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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Subsea 7 Limited, Sutton, GB;
Inventor:
James Andrew Jamieson, Balmedie, GB;
Assignee:
Subsea 7 Limited, Sutton, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63B 27/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B63B 27/10 (2013.01); B63G 2008/007 (2013.01); B63G 2008/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) docked to a tether management system (TMS) is lifted outboard into water beside a vessel while deploying an umbilical that effects communication with the ROV via a tether of the TMS. After undocking the ROV to swim away from the TMS while deploying the tether, the TMS is suspended over the water while the ROV performs a subsea mission. A mobile or transportable ROV support unit can be positioned on a deck of a vessel of opportunity to facilitate deployment of the ROV, the TMS and the umbilical and to control the ROV during the mission.