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DOCUMENTS
NEW ARTICLES/PAPERS PRESENTED
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International Symposium on Underwater Technology 2007 International Workshop
on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies 2007
17-20 April 2007
IIS Conference Hall, "Haricot"
Komaba Research Campus
the University of Tokyo, Japan
This Symposium has been organized by the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES),
its Japan Chapter, the University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science
(IIS), the US Office of Naval Research Global-Asia (ONR) and Japan Agency for
Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), along with host organizations
from several countries. This Symposium will provide a thematic umbrella under
which attendees will discuss the problems and potential long-term solutions
that concern not only the Pacific Rim countries, but the world in general.
Abstract #1065,
"Power and Communication Architectures for Cabled Subsea Observatories",
written by Stewart Barlow, John Flynn and Will Mudge of ODI, and Shu Terada of
Shoshin, has been presented at this world-class symposium.
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Undersea Distributed Networked Systems Conference
Event #7280
February 13-15, 2007
Newport, Rhode Island
ODI's Abstract, "Gateway
Subsea Interconnect System" has been accepted for presentation as a
poster.
NDIA and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division are co-sponsoring the
inaugural Undersea Distributed Networked Systems (DNS) Conference to be held
February 13-15, 2007 in Newport, RI. The primary goal of the conference is to
create a national coalition of government, industry, and academia centers of
expertise in undersea DNS. The purpose is to synergize the innovation; basic
and applied research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E); and
technology transition for achieving the full potential offered by DNS to
next-generation undersea warfare (USW) capabilities.
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DOT 2006
George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston, Texas
November 28 - 30, 2006
ODI Booth #717
ODI has once again been asked to present their latest technology at a leading
forum addressing technical issues related to exploration, development, and
production of oil and gas in deep and ultra deepwater basins around the world.
Shadi Awwad of ODI will present
"Long-Offset Tieback - The Challenges & Solutions for Subsea Connections"
on November 29, 2006, Wednesday, at 9am in Session 4 - Subsea / Flow Assurance
Track.
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Oceans'06 MTS/IEEE-Boston
Hynes Convention Center
Boston, Massachusetts USA
September 18-21, 2006
ODI Booth #TBD
The Oceans 06 MTS/IEEE-Boston Conference and Exhibition will be held in Boston
Massachusetts from September 18-21, 2006. The birthplace of the American
Revolution, Massachusetts and the surrounding New England region enjoys a
centuries-old relationship with the ocean; from the fishing and whaling ports
of Gloucester and New Bedford to the premier technology centers of the Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution and the US Navy's Undersea Warfare Center. The
OCEANS 06-Boston technical program will continue to emphasize the traditional
core areas of marine science and technology development.
ODI presented the following paper
"Current and Future Wet-Mate Connector Technology Developments for Scientific
Seabed Observatory Applications" written by Howard Painter and John
Flynn on September 19th, Tuesday, between 10:15am and 12 Noon, in Meeting Room
103, at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston Massachusetts.
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Rio Oil & Gas 2006
Riocentro Convention Centre
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
September 11 to 14, 2006
ODI Stand #I-10
The 2006 edition of the Rio Oil & Gas Expo and Conference will use to
advantage the potential of Riocentro Convention Centre. The exhibition will
take place in the four pavilions, a total of 30.500 square meter area,
confirming its position among the most important oil & gas events in the
world.
Rio Oil & Gas Conference, held concurrently with the Exposition, attracts
important professionals and industry leaders in search for new technologies and
management practices in the oil and gas industry, to Rio de Janeiro.
ODI presented the following paper
"Subsea to Shore - The Challenges and Solutions for Subsea Connections"
written by Howard Painter, Perry Wright and Gary Clark on September 12th,
Tuesday, at the Riocentro Convention Centre in Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
Please download a Portuguese version of this abstract for your review.
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SUBSEA SOLUTIONS
June 1st 2006 - Paris France
Espace Grande Arche, Espace Eiffel
Europe's fastest-growing subsea event, focuses on one of the oil and gas
industry's fastest growing markets. Held in Paris, a hub for West African
projects and developments, Subsea Solutions not only showcases world-leading
subsea technology and services but debates the challenges facing the sector and
provides practical information on business opportunities in West Africa from
the key people involved in the projects. This year's panel of speakers
represent the major oil companies currently operating in West Africa including
BP, Exxon Mobil and Total. ODI has been asked to present their paper entitled
"Long Step-outs - The Challenges and Solutions for Subsea Connections",
co-written by Roger White, Gary Clark and Perry Wright.
