INDUSTRY NEWS
INNOVATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
Sentinel Subsea has created a novel well integrity monitoring system, and has had its technology tipped to become ubiquitous within the global decommissioning industry. It has also announced it is working towards its first offshore field trials with a large independent UK operator. Taking place during Q2 2019,
the trials will see deployment of the technology in the North Sea. Passively monitoring the subsea environment around a suspended or abandoned well for over 10 years without the requirement for intervention, its early detection of leaks aims to mitigate the potential environmental consequences of long-term issues following well plug and abandonment (P&A) activity.
Hardide Coatings has provided a coating solution for a new tool that aims to save oil and gas operators millions of pounds per year by extending weather windows for drilling operations. Well construction specialist
DeltaTek Global selected the Hardide chemical vapour deposition (CVD) tungsten carbide-based coating for the key component of its
Intelligent leak detection
To remove the labour- intensive job of monitoring the integrity of pipeline networks, the video analytics specialist IntelliView has developed a smart camera solution, at the heart of which is FLIR thermal imaging technology. IntelliView’s leak
detection solution is called DCAM (Dual Camera Analytic Module). It is a compact combination of visual and FLIR thermal cameras with built-in proprietary leak analytics, wireless connectivity and automatic climate control. Within its field of view, the DCAM can see an oil leak as small as 0.36 cubic metres per hour from a
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The Hardide-T CVD coating was used on the key component of the tool, a complex shaped ball and socket pivot joint, which is subject to extreme loads of up to 400 tonnes, 5000 psi of working pressure and 30,000
ft.lbs of torque while operating in severe wind, wave and current environments.
INDUSTRY PROJECTS TACKLE METER MEASUREMENT
TUV SUD NEL has launched two collaborative projects to address the impact that evolving real-world conditions have on flow meter performance, as it believes that significant measurement errors are costing the industry approximately US$7 million per day.
The first is a JRP that aims to
distance of up to 60m. The software then automatically analyses the event based on user defined leak parameters and, if a critical condition is determined, an alert notification with image and video is generated for instant verification.
develop accurate flow pattern maps at real world conditions. These will become increasingly crucial as the industry moves towards digital solutions. The second is a JIP to review and update the performance benchmarking of multiphase flow meters and wet gas meters, to reflect the changes in technologies and their use over the past 10 years.
Extending weather windows for drilling operations
new ArticuLock tool. ArticuLock provides operators with longer weather windows to deploy subsea hardware and improve operational reliability by removing bending fatigue in subsea running tools and landing
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