The staffer at the front desk explained this device showed whether a room was available for occupancy. I wonder whether it the hands were controlled by electronic switches or whether it was cable operated.

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Independently owned and thoughtfully restored, the Norblad was built in 1923 and is the longest running hotel in Astoria. This minimal 17 room hotel is intentionally curated with value in mind. Each room features carefully chosen finishes, with high-quality pieces throughout while keeping the feel laid-back and comfortable.

The Norblad Hotel is truly in the heart of downtown astoria - situated within one-block of:

Fort George brewery

Blue Scorcher Cafe

Reach Break Brewing

Nourish Juice

Mai Tong Thai

Bridge & Tunnel Bottleshop

Pilot House Distillery

Reveille Ciderworks

Astoria Co-op & Grocery

Malama Day Spa

The Hot Box Bbq

Doe & Arrow

Liberty Theater

Street 14 Coffee

While at the Norblad, you are never more than a short walk from the best that Astoria has to offer.

www.norbladhotel.com/

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HIST. NAME: Miller-Jeffers Building

COMMON NAME: Miller-Jeffers Building

ADDRESS: 443,475 Fourteenth Street

13599 -1389 Duane Street

1350 Exchange Street

CITY: Astoria, 97103

ORIGINAL USE: hotel, retail, office

PRESENT USE [1998]: retail

ARCHITECT: John E. Wicks

BUILDER: John Slotte Company

THEME: commerce & urban dev

STYLE: Late Commercial w/Classical detailing

SETTING: west side of 14th Street, length of block between Duane and Exchange Streets; three full elevations exposed, one half elevation exposed

SIGNIFICANCE: architecture

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: A.C. Miller and J.H. Jeffers, proprietors of the Sunflower Diary, hired architect John E. Wicks to design this concrete and brick, two-story business block. The John Slotte Company was awarded the contract and construction began in April of 1923.

In September, 1923, Miller and Jeffers instructed the architect to change the second floor plans to provide for 36 hotel rooms

instead of the various suites of business offices originally planned for that floor. In November, 1923, a ten-year lease on the second floor was signed with George F. Norblad, and in January, the Hotel Norblad opened its doors.

The Bank of Commerce, which had been operating out of its post-fire location in the basement of the courthouse, moved into their new quarters in the building and opened for business

February 28, 1924. This was the first bank to open in permanent quarters since the fire disaster.

Other original building occupants were McLin Hardware Store, Cobban Music Company and the Alien Cafe, the first restaurant to open in permanent quarters in Astoria. Currently the building is occupied by the Compleat Photographer, The Frame Shop, Jim's Vacuum Center, Yvonne's Secret Garden, Grandma's

House and The Community Store, a natural foods grocery store.

This building is significant for its connection to architect John E. Wicks and contribution to the historic streetscape through its quality of design and retention of detail. The old painted wall signs are an additional attraction.

This building is rare in that it has two doorways with terra cotta surrounds. Only a handful of buildings in the downtown district include these classically detailed entries. The glass and pressed tin canopy is the finest canopy in the area. The building is also significant for its incorporation of a hotel, a common trend during the historic period.

Source:

National Register of Historic Places

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SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD

NRIS Reference Number: 98000631

Date Listed: 6/22/98

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According to the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), the Internet of Things (IoT) is simply the point in time when more “things or objects” were connected to the Internet than people. In 2003, there were approximately 6.3 billion people living on the planet and 500 million devices connected to the Internet. This equates to less than one (0.08) device for every person at that time.

More recently, explosive growth of smartphones and tablet PCs brought the number of devices connected to the Internet to 12.5 billion in 2010, while the world’s human population increased to 6.8 billion, making the number of connected devices per person more than 1 (1.84 to be exact) for the first time in history. Refining these numbers further, Cisco IBSG estimates IoT was “born” sometime between 2008 and 2009. Looking to the future, there will be 25 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2015 and 50 billion by 2020.

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Iveco EuroCargo 75-160 4-wheel van

Data Management (AI/Cloud/Analytics). Bill Ommert, Engineering Fellow, General Dynamics Mission Systems; Chad Haferbier, Vice President, Multi-Domain Operations Division, Leidos; Bob Ritchie, Vice President of Software, SAIC at the Air Warfare Symposium, Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Fla., March 3, 2022. Photo by Mike Tsukamoto/AIr Force Magazine

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An Big Data management solution consisting of IBM System x servers and IBM Storage is being used to preserve and digitize more 800,000 pages of European historical documents, including medieval manuscripts, at the Wroclaw University Library in Poland.

