure - it was more stable than the small Zodiac boat provided to support the operation. The VideoRay system is very portable and can be carried almost anywhere to set up for operations. Photo Credit: |
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Working offshore on a floating gas well jacket required portable power to operate the VideoRay system. Two 12 volt batteries and an inverter were used to supply power for the inspection. Photo Credit:
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Pavel Bohacik of Momentum Engineering carries the VideoRay ROV from one location to another while inspecting a floating 75 ton gas well jacket offshore The extreme portability of the VideoRay provides unlimited opportunities to work from locations inaccessible by conventional ROV systems. Photo Credit: |
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This is the sea going tugboat Roma, minutes after the VideoRay Deep Blue was drawn into the propeller and destroyed. The only part recovered was a piece of tether that was found wrapped around the tug's propeller shaft. Photo Credit: |
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This is the jackup rig the VideoRay crew were working from when the accident happened. The control box and work point were about 55 meters (180 feet) above the water. The Tug Roma was on the right side of the rig. Photo Credit: |