Project Utopia breaks the naval architectural mould

The concept of a floating island is not new, having first surfaced in Homer's Odyssey and making countless appearances in literature from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, C. S. Lewis' science fiction trilogy Perelandra, Hugh Lofting's The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle(1922) and the first artificially-constructed floating island makes an appearance in an 1895 novel by the father of science fiction, Frenchman Jules Verne.

Project Utopia has more in common with an oil rig than it does with a yacht, and in the word's of the consultancy, "breaks the traditional naval architectural mould which the market has come to expect and offers a truly unique outlook free from any conventional design constraints."

 

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Floating island yet in a fast growing market

The Wally Island was a 99 meter (325 feet) "gigayacht" design that dwarfed the vast majority of luxury megayachts and reconceived the yacht as a floating personal island, a mobile address that can be used as a home, an entertaining space or even a moving exhibition or show space.

It seems that now the naval architectural mold is broken, and has moved outside traditional areas, newer purpose-built, holistic designs have begun to emerge, most notably the work of work of Wally Yachts, Dutch Docklands Maldives and Italian industrial designer Michele Puzzolante.

The initiative is inspired by the idea of creating cities that are free from political agendas and social construction.

Now an Austrian-based company intends to manufacture much smaller, tailor made miniature floating islands, at a fraction of the cost.

Founder Gábor Orsós is aiming to combine the positive aspects of mainland real estate and luxury yachts at much reduced cost, albeit in comparison to superyachts.

Yacht Island Design's "Tropical Island Paradise", is a 90 metre island with a top speed of 15 knots

Designed in conjunction with BMT Nigel Gee, Yacht Island Design's Project Utopia measures some 330 ft (100 m) in length and breadth, spans 11 decks and has the equivalent floorspace of a present-day cruise liner - enough space to create an entire micro-nation.

The SBS2 will be able to float or submerge and as it dives, the pressure at depth against the forces of air would act like a heart and lungs, sustaining the life within the biomes. The central support biome will monitor the life systems from within its own operations facility.

 

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Green Float concept: a carbon negative city on the ocean

The idea of going offshore to satisfy our renewable energy needs isn't new, but the grand vision of Japan’s Shimizu Corporation goes way beyond harnessing green energy at sea for use in cities on Terra firma – it takes the whole city along for the ride. The company, along with the Super Collaborative Graduate School and Nomura Securities, is researching the technical issues involved in constructing its Green Float concept – a self-sufficient, carbon-negative floating city that would reside in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean.

The concept would comprise individual floating cells or districts resembling water lilies with a radius of 1km (0.62 miles) that would form a compact village that could house 10,000 to 50,000 people. Joining these districts together would form a city or module that would be home to 100,000 people, while a group of modules would form a country (though we assume there is some red tape involved before you get a seat at the U.N.).

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(3D Seismic Geohazard Studies (Deep water

 

In water depths greater than 200 meters, 3-D exploration seismic reflection data may be sufficient for shallow hazard assessment reporting. When previously acquired 3-D seismic data is available with sufficiently high frequency content and 100-percent coverage over the project area, shallow hazards interpretation does not require side scan sonar data. 

In such case, seafloor picks for bathymetry and seafloor amplitudes are selected by C & C geoscientists using a seismic workstation. Seabed attributes are evaluated to assess the presence of potential shallow geologic hazards and deepwater benthic communities. 

Horizons are mapped across the study area to provide details on the geologic, stratigraphic, and lithologic conditions. Assessments of shallow gas and shallow water flow are provided for each drill center as part of the well site clearance. A top-hole prognosis for each drill center is included for each well site.

 

Pipeline Surveys - Pipeline 4D

Pipeline 4D: a new standard in pipeline life-cycle survey management.

 

C & C’s newest and unique AUV, the C-Surveyor VI, renders other AUVs obsolete with innovative sensing technologies for deep water pipeline inspection and survey applications. 

In addition to C & C's standard AUV sensor suite comprising a side scan sonar, multibeam echosounder, and sub-bottom profiler, C-Surveyor VI is integrated with a 3-D bathymetric laser, a camera photo mosaic system, a hydrocarbon detector, and a magnetometer.

C-Surveyor VI delivers unmatched remote sensing capabilities, including three-dimensional "point cloud” renderings of pipelines and subsea infrastructure at five-millimeter resolution, along with geo-referenced photomosaics and magnetic measurements.

 

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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Survey and Inspection

 

C & C Technologies was first to offer commercial Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) survey services to the offshore oil and gas industry. 

In 2000, C & C's clients requested help to reduce deepwater survey and inspection costs. C & C combined its extensive operational experience with lessons learned from its US Navy unmanned research programs to introduce C-Surveyor I, the world’s first commercial AUV designed for surveys for the oil and gas industry. 

As the result of C & C's expertise and vision for the survey and mapping market, cost-effective AUV surveys are now being performed routinely in a variety of worldwide offshore applications. C & C has put this AUV technology to work for more than 74 different clients in 14 different countries to date. As the energy industry has expanded its use of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for subsea survey efforts, C & C has remained committed to leading AUV technology advancements.

 

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Intervention Tooling- Subsea inspection and integrity

The Connector Cleaner allows cleaning of connector seal surfaces while the connector is installed on a running tool. The tool uses a scissor type jacking system to access the seal surface. The cleaning module is spring loaded for uniform contact, and to limit overloading.

 

The Mooring Line Cleaning Tool removes marine growth without damaging the mooring line’s outer protective coating. The tool can be configured with various combinations of brushes for optimal performance. The tool is hydraulically opened and closed for the docking operation and integrated fail-safe locks keep the tool body closed during operation. The 6-wheel integrated traction system can operate the tool at any angle, while the suspension system enables the tool to handle uneven surfaces while cleaning.

The Multipurpose Cleaning Tool (MCT) consists of a brush head rotated by a hydraulic motor. The MCT uses a mild acid cleaning solution dispensed through the brush head. The MCT is equipped with a handle for ROV manipulator use.

Oceaneering

Oceaneering Will Be Recognized at OTC with Two Spotlight on New Technology Award

Oceaneering International, Inc. will be recognized at the 2015 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) with the presentation of two Spotlight on New Technology Awards for its Deepwater Pile Dredge and Magna Subsea Inspection System™ products. The awards honor innovative technologies based on broad appeal to the industry, proven capabilities through full-scale application or successful prototype testing, and significant impact with benefits beyond existing technologies.

The Oceaneering Deepwater Pile Dredge is an electrically-driven system with pumps that provide water jetting and suction to excavate piles at any depth. The jetting provides a 360° pattern to fluidize the soil inside the pile, and then suction pumps remove the soil from the pile.

The Oceaneering Magna Subsea Inspection System is a versatile screening inspection tool that assesses the mechanical integrity of assets at a high rate of speed without disrupting production. The advanced system is ROV-deployable, inspects 360° around the pipe, and provides real-time data of the wall condition with a single deployment.

Oceaneering is one of three companies to receive multiple 2015 Spotlight awards. The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) will take place May 4-7 in Houston, and the 2015 awards will be presented on May 4 in the NRG Center Rotunda Lobby. The Spotlight on New Technology Awards—a program for OTC exhibitors—showcase the latest and most advanced hardware and software technologies that are leading the industry into the future.

For more information, visit http://2015.otcnet.org/Content/Spotlight-on-New-Technology-Awards/.

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