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In 2002 Hans Bruno Lund introduced the concept

"Multicomplex Management (MCM)" as a platform

for a new series of management concepts and tools,

e.g. "Expected Creative Potential (ECP)", desig-

ned as personal tools for the CEO of large, multicom-

plex organizations in addition to the traditional mana-

gement concepts and tools.

As of January 2010 the new concepts / tools "Multicomplex Management (MCM)" and "Expected Creative Potential (ECP)" were referred to on more than 800.000 websites or 40.000.000 webpages.

Literature:

Lund, Hans Bruno

Multicomplex Management (MCM)

Version 3

CD-ROM, 741 colored illustrations

Hans Bruno Lund

Skodsborg

Denmark

2009

A multicomplex organization:

Organization Structure Model used: Nordic Industrial Fund - Nordic Council of Ministers - Bio & Chemistry Division (BCD) - Division REI-activities (Research / Education / Innovation): 5 programmes: NordFood, Nordic Wood, NordPap, NordBio and NordYeast; 748 projects; 6.000 participating private and public companies, institutions, organizations and agencies in 62 countries. BCD connected 180.000 researchers, operators, engineers, technicians and company, organization and agency executives (1998). BCD was - in combination with NordTek (the organization managing the cooperation of the 23 Nordic technical universities) - the largest industrial and technological REI-network in Northern Europe. BCD was a 27.000 ECP Organization connecting 278.000 people totalling 2.7 million ECP. Photo on Picture 1: Hans Bruno Lund visiting the governor of Oulu province, Finland Dr. Eino Siuruainen during a NordTek seminar.

Hans Bruno Lund

Contact: hansbrunolund@hotmail.com

Pictures to Multicomplex Management (MCM): 1, 2, 3, ... , 16.

Multicomplex Management (MCM) Pictures:

Picture 1 - 9 on Page 1

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Picture 13 - 15 on Page 7

Picture 16 on Page 8

Multicomplex Management (MCM) is explained in Picture 2.

Expected Creative Potential (ECP) is explained in Picture 2.

NORDIC INDUSTRIAL FUND

BIO & CHEMISTRY DIVISION (BCD)

RESEARCH SUBJECTS A - K:

Comment:  are symboles for REI-areas which could

not be transferred from the original file.

Absorbent (413) 

Acetylering (366) 

Actin (NY13) 

Acustic (240) 

Adsorption (291/497) 

Aerobic (056/059)

Aeromonas (442) 

Affald (197/369)  XMX

Affedtning (571) 

Akvakultur (339/378/448/483) 

Alkoholfuktvatten - Offset (574) 

Alkyl-aryl-aromater (309) 

Al-legering (202)

Aluminium (680) 

Ammonia (047/462) 

Anaerobic (100)(50%) 

Anaerobic Processes (099-102) 

Ändträförsegling (265)  XMX

Animal Cell Cultures (047/421) 

Antibodies (054/554) 

Antimicrobial Activity (068) 

AOX (087) 

Aquaculture (461) 

Aquaform (362) 

Aroma development (073-076) 

Aroma Transfer in PET (104) 

Aromater (309) 

ARS1 plasmids (NY11) 

Aseptic Safety (126)  XMX

Aseptic Symposium (521)  XMX

Aseptiska processer (338)  XMX

Associativa förtjockare (337)

Atlanterhavslaks (339)

Atlantic cod (065) 

Atlantisk laks (378) 

Automatisk prickräkning (166) 

Avfallsfiber (197)  XMX

Avgaser från stålugn (204)  XMX

Avloppsvatten (5.3/167)  XMX

Avsvärtningsteknologi (227) 

Bacon (075) 

Bacteria (057/090)

Bacteria (066)(067)(068)(069)(070)(072)

Bacteriocins (070/072) 

Bakning - Energi (229)  XMX

Bakteriell njurinflammation (347) 

Balticum II(722) 

Barley (049/050/052/055)  XMX

Barriär och migration (171) 

Bättre finpapper (432) 

Beer (121)  XMX

BENEFISH (570) 

Benzyl (303) 

Bergarter (674) 

Bestruket papper (158/159) 

Betonelement (375) 

Betonelementer (686) 

Betong (266/516)

Bildanalys (318)

Billedanalyse (138) 

Bioautomation (630) 

BioAutomation(533) 

Biodegradation (090/092/093)  XMX

Biofixation (094-098)  XMX

Biofunktionella färgsystem (403) 

