THE DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURING THE EXPLOITATIONS OF THE ARCTIC OFFSHORE HYDROCARBONS FIELDS BY USING THE ROBOTIZED LEGGED PLATFORMS
The Problems of using technological robotic platforms with legged drives for development of offshore oil and natural gas fields of the Arctic continental shelf are considered. The following problems can be solvedwith the usage of robotic legged platforms: deposit exploration, engineering survey, drilling of the wells for various purposes, supervising and maintenance of underwater equipment, laying of cables and pipelines on the deposit (including trench digging), connecting and disconnecting of electrical and hydraulic communications,taking soil samples, supervising of wells, installing bottom base and wellhead, control of the emission and leaks of gas, oil and the process fluids, transportation of consumables and spare parts.The models of usage of robotic legged platform for the development of underwater oil and natural gas deposits of the Arctic shelf are offered.The advantages of the offered technology are: reduction of time of design and arrangement of underwater mineral deposits, reduction of cost of drilling wells of various purposes, increasing mobility of the equipment within the range of facility on the shelf.