Inspection

Over the last year, a number of new asset integrity management products have been brought to market to complement Flexlife's full subsea package. They offer numerous benefits to operators, helping to improve safety, maximise recovery and avoid unplanned shut-downs.

Flexlife has developed technology to scan the annulus of flexible risers and flowlines in situ using ultrasonic scanning.

The technology addresses a number of problems associated with the most common failure/replacement mode of flexible pipes. It can be used to determine if the annulus has been flooded and the specific location of flooding. This in turn can be used to accurately determine if the annulus is filled with permeated water or seawater, which has a significant effect on the service life of dynamic risers.

Once an annulus has water in it, Flexlife can accurately scan and measure the wire thickness. This can be used on the site of the breach to inspect for wire thinning or snapped wires which has proven in the past to be extremely difficult to do in situ. The application can be used also to gain information on wire condition for the riser over areas of interest. The data can then be used in fatigue life calculations using actual condition of the wires in the calculations, eliminating engineering assumptions.

• Annulus Testing
• General Vision Inspection (GVI)

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