Biogasproduktion (354)  XMX

Biohydrometallurgi (397/479)  XMX

Bioleaching (095)  XMX

Biological Degradation (091/439)  XMX

Biological fixation (094)  XMX

Biological off-gas treatment (481)  XMX

Biologisk gasrening (400)  XMX

Biologisk marksanering (465)  XMX

Biomass (249/498)  XMX

Bioorganic synthesis (061) 

Bioorganisk syntese (380) 

Bioorganiska synteser (333) 

Biopreservation (067) 

Biopreservation (067-072) 

Bioprocess Engineering (037-048) 

Bioreactor (037/040/041) 

Bioreactors (045/046) 

BioRecNetwork(542) 

Bioremediation (090)  XMX

Biosamarbete Norden Europa (459) 

Bioseminar (468) 

Biosensors (043) 

Biosorbents (096)

Biosurfaktanter (453) 

BIOTANNOR (595)  XMX

Biotechnica Hannover (474) 

Biotechnology (031-102) 

Bioteknik (329/349/426) 

Bioteknisk metallutvinning (502)  XMX

Biotekniska metoden (2.2.1.4) 

Biotekniske substanser (377) 

Biotekniske substanser (454) 

Bioteknologi (466/490/507) 

Bioteknologi (355) 

Bioteknologikonference (424) 

Biotester (168/170)

Bjelkelag (575) 

Blandsyra (212)

Blåvilling (217) 

Blekning (148) XMX

Blekningens miljöpåverkan (239)  XMX

Bleksteg (143) XMX

Blekteknik (143-152/632) XMX

Blockpolymerer (307) 

Branching enzymes (051) 

Brandsäkra trähus (179/622) 

Broer i tre (184/626) 

Brokarage event (526) 

Brus (153/155) 

BSC (077/078/081)

Bullerskärmar i trä (187)  XMX

Byggkomponenter (532) 

Bygninger - Miljø (615)  XMX

Car.pis. (069) 

Carbohydrates (054/520) 

Catalysis (425)

Cell Cultures (047) 

Cell cycle gene cdc 21 (NY29) 

Cell response (039) 

Cellteknologi (421) 

Cellular Development (458) 

Cellulase (031/060) 

Cellulase enzymes (032) 

Cellulose (057/141) 

Cerealier (263)

Chlorinated compounds (085)  XMX

Chromgarvning (200)  XMX

CIMFISK (563)

Cis-acting mutations (NY30) 

Civil Guard (409)  XMX

Cleaner Production (120)  XMX

Cloned Polysaccharide Genes (509)  XMX

Cloning (051/055/060/NY02/) XMX

Cloning (NY03/NY05)  XMX

CO2-extraktion (414) 

Cod (065) 

Cod trypsin (034)

Collagenolytic enzymes (066) 

Concentration gradients (039) 

Control Methods (118) 

Crude Oil Emulsions (475) 

Cryotin (065) 

Cured in bag bacon (075) 

Cyclodextrin (631)

Dairies (119) 

Dairy Hygiene (117)  XMX

DAIRYNI (616)

Data Management Waste Water (450)  XMX

Databases (035)

Datasystem - Fiskeindustrien (557) 

Datorprogram Limträ (178) 

Defibrering (488)

Degradation (091/100/439)  XMX

Dehydrogenases (060) 

Denitrifikation (491)  XMX

Design of enzymes (356) 

Destillationsregulering (359) 

Dewatering of Sludges (089/438)  XMX

Dextrin (631) 

Dextrinase (055)

Dieelektrisk spektroskopi (135) 

DIXI (612) 

Djuptryck (515)

Djurkroppar (542)

DNA 

DNA coding (NY03) 

DNA gene sequence (NY08/NY28) 

DNA polymeraser (431) 

DNA-metoder (384) 

DNA-symposium (401) 

Doktorandutbytte (555) 

Dörrar (183/546) 

Dryforming paper (231)  XMX

Dynabeads (471)

EDI i træindustrin (599) 

EDISAW - Norden (182/588) 

Egenskaper (178-179) 

EG-netværk (463)

Electronic Miniturisation (629) 

Elektronmikroskopi (137) 

Emulgerte system (436) 

Emulsioner (296) 

Emulsions (112) 

Energi (608) XMX

Energi biomassa (249)  XMX

Energisnåla metoder (619) 

Energy metabolism control (048) 

Environm. Beer Production (121)  XMX

Environm. Biotechnology (085-102)  XMX

Environment (120-122)  XMX

Environmental Seafloor mapping (496)  XMX

Enzymatic lipid modification (083) 

Enzymatic Modification (082-084) 

Enzymatic modifications of lipids (084) 

Enzymatisk affedtning (571) 

