please DELETE all previous versions files (I, II, & III etc.)
Save ALL files from THIS download to the same folder/directory.
  • And then Open 'Index.html' with your browser. Links in index.html refer to the other files.
  • You may need to 'Allow Blocked Content' each time you first open this html file.
  • For Simple steps to get rid of the message "Allow Blocked Content" when viewing an HTML document containing scripts on your local machine
    Go to this site.
    • Simply put:
      • Control Panel-Internet Options-Advanced-Security-Put a 'tick' in 'Allow active content to run in files on My Computer-Apply-Ok
      • Restart IE
    • The Blocked Content is a security feature of Windows XP Service Pack 2.
    • If you do not have SP2 installed, then you will never see this message.
  • I have tested this in IE (it runs 24hrs a day).....
  • And runs in Chrome ver: 5.0.375.86
  • And it has also been tested on the Opera browser. (THANX 'brmse')
    • Version:10.10 Build: 4742 Platform: Linux System i686, 2.6.32-22-generic Qt library 3.3.8b
    • With Java: Java Runtime Environment installed.
  • Tested with Ubuntu 10.10, Fedora 13, Arch linux....
    • packages needed for Ubuntu:
    • for Firefox:- gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
    • for Opera:- gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
    • mplayer: gnome-mplayer, gecko-mediaplayer
  • If a feed stops, try refreshing your browser.
    • (Otherwise the ROV is idle.)
  • If the image is stationary, the ROV is 'Monitoring/Observing'
  • Double-click on an image to give a full-screen view;
    • double-click again (or 'Esc') to restore.
  • If a feed is blank, the ROV is probably 'parked' because it is not needed,
  • or the operator is doing something else,
    •  i.e: Bathroom break; Looking at Drawings;
    • in discussion with other operators/engineers,
    • or using another camera, or the Echo-Locators.
  • or the ROV is up on deck for a 'Grease, Lube & Oil Change'
  • If the image is stationary, the ROV is 'Monitoring/Observing'
The ROV operators are all highly skilled Maintenance Engineeers.
Most have Engineering Degrees and hands on Fitter/Welder Maintenance experience,
before becoming rov operators.

There are some 16-20 ROV's in action

  • Some are acting as winches or platforms and have no cameras,
  • only echo-locators & lights &/or Spatial Reference Navigational-Locator devices.
I am showing only 12 ROV's.
Keep in mind:
  • The DEPTH; (1.53km below sea-level)
  • The WATER PRESSURE; (153bar)
  • and that the ROVs hands are NOT human hands.
  • And the ROVs have echo-locators (Like a Bat, the ROV uses echo-locators better than the Video Cameras)
Note the Depth Gauge:
  • approx: 1.53km  'below' sea-level (4996ft);
  • and compare it with the ROV Altitude: can vary from 5ft to 70ft to 90ft etc. 'above' the sea floor.(1.5 to 28 metres)
  • The Water pressure at this depth is 153 bar or 2300 psi. (so the pressure of gas coming out of the pipe is at least 3.5 to 5 times greater.)
  • The pipe above the BOP is 21 inches in diameter (54cm) and has a wall thickness of one inch. (2.5cm)
  • Total height of the BOP stack is 90 ft, and hence rises 96 ft above the sea floor to the cut.(29m)