For your review, may we present Mr. White's PowerPoint presentation,
"Subsea Solutions Paris 2006 RW.ppt".(file size: 16MB)
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OTC 2006
Reliant Center
Houston, Texas USA
May 1 - 4, 2006
ODI Booth 5417
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is the world's foremost event for the
development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration,
production, and environmental protection. With an attendance that consistently
exceeds 50,000 and more than 2,000 exhibiting companies, OTC is ranked among
the largest annually held trade shows in the US. During the morning session of
the May 1st Production Optimization Technology Technical Program, ODI presented
their paper "Fiber-Optic
Down-Hole Sensing - A Discussion on Applications and Enabling Well-Head
Connection Technology" .This abstract was co-authored by Perry J.
Wright, Fiber Optic Technology Manager at ODI, and Willard Womack, Senior
Project Engineer at ODI. We have also included Mr. Wright
presentation for review here as well.
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SCC'06 - Scientific Submarine Cable 2006, Dublin Castle, Ireland 8th to 10th
February 2006
This workshop will provide a forum for the exchange of information between
managers, scientists and engineers working internationally in the earth and
ocean sciences, and underwater technology. The latest scientific results using
submarine cables and new technologies to enable versatile submarine cable
networks will be included among the topics, and should be of interest to all
participants.
ODI has been asked to contribute in this prestigious workshop by co-authoring a
abstract "A Need for Underwater Ethernet Standards" .
This abstract was written by Steven Lerner Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution (WHOI), Patrick Fischer-Carne of ODI, Andrew Maffei of WHOI, Adrian
Round, University of Victoria, and Frederick Sonnichsen, WHOI, and will be
addressing the Conference Topic of "Standards".
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Presentation of the paper "The
Evolution of ROV Wet-Mate Connector Technology in
Supplying High Bandwidth / High Power / Deep Water Solutions for
Scientific Ocean Observatory Market" . This paper was written
by Stewart Barlow, John Flynn and Wll Mudge of ODI, Gary Waterworth of
Alcatel Submarine Networks Ltd., and Nazeeh Shaheen of Nautronix MariPro, Inc.
We have also included the PowerPoint presentation for your review,
entitled "SSC'06 by ODI.ppt".
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ODI's Articles/Papers Presented in 2005
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IEEE/OES Homeland Security Ocean and Maritime Technology Workshop
Marriott Hotel
Newport, Rhode Island USA
December 6 to 8, 2005
ODI #10
Ocean Design, Inc., will be taking part in this vital conference on new
technologies available for Homeland Security. The purpose of the workshop is to
bring together technology companies, large defense contractors, military,
government, academia, and non-for-profit institutes who are developing
technologies and products for Ocean and Maritime Technologies for
Infrastructure Protection. This IEEE-OES workshop provides an unprecedented
opportunity to network with engineers, scientists, maritime legal experts,
local, state, and federal government personnel who all share a common concern
and goal in providing advance technologies to protect vital maritime
infrastructure and provide for the safety of our ports, coastal eco-systems and
our oceans. John Flynn, Director of Sales & Marketing, and Ken Nagengast,
VP of Engineering, of ODI, will be presenting
"Subsea Interconnectivity Solutions for Coastal Homeland Security Systems",
a review of available hardware and applications developed by ODI, as well as
future hardware under development, to further the ability to easily deploy and
reconfigure the subsea Homeland Security Systems.
"The full PowerPoint
presentation is also available in .pdf format to download."
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ODI Deepwater Connectivity: Subsea Network Solutions for
Kizomba B
 Offshore Magazine, Oil & Gas Journal,
Oil and Gas Financial Journal and ExxonMobil have released a special
publication regarding the development of the Kizomba B project offshore West
Africa. The publication follows the development of this field from initial
seismic activity to first production. As a provider of subsea network
solutions, ODI has been invited to participate in this publication. The
publication will highlight the unprecedented level of teamwork, which lead to
the world-class execution of the Kizomba B project, of which ODI was an
integral participant.