Enzymatisk peptidsyntes (251) 

Enzyme Catalysis (425) 

Enzymer (147/571) 

Enzymer fra marine råstoffer (297) 

Enzymes (090/356/635) 

Enzymes in yeast (NY24) 

Enzymes/Lipids-stipend (511) 

EPI (592)  XMX

EROD-aktiviteten (169) 

Eucaryotic tRNA (NY26) 

EUREIN (613)

Eurodyn (398) 

Europastandarder (165-176) 

Evaluation - NordBio (606) 

Expertsystem Medicin (270) 

Expression of genes (NY02) 

Fab domain (NY16) 

Fabrik för blekt massa (277)  XMX

Facadefilm (685) 

Färg (155/207/237/335)  XMX

Färgbrusmätning (155) 

Färger (291/294)  XMX

Färgers reologi (335) 

Färgsystem (403)  XMX

Fartøy (712)

Fartyg (290) 

Fasadytor (541/573) 

Fat (386) 

Fatty Acid Synthethases (452) 

Fatty acids (063)

Fermentated sausage (074) 

Fermentation (038/076/079) 

FerroAlloys (687) 

Fiber (136/197) 

Fiberåtervinning (2.3)  XMX

Fiberlindningsteknologi (295) 

Fibermaterial (2.1) 

Fiberväggens egenskaper (2.2.3) 

FIMS (562)

Fingerskarvning (597) 

Finkemikalieområdet (286) 

Fish Packaging (103)  XMX

Fish Transportation (103)  XMX

Fisk (124/169/395/557/558/563) 

Fisk (267)

Fisk (564/568/570/594/609/617) 

Fiskavfallenzym (268)  XMX

Fiskeoppdrett (301) 

Fiskeriutbildning (219) 

Fiskfars (247)  XMX

Fiskindustriell vattenvård (206)  XMX

Fiskodling (292/412)  XMX

Fission yeast (NY08/NY27/NY29 

Fixation (094)  XMX

Fjernvarmerør (352) 

Flexotryckning (495) 

Flow injection (048) 

Flow processes (040) 

Fluid dynamics (037) 

Fluorescence (111)

FMS i nordisk treindustri (188) 

Foaming in bioreactors (044) 

Fönster (183/537/560) 

Food (607/616/618) 

Food Biotechnology (067-084) 

Food Brokerage (593) 

Food Fat (129) 

Food Hygiene (116-119)  XMX

Food Packaging (103-106/605)  XMX

Förgasning torv (254)  XMX

Förpackningar (548) 

Forskerseminar (569) 

Förstudie kemiområdet (260) 

Förtjockare (337) 

Förureningar (5.2)

Fouling av membran (264) 

Friktion (174) 

Frysfartyg (290)

Frysing (284) 

Fuktvatten (574)

Functional starch types (053) 

Furu kjernved (531) 

Fyrfärgsproduktion (237) 

Fytokemi (289) 

Garvning (194/200/242/246/278)  XMX

Garvning (595)  XMX

Gas (191/254/345/354/400/481)  XMX

Gasrensning (400)  XMX

Gener (NY02) 

Genetic recombination (NY07) 

Genteknik - Utställning (456) 

Genteknologi (327) 

Geometriska tolleranser (218) 

Geotermiska gaser (345)  XMX

Ginsing (258) 

Glasfiber (679) 

Gluten (215) 

Grafiska produkter (241) 

Grain (132) 

Gram-positive cocci (NY17) 

Gran (536) 

Gravity Ice Island (236)  XMX

Grundvandsrensning (486)  XMX

Gruvvatten (298)  XMX

Hallbyggnader i limtræ (577) 

Hälleflundra (483) 

Hållfastighet - Træ (624) 

Hårdförkromningsmetal (415) 

Havskatt (483) 

Health (128) 

Heavy Metals (094-098)  XMX

Hemaglutinin (NY12) 

Hemicellulose (057) 

Hepatocyter (169) 

Hesteblod (336) 

Heuristics (042) 

HH Stansning (536) 

High Pressure (130) 

Hippoglossus (346) 

Höga tryck (248)

Household waste (100)  XMX

Høyutbyttemassa (330)  XMX

HPLC control (041) 

Hudpermeation (358) 

Hum. mon. antikroppar (344/422) 

Human parathyroid hormone (NY09/372) 

Hushållsavfall (434)  XMX

Hydrofobe fasadefilmer (573) 

Hydrofobering (315) 

Hydrogen Al-legering (202) 

Hydrokarbonkjemi (281) 

Hydrolytic Enzymes (064-066) 

