Red Marine is further expanding its subsea testing capabilities with the development of a new high-capacity test rig.
The 200-mt capacity cable and umbilical test rig, the CTR 200, is currently under construction and will enable testing of subsea power cables and umbilicals prior to installation offshore.
The CTR 200 can be configured in a number of ways to allow the accurate assessment of cable strength, torque balance, stiffness and fatigue properties.
These features combined with an internal bed length of 11 m will allow testing of samples up to 7 m in length (including pull heads) with a maximum axial load of 200 mt.
Longer samples also can be tested as the rig design allows the pull heads to be held outside the test frame if required.
Together with Red Marine’s existing thermal chamber and friction test rigs, the new rig will allow the provision of a full range of cable qualification tests against industry standards or client specific requirements, the company said.
Dr. Simon Bittlestone, vice president of research at Schlumberger, focused on a number of technology innovations at the 2015 SPE Offshore Europe Conference, including advances in steerable marine seismic acquisition streamers. The so-called “steerable birds” are used by Schlumberger on streamers of up to 10 km in length, with a “bird” positioned every few hundred metres. With adjustable wings, the inline “birds” enable both vertical and horizontal steerability by rotating the streamer cable and enabling accurate placement.
Tracerco will have five of its deepwater computed tomography pipeline scanners available for use by the end of September.
The technology can be used to scan through coated pipelines without removing the coating. It has been used in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and in the North Sea.
Tracerco Managing Director Andy Hurst said, “Undoubtedly, there are strong headwinds in subsea inspection as there are in any part of the industry, but we are seeing very strong interest for life-extension verification and flow assurance is strong too.
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