At the present time there is active development of oil and gas fields located offshore in the northern seas. Mineral resources are mined in severe natural and climatic conditions. These conditions complicate platforms' accordance to high safety requirements to various industrial processes. Moreover, according to the analysis of the accidents, there is a problem in providing fast reliable and efficient evacuation of the platform's personnel. Present means of evacuation cannot work effectively under such difficult conditions. This paper shows the analysis of accidents that occurred on the platforms, reviews existing means of evacuation, and indicates solutions to some actual safety problems. This paper offers a versatile rescue tool with rotaryscrew propeller, which can effectively overcome various environments. Features of rotary-screw mover allow to use technological and transport means in such areas where the usage of other movers is impossible or irrational. However, the creation of such devices is possible only with relevant research; such studies are conducted by Nizhny Novgorod S tate Technical University named after R.Y. Alekseev.
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