Hydrothermal Grain (132) 

Hygiene (075/116-119)  XMX

Hygienic Milk Packages (106)  XMX

Hygienisering foder (273)  XMX

Hygienproblem (470)  XMX

Hygienproblem (503)  XMX

Hyperbarisk CO2 (325) 

Iminobenzyl (303) 

Immunologi (478)

Immuntechnology (510) 

Immunteknologi-NW (517) 

Impregnerat virke (545) 

Industrial Enzymes (056-058/635)

Industrial waste (100)  XMX

Industrisamarbejde Island/Norden (353) 

Infektionsskydd (304) 

Influenza virus (NY12) 

Inneklimasystem (416)  XMX

Inorganic pyrophosphatase (NY18) 

Inorganic pyrophosphate (NY04) 

Instant pulping (256) 

INVIS-projektet (602) 

Islandsk perlit (203) 

Japan (185) 

Järnverk (190) XMX

Jäst- och växtceller (324) 

Jästgenetik (276)

Jordrensning (486)  XMX

Katalysatorgifte (391) 

Katalysatorgifter (280) 

Kem.mek. massa (550)  XMX

Kemikalier (286)

Kemiområdet (260) 

Kemisk massa (144/145)  XMX

Keramer 01 (640) 

Keramer 02 (641) 

Keramer 03 (642) 

Keramer 04 (643) 

Keramer 05 (644) 

Keramer 06 (645) 

Klima (416)  XMX

Kloningsvektorer (310) 

Klorfria bleksteg (143)  XMX

Kloridåtervinning (192)  XMX

Kloridutstötning (209)  XMX

Köksfläktar (238) 

Kolhydrater (393)

Kompositter 01

Kompositter 02

Kompositter 03

Kompositter 04

Kompositter 05

Kompositter 06

Kompositter 07

Konfokal mikroskopi (138) 

Konkurrenceevne (389) 

Konsumentförpackningar (548) 

Koordinatmålemaskiner (514) 

Korntørring (539)

Korrosion (207/223/224/274) 

Kreftrisiko (387)  XMX

Kvalitet (220) 

Literature

Lund, Hans Bruno

Multicomplex Management (MCM)

Version 3

CD-ROM, 741 colored illustrations

Dr. Hans Bruno Lund, Management Consultant

Skodsborg

Denmark

2009

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Data is available on multiple sources, on the cloud, and on-premises across IoT-enabled devices paving way for an unprecedented level of attacks to breach intellectual property and data. The lack of a uniform approach to tackle both structured data and fluid data (data generated on the move) adds to this predicament faced by enterprises. Businesses cannot afford to ignore the need to implement data governance controls; progress can be achieved only if a transparent yet systematic approach is adopted to handle all kinds of data. This will slowly set the ball rolling in favor of reusing such data to generate insights and automation of processes.

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Blow Out Preventer Control System (BOP)

Monitor System's BOP Blow Out Preventer Control System provides clients with a highly reliable interface to well control, comprising a unique slim-line panel design developed using the very latest in leading-edge technology for operating in hazardous areas. The panel unit provides easy front access for maintenance purposes and is specifically designed to enable straightforward integration into old or new pneumatic / hydraulic interfaces. The BOP Control System is custom designed to suit all individual requirements.

Case Study

Blow Out Preventer Control System (BOP)

Overview: The BOP Control System designed and installed for Transocean's 714 rig was developed to integrate with their existing onboard field equipment. The system included a Driller's BOP control panel, a Tool Pusher's mini control panel and an Interface Panel to the Koomy Unit. In addition, there were Control Stations fitted to the aft and forward lifeboat muster points. All control and alarm signals were also integrated to the rig's Data Management System.

By upgrading to Monitor's BOP Control System, the client incurred less cost as the integration utilised existing pneumatic control panels and most existing cabling. This critical piece of safety equipment also provides a high level of ongoing availability and essential reliability ensuring low levels of costly operational downtime. Customer: Transocean.

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Overview: A blowout preventer control system (BOP) is a large, specialized valve used to seal, control and monitor oil and gas wells. Blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) were developed to cope with extreme erratic pressures and uncontrolled flow (formation kick) emanating from a well reservoir during drilling. Kicks can lead to a potentially catastrophic event known as a blowout. In addition to controlling the downhole (occurring in the drilled hole) pressure and the flow of oil and gas, blowout preventer control system (BOP) are intended to prevent tubing (e.g. drill pipe and well casing), tools and drilling fluid from being blown out of the wellbore (also known as bore hole, the hole leading to the reservoir) when a blowout threatens. Blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) are critical to the safety of crew, rig (the equipment system used to drill a wellbore) and environment, and to the monitoring and maintenance of well integrity; thus blowout preventer control systems (BOP's) are intended to be fail-safe devices.(Blow Out Preventer Control System BOP, oil and gas industry)

The term BOP (an initialism rather than a spoken acronym, i.e., pronounced B-O-P, not "bop") is used in oilfield vernacular to refer to blowout preventers.