[download the
article]
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ODI's Kizomba A Project
 ExxonMobil identified vital suppliers in
their ESSO Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited Kizomba A Project, offshore
West Africa, and invited them to participate in a special publication that will
provide an in-depth look at the development of this project and the development
of the technology that made this important project possible. ODI, as an
integral provider of technology and equipment, was asked to contribute an
article for this publication, "ODI Connection Technology: Providing Field
Proven Deepwater Electrical Interconnect Capabilities for Kizomba A". This
special publication is being distributed as a supplement, delivered with the
October issues of Offshore Magazine and Oil & Gas Journal, leading
publications of the Oil and Gas Market.
[download the
article]
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ODI's Articles/Papers Presented in 2004
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OpticsEast 2004
Optical Science, Sensors and Systems
Technology, Architecture, Applications
25-28 October 2004
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
OpticsEast is the forum for leading technical creativity and discovery. In
keeping with this theme ODI was asked again to present a paper on their
cutting-edge technology, "HT/HP X-Tree and
Down-hole Fiber Optic Connectors and Their Uses on Subsea Intelligent Wells"
by Perry Wright, Fiber Optic Technology Manager.
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ENERGY OCEAN 2004
June 28 & 29, 2004
The Breakers - Palm Beach Florida USA
ODI Booth 100
The First Focused Event on Renewable Ocean Energy in the USA
Ocean Design's Greg Scull, V.P. Sales & Programs of the Defense &
Communications Group, presented "Underwater
Mateable Connections for
Flexible Offshore Installations of Renewable Energy Devices".
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Offshore Technology
Conference 2004
May 3 to 6, 2004
Houston, Texas
Ocean Design Booth #4709
Once again ODI has been asked to present a paper on our latest technology.
Perry Wright and Stewart Barlow have submitted an abstract,
"The Development and Application of HT/HP Fiber-Optic Connectors For Use On
Subsea Intelligent Wells: Part 2", which has been accepted for
presentation during this year's conference.
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March 16 to 18,
2004
London, England
Ocean Design Stand #148
At OI 2004, "Connecting Long Term
Sea Floor Observatories to the shore" (11 meg Word document) was
written and presented by Gary Waterworth of Alcatel Optical Networks Division,
Nazeeh Shaheen of Nautronix Maripro, and Steve Thumbeck of ODI.
The paper delves into the subject of ocean scientists studying the deep sea for
many years while on specialist research vessels. The ocean scientists have now
started to make the transition from exploration to understanding, where a
permanent presence on the sea floor is required to monitor both sporadic
short-term events such as earthquakes and long-term trends such as global
warming.
These multidisciplinary projects require integrated industrial products such as
deep-water fibre optic cable, science instrument nodes and underwater
connectivity to ensure the cost effective flow of reliable data to and from the
sea floor. Please download the
paper here for informative reading (this is an 11 meg word document).
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ODI's Articles/Papers Presented in 2003
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"Very High Performance,
Small Form Factor, Harsh Environment Fiber Optic Connectors"
Written by Dave Jenkins and Stewart Barlow
Presented by Dave Jenkins at
September 22 - 26, 2003
San Diego, California USA
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Cable Termination System for Deepwater Applications Article
published in ON&T
"The Development of a
Cable Termination System for Deepwater Applications"
By John Theobald, Ocean Design, Inc.
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Journal of Petroleum Technology publishes ODI article in their
August 2003 issue.
HP/HT Fiber-Optic
Connectors for Subsea Intelligent Wells
By P.J. Wright, A.D. Brees and S. Barlow
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Offshore Technology Conference 2003
"The Development of a Cable Termination System
for Deepwater Applications"
OTC Presentation & Paper # 15364, by J.M. Theobald, S. Barlow and H.E.
Painter.
"The Development and Application of
Fiber-Optic Connectors for use in Subsea Intelligent Wells"
OTC Presentation & Paper # 15323, by P.J. Wright, A.D. Brees and S. Barlow.
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Ocean Design in TotalFinaElf Canyon Express Supplement
 Ocean Design proves to be integral partner
in Canyon Express Project. The innovative and record-breaking Canyon Express
subsea field development scheme will be the benchmark and provide a road map
for future deepwater Gulf of Mexico developments
[ download the pdf ]
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ODI's Articles/Papers Presented in 2002
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RENEWABLE REALITIES 2002
October 15 to
17, 2002
Orkney, Scotland
The first international
event to focus on the practical reality of renewable energy systems: wind, wave
and tidal power.
