Submerging Supreme: ROV Competition Preps Students for Future Deepwater Engineering [Slide Show]

Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 18:00 in Earth & Climate

From the beginning of the Deepwater Horizon crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) have been responsible for carrying out every attempt to stop the flow of oil, and their mixed record of success--installing lower marine riser package (LMRP) cap on June 3 but damaging the gas venting system on June 23, for example--reflects just how difficult is it to operate more than a mile below the surface. [More] Gulf of Mexico - Deepwater Horizon - Marine riser tensioner - Oil - Remotely operated underwater vehicle

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