The abbreviated term preventer, usually prefaced by a type (e.g. ram preventer), is used to refer to a single blowout preventer unit. A blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) may also simply be referred to by its type (e.g. ram).

The terms blowout preventer, blowout preventer stack and blowout preventer system are commonly used interchangeably and in a general manner to describe an assembly of several stacked blowout preventers of varying type and function, as well as auxiliary components. A typical subsea deepwater blowout preventer control systes (BOP) includes components such as electrical and hydraulic lines, control pods, hydraulic accumulators, test valve, kill and choke lines and valves, riser joint, hydraulic connectors, and a support frame. Two categories of blowout preventer are most prevalent: ram and annular. Blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) frequently utilize both types, typically with at least one annular BOP stacked above several ram BOPs.

(A related valve, called an inside blowout preventer, internal blowout preventer, or IBOP, is positioned within, and restricts flow up, the drillpipe. Blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) are used at land and offshore rigs, and subsea. Land and subsea BOPs are secured to the top of the wellbore, known as the wellhead. Blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) on offshore rigs are mounted below the rig deck. Subsea Blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) are connected to the offshore rig above by a drilling riser that provides a continuous pathway for the drill string and fluids emanating from the wellbore. In effect, a riser extends the wellbore to the rig. (Blow Out Preventer Control System BOP, oil and gas industry)

Use

The invention of Blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) was instrumental in reducing the incidence of oil gushers, blowouts, indicating that substantial improvement is needed. Blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) come in a variety of styles, sizes and pressure ratings. Several individual units serving various functions are combined to compose a blowout preventer stack. Multiple blowout preventers of the same type are frequently provided for redundancy, an important factor in the effectiveness of fail-safe devices.

The primary functions of a blowout preventer system are to:

Confine well fluid to the wellbore;

Provide means to add fluid to the wellbore;

Allow controlled volumes of fluid to be withdrawn from the wellbore.

Additionally, and in performing those primary functions, blowout preventer systems are used to:

Regulate and monitor wellbore pressure;

Center and hang off the drill string in the wellbore;

Shut in the well (e.g. seal the void, annulus, between drillpipe and casing);

“Kill” the well (prevent the flow of formation fluid, influx, from the reservoir into the wellbore) ;

Seal the wellhead (close off the wellbore);

Sever the casing or drill pipe (in case of emergencies).

In drilling a typical high-pressure well, drill strings are routed through a blowout preventer control system (BOP) stack toward the reservoir of oil and gas. As the well is drilled, drilling fluid, "mud", is fed through the drill string down to the drill bit, "blade", and returns up the wellbore in the ring-shaped void, annulus, between the outside of the drill pipe and the casing (piping that lines the wellbore). The column of drilling mud exerts downward hydrostatic pressure to counter opposing pressure from the formation being drilled, allowing drilling to proceed. When a kick (influx of formation fluid) occurs, rig operators or automatic systems close the blowout preventer control system (BOP) units, sealing the annulus to stop the flow of fluids out of the wellbore. Denser mud is then circulated into the wellbore down the drill string, up the annulus and out through the choke line at the base of the blowout preventer control system (BOP) stack through chokes (flow restrictors) until downhole pressure is overcome. Once “kill weight” mud extends from the bottom of the well to the top, the well has been “killed”. If the integrity of the well is intact drilling may be resumed. Alternatively, if circulation is not feasible it may be possible to kill the well by "bullheading", forcibly pumping, in the heavier mud from the top through the kill line connection at the base of the stack. This is less desirable because of the higher surface pressures likely needed and the fact that much of the mud originally in the annulus must be forced into receptive formations in the open hole section beneath the deepest casing shoe. (Blow Out Preventer Control System BOP, oil and gas industry)

If the blowout preventers and mud do not restrict the upward pressures of a kick, a blowout results, potentially shooting tubing, oil and gas up the wellbore, damaging the rig, and leaving well integrity in question. (Blow Out Preventer Control System BOP, oil and gas industry)

