VARIOUS TECHNIQUES OF UNDERWATER STRUCTURE INSPECTION AND WHO TO CONTACT FOR THE JOB
Today, the market has gotten strictly competitive. Oil and Gas operations must optimize their production level by economizing on facility downtime. The key to minimizing operation downtime and attaining greater credibility is integrating new and advanced pipeline inspection or river crossing inspection Texas (for that matter) technologies. Currently, a big number of technologies or tools have emerged into the market and Central States Underwater (CSU) is always looking forward to adopting those technologies and facilitating our engineers for an improved service provision. A few of the technologies, used in river crossing inspection or underwater pipeline structure inspection are: Remotely Operated Aerial Vehicles for structural/flare tip inspections
Carrying out platform bridge or flare tip inspections typically calls for shutting down the operations for several weeks. The key benefit of ROAVs technique is its supplanting pace and ability to collect a vast amount of inspection data quickly. The utilization of Remotely Operated Aerial Vehicles is specifically helpful in a serious challenging environment. Corrosion mapping This proves to be a non-intrusive system that maps wall thickness with the help of ultrasonic technique. Corrosion mapping is used extensively at Middle East petroleum plants for the inservice identification and illustration of corrosion in the vessels and pipes. Differences in material width due to internal corrosion are possible to be detected and graphically presented. The information is then stored on a computer and is color coded for highlighting the dissimilarities in the width readings. Corrosion mapping is done by zero degree ultrasonic probes, i.e. eddy current array and/or Time Flight identification methods. Inspection of damaged pipes with limited accessibility using advance ultrasonic and abseiling tools The safe technique it is – the rope access. This technique enables trained and experienced engineers to get to the difficult-to-reach areas underwater or at the subsea locations without using any help or temporary work platform. Fused with advanced assessment methods such as M-Skip, rope access technique benefits in a couple of ways – saves the time and cost as engineers usually find effective cost and time solutions with this course. Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) The application of this technique has gotten extensive from the past few years. Many oil and gas companies are now using ROVs for submerged pipeline inspections and accurate visual data reports. The primary motto behind inventing something like ROVs is to reduce the intervention of divers down to almost none. This as a result mitigates the risks that usually come associated with divers and their operations. CSU operates in compliance with U.S DOT pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration. We are not just an expert choice for your emergency underwater pipeline inspection need, but a sure safe choice too.