Dave Pye, European Sales
Manager, will present his paper
"Reality of Cable Technology", which is available for
download now as a Word document (6.28 megs).
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 Underwater
September/October 2002
"Underwater Mateable Connectors in the Military and Telecom Sectors"
by Dave Jenkins, Program Director
Click here to download this article in
Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
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UNDERWATER INTERVENTION 2002
The
article above was also presented as a conference paper at Underwater
Intervention 2002 in New Orleans, Louisiana, as
"Underwater Mateable Connectors: Enabling Technology and the Next
Step in Performance for Navy and Telecom Applications"
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ODI's Articles/Papers Presented in 2001
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"Extending Tieback Distances to Shore Industry's Next Major Objective"
By Tom Romanisko, Senior Applications Engineer
and Perry Wright, Fiber Optic Technology Manager
Ocean Design, Inc.
To print the Offshore
article "Extending Tieback Distances to
Shore Industry's Next Major Objective" for reading offline, click
here.
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"Optical Fiber and Connectors: Critical For Future Subsea Systems"
By Perry J. Wright
Fiber Optic Technical Manager
Ocean Design, Inc.
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OTC 2001
OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE 2001
"Extending
Tieback Distances: Wet-Mate Connectors, Enabling Technologies for Critical
Systems Developments"
By Tom Romanisko and Perry Wright
Ocean Design, Inc.
(NOTE: This paper is a
1.2 meg Word document. Please be patient during download.)
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"Optical Fiber and Connectors: Critical
Components of Many Advanced Subsea Systems"
By Perry J. Wright
Fiber Optic Technical Manager
Ocean Design, Inc.
Presented at Subsea 2000 and UI 2001
Click
here to download this paper as a Word document, or
click here to view as an Adobe Acrobat pdf file.
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ODI's Articles/Papers Presented in 2000
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 The Ruggedization of Hybrid
Wet-Mate Connectors - Connectors Must Be Virtually Bulletproof Through
Cable-Engine Launch, Burial By Plough, Snag-Load Demate, and Finally, Recovery
By Stewart Barlow
Ocean Design Inc.
Sea Technology July 2000
Cover by Ocean Design, Inc. Norsk Hydro AS troll pilot subsea separation
and water injection system located in the North Sea (March 22, 2000). An ROV is
maneuvering an electro-optical jumper assembly to interconnect the umbilical
termination assembly (UTA) to the subsea control module (SCM). The Ocean Design
electro-optical (hybrid) connectors are mated in 350 metres depth.
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 PRESENTATION
AT OTC 2000 BY OCEAN DESIGN ENGINEER.
Shadi A. Awwad,
presented his OTC Paper No. 12150
"Fiber Optic Connectors: An Enabling Technology for High-Noise Subsea
Environments". This informative presentation outlined the benefits
associated with utilizing fiber-optics in subsea applications in general, and
in subsea separation and water injection systems in particular. Features of the
wet-mate Electro-optical (hybrid) connector were also discussed. Please
click here to download his abstract as a Word document. The paper, in
it's entirety, is available here.
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"Optical fiber's gigabit bandwidth,
200km range attractive for subsea work"
By Perry Joseph Wright - Fiber Optic Technical Manager -
Ocean Design, Inc.
Published May 2000
To print the Offshore
article for reading offline, click on:
The Future of Fiber Optics in the Offshore Oil Industry by
Perry Joseph Wright, as published in May 2000 Offshore as "Optical fiber's
gigabit bandwidth, 200km range attractive for subsea work". This is a Word
document
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ODI's Articles/Papers Presented in 1999
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Ocean Design, Inc. is pleased to present the publication of
"Advances in Undersea Connector Technology Improve Efficiency"
in the October 1999 issue of Lightwave.
To print the Lightwave
article for reading offline click on:
Innovative Connector Technology by Stewart Barlow, as published
in October 1999 Lightwave as "Advances in Undersea Connector Technology Improve
Efficiency".
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ODI's Articles/Papers Presented in 1997
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Hybrid Wet-Mate Connectors:
'Writing the Next Chapter'
By Dr. James Cairns - Ocean Design, Inc.
Published in the July 1997 issue of Sea Technology.
NOTE: Please be patient
as this article downloads. The file size is approximately 1 meg.
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