Since blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) are important for the safety of the crew and natural environment, as well as the drilling rig and the wellbore itself, authorities recommend, and regulations require, that blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) be regularly inspected, tested and refurbished. Tests vary from daily test of functions on critical wells to monthly or less frequent testing on wells with low likelihood of control problems. Exploitable reservoirs of oil and gas are increasingly rare and remote, leading to increased subsea deepwater well exploration and requiring BOPs to remain submerged for as long as a year in extreme conditions. As a result, blowout preventer control system (BOP) assemblies have grown larger and heavier (e.g. a single ram-type BOP unit can weigh in excess of 30,000 pounds), while the space allotted for blowout preventer control system (BOP) stacks on existing offshore rigs has not grown commensurately. Thus a key focus in the technological development of blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) over the last two decades has been limiting their footprint and weight while simultaneously increasing safe operating capacity. (Blow Out Preventer Control System BOP, oil and gas industry).

Types

Blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) come in two basic types, ram and annular. Both are often used together in drilling rig blowout preventer control system (BOP) stacks, typically with at least one annular BOP capping a stack of several ram BOPs.

Ram Blowout Preventer

The ram blowout preventer control system (BOP) was invented by James Smither Abercrombie and Harry S. Cameron in 1922, and was brought to market in 1924 by Cameron Iron Works. A ram-type BOP is similar in operation to a gate valve, but uses a pair of opposing steel plungers, rams. The rams extend toward the center of the wellbore to restrict flow or retract open in order to permit flow. The inner and top faces of the rams are fitted with packers (elastomeric seals) that press against each other, against the wellbore, and around tubing running through the wellbore. Outlets at the sides of the blowout preventer control system (BOP) housing (body) are used for connection to choke and kill lines or valves. Rams, or ram blocks, are of four common types: pipe, blind, shear, and blind shear. (Blow Out Preventer Control System BOP, oil and gas industry)

Pipe rams close around a drill pipe, restricting flow in the annulus (ring-shaped space between concentric objects) between the outside of the drill pipe and the wellbore, but do not obstruct flow within the drill pipe. Variable-bore pipe rams can accommodate tubing in a wider range of outside diameters than standard pipe rams, but typically with some loss of pressure capacity and longevity.

Blind rams (also known as sealing rams), which have no openings for tubing, can close off the well when the well does not contain a drill string or other tubing, and seal it.

Blind shear rams (also known as shear seal rams, or sealing shear rams) are intended to seal a wellbore, even when the bore is occupied by a drill string, by cutting through the drill string as the rams close off the well. The upper portion of the severed drill string is freed from the ram, while the lower portion may be crimped and the “fish tail” captured to hang the drill string off the blowout preventer control system (BOP).

In addition to the standard ram functions, variable-bore pipe rams are frequently used as test rams in a modified blowout preventer device known as a stack test valve. Stack test valves are positioned at the bottom of a BOP stack and resist downward pressure (unlike BOPs, which resist upward pressures). By closing the test ram and a blowout preventer control system (BOP) ram about the drillstring and pressurizing the annulus, the BOP is pressure-tested for proper function. (Blow Out Preventer Control System BOP, oil and gas industry)

The original ram blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) of the 1920s were simple and rugged manual devices with minimal parts. The BOP housing (body) had a vertical well bore and horizontal ram cavity (ram guide chamber). Opposing rams (plungers) in the ram cavity translated horizontally, actuated by threaded ram shafts (piston rods) in the manner of a screw jack. Torque from turning the ram shafts by wrench or hand wheel was converted to linear motion and the rams, coupled to the inner ends of the ram shafts, opened and closed the well bore. Such screw jack type operation provided enough mechanical advantage for rams to overcome downhole pressures and seal the wellbore annulus. (Blow Out Preventer Control System BOP, oil and gas industry)

Hydraulic rams blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) were in use by the 1940s. Hydraulically actuated blowout preventers had many potential advantages. The pressure could be equalized in the opposing hydraulic cylinders causing the rams to operate in unison. Relatively rapid actuation and remote control were facilitated, and hydraulic rams were well-suited to high pressure wells. Because blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) are fail-safe devices, efforts to minimize the complexity of the devices are still employed to ensure ram blowout preventer control system (BOP) reliability and longevity. As a result, despite the ever-increasing demands placed on them, state of the art ram BOPs are conceptually the same as the first effective models, and resemble those units in many ways.

Ram BOPs for use in deepwater applications universally employ hydraulic actuation. Threaded shafts are often still incorporated into hydraulic ram BOPs as lock rods that hold the ram in position after hydraulic actuation. By using a mechanical ram locking mechanism, constant hydraulic pressure need not be maintained. Lock rods may be coupled to ram shafts or not, depending on manufacturer. Other types of ram locks, such as wedge locks, are also used.

