Subsea Controls
and Data
Acquisition:
Controlling the
Future Subsea
7–8 June 2006 Toulon, France
SUT and Institute of Measurement and Control co-organised two-day international conference
Sponsored by Pôle Mer/TVT and FMC Technologies
Report
by Ian Gallett
Overview
This international and biennial conference in the field of Subsea Control and Data Acquisition is aimed at those engaged in remote control and monitoring of subsea systems. The conference held in June 2006 in Toulon provided a unique forum for the supplier and operator of subsea technology, where one could exchange views and experiences. The conference focused on all aspects of subsea controls system engineering, with a special highlight on future technology and the benign impact it will have on the environment. The aim was to bring together the many and diverse disciplines engaged internationally in this area of expertise. The trend was towards new geographical areas, either in deeper water or with longer distance offsets, all involving new challenges, which range from drilling and production to work-over systems requirements.
Experience gained and current challenges, as well as new advances in technology was the main topics of discussion, as was meeting the future challenges for the oil and gas industry.
This unique underwater conference, which has represented the oil industry control systems groups for several years, deals with controls and communication, remote data acquisition and the enabling technologies associated with hydrocarbon exploitation from a subsea environment.