41. Flexible Piping inspection Over the last decade the oil industry has seen a vast expansion in subsea infrastructure and the use of flexible piping in production. The layered structure of flexible piping has posed challenges to inspection industry for years. AGR and there partners have now developed methods that vastly improve technical safety, meet international requirements and reduce the cost of inspection
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49. Annulus – Flooded Free annulus vent Blocked annulus vent Water line equal inside & outside O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 Lowered annulus water line O 2
61. Scanning Detail Annulus scanning can both detect flooding and identify levels of corrosion on the internal amour wires. The scan data shows the method can detect missing wires
63. North Sea Operation The Inspection concept is now in operation and the photograph shows the interfaced Neptune being launched from an FPSO in February 2009
64. The integrated tool has the ability to clean the Flexible Pipe before latching on and scanning for flooding and armour wire degradation Cleaning and Latch on