Polish Studies on Saturation Diving and Practical Application of Their Findings. Part III A, Technical and Organisational Issues of the Implementation of Saturation Diving in Poland from the 1990s Onwards. Part 1

• Autorzy: Skrzyński Stanisław

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/phr-2023-0008

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article is another in a series of articles on the research and implementation of saturation diving technology in Poland. It discusses the specificities related to the implementation of this technology against the background of economic and historical conditions in our country. In Poland, the issue of saturation diving for the needs of the emerging offshore mining industry has been for over a dozen years dealt with by the Department of Diving Equipment and Technology of Underwater Works (Polish abbr. ZSNiTPP). In parallel, deep diving technologies were developed, in the first stage, as a basic diving technology and, since 1994, as complementary to ensure the full backup for saturation diving. Since 1995, saturation diving has become an everyday occurrence in the Polish economic zone of the Baltic Sea. This article shows the difficult path that the implementation of saturation diving took during a period of economic instability when the scale of the domestic offshore industry's facilities was small compared to global companies. Selected animators and participants in the implementation are recalled for two periods: one marked with the cooperation with the Italian underwater services company RANA and the other one, a period of implementation of long-term underwater works based on national capabilities. The article also considers the technical and organisational conditions for the implementation of saturation diving for the Polish mining industry. In 1990, the Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Company Petrobaltic (today LOTOS) played one of the key roles in the implementation of saturation diving in our country. The implementation of saturation diving in Poland was linked to the only operational diving system of Italian production, the Af-2, which enabled scientific research related to the application of new technical solutions and testing under operational conditions, as well as contributed to the development of scientific, engineering, and medical staff for the Polish offshore industry. The company played one of the main roles in the implementation of saturation diving in our country The 1995 became a landmark year in the history of saturation diving in Poland, as well as in the Baltic Sea. Through this technology, the process of installing the first two underwater exploitation heads on production wells B3-7 and B3-10 was initiated. The saturation diving was possible thanks to the leasing of the Af-2 diving system by Petrobaltic and its subsequent purchase by the Naval Academy in 1998.This system, after a series of upgrades, is still in service today.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

saturation diving technology; decompression tables; saturation diving parameters; long-term underwater work; diving system; emergencies; operational saturation diving; mobile diving system; saturation diving base; breathing mixtures

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Medycyny i Techniki Hiperbarycznej
• Czasopismo: Polish Hyperbaric Research
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: nr 2(83)
• Strony: 7--22
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 7 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Skrzyński Stanisław

• Department of Underwater Works Technology, Polish Naval Academy, Gdynia, Poland

Bibliografia

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