A
world-respected innovator in the areas of dynamic positioning (DP) and
remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs), Howard Shatto led in the design of
the first subsea wellheads for drilling and production using an ROV
(called MOBOT). He conceived the world's first automatic control for DP
on Shell's Eureka core drillship in 1960. It controlled surge, sway and
yaw independently and resolved thruster commands, a procedure followed
on the more than 1300 DP systems built since then. Shatto led
development of the DP and reentry systems for the Sedco-445, the world's
first DP oil exploration drillship with riser. For the past ten years he
has served on the Technical and Engineering Committee of the Joint
Oceanographic Institution Ocean Drilling Program.
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A
world-respected innovator in the areas of dynamic positioning (DP) and
remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs), Howard Shatto led in the design of
the first subsea wellheads for drilling and production using an ROV
(called MOBOT). He conceived the world's first automatic control for DP
on Shell's Eureka core drillship in 1960. It controlled surge, sway and
yaw independently and resolved thruster commands, a procedure followed
on the more than 1300 DP systems built since then. Shatto led
development of the DP and reentry systems for the Sedco-445, the world's
first DP oil exploration drillship with riser. For the past ten years he
has served on the Technical and Engineering Committee of the Joint
Oceanographic Institution Ocean Drilling Program.