Typical ram actuator assemblies (operator systems) are secured to the blowout preventer control system (BOP) housing by removable bonnets. Unbolting the bonnets from the housing allows BOP maintenance and facilitates the substitution of rams. In that way, for example, a pipe ram blowout preventer control system (BOP) can be converted to a blind shear ram BOP. (Blow Out Preventer Control System BOP, oil and gas industry)

Shear-type ram BOPs require the greatest closing force in order to cut through tubing occupying the wellbore. Boosters (auxiliary hydraulic actuators) are frequently mounted to the outer ends of a blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) hydraulic actuators to provide additional shearing force for shear rams.

Ram BOPs are typically designed so that well pressure will help maintain the rams in their closed, sealing position. That is achieved by allowing fluid to pass to pass through a channel in the ram and exert pressure at the ram’s rear and toward the center of the wellbore. Providing a channel in the ram also limits the thrust required to overcome well bore pressure.

Single ram and double ram blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) are commonly available. The names refer to the quantity of ram cavities (equivalent to the effective quantity of valves) contained in the unit. A double ram BOP is more compact and lighter than a stack of two single ram blowout preventer control systems (BOPs) while providing the same functionality, and is thus desirable in many applications. Triple ram BOPs are also manufactured, but not as common. (Blow Out Preventer Control System BOP, oil and gas industry)

Technological development of ram BOPs has been directed towards deeper and higher pressure wells, greater reliability, reduced maintenance, facilitated replacement of components, facilitated ROV intervention, reduced hydraulic fluid consumption, and improved connectors, packers, seals, locks and rams. In addition, limiting BOP weight and footprint are significant concerns to account for the limitations of existing rigs.

The highest-capacity large-bore ram blowout preventer on the market, as of July 2010, Cameron’s EVO 20K blowout preventer control system (BOP), has a hold-pressure rating of 20,000 psi, ram force in excess of 1,000,000 pounds, and a well bore diameter of 18.75 inches. (Blow Out Preventer Control System BOP, oil and gas industry)

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CTAO’s Science Data Management Centre (SDMC), which will be the focal point and the interface to the CTAO user community for science operations and will make CTAO’s science products available to the worldwide community, will be located in a new building complex on the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) campus in Zeuthen, just outside Berlin. A competition to design and construct a new building was initiated by DESY in 2018. The final decision on the winning design was announced on 11 March 2019. The first prize went to Heinle Wischer und Partner Freie Architekten GbR from Berlin, along with Ulrich Krüger Landschaftsarchitekten from Dresden.

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ManufacturerLockheed Martin Aircraft Corporation

Aircraft Description:When it came into service in 1980, the CP-140 Aurora was a successful “marriage” of the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe with the S-3 Viking avionics suite, which included avionics and an ASW system that was considered leading edge at the time.

Length:35.61 metres

Wingspan:30.37 metres

Height:10.30 metres

Empty weight:27,892 kilograms

Maximum gross weight: 64,410 kilograms

Power:4 Alison T-56-A-14-LFE turboprop engines

Maximum speed:750 kilometres per hour

Cruising speed:648 kilometres per hour

Service ceiling:10,668 metres

Range:7,400 kilometres

Endurance:12 hours, with routine planning of 10 to 11 hours. The Aurora has, however, remained airborne for up to 17 hours

Surveillance Equipment:APS 508 multi-mode Imaging Radar System; MVASP acoustics system; internal and externally launched, active and passive sonobuoys; MX20 Electro-Optical InfraRed (EO/IR) camera; AN/ASQ – 508 magnetic anomaly detector (MAD); Link-11 Tactical Data Link; AN/ALQ-507 Electronic Support Measures (ESM); Fully integrated Data Management System.

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Other Equipment:Two sea “survival kit—air-droppable” (SKAD) and Arctic SKAD units

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The CTAO Science Data Management Centre (SDMC) will be the science data gateway of the CTAO. Tens of Petabytes (PB) of simulated as well as processed data gathered at both CTAO telescope sites will be generated, further processed and accessible at the SDMC. The SDMC will be located in a new building complex on the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) campus in Zeuthen, just outside Berlin (Germany).

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The CTAO Science Data Management Centre (SDMC) will be the science data gateway of the CTAO. Tens of Petabytes (PB) of simulated as well as processed data gathered at both CTAO telescope sites will be generated, further processed and accessible at the SDMC. The SDMC will be located in a new building complex on the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) campus in Zeuthen, just outside Berlin (Germany).

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