The company is leading the industry in subsea technology development with industry-first new equipment
TSC Subsea, technology-enabled company and provider of underwater inspections, is currently a leader in the development of subsea technologies thanks to its latest equipment, pioneering in the industry in acoustic detection in deep waters. In this sense, according to the company, ART vPush promotes efficient and cost-effective detection at a level previously unavailable.
Furthermore, the tool, designed and developed by the UK team at TSC Subsea, in collaboration with Norwegian acoustic scientists related to the company, was built with inspection speed as a priority, but without compromising its detection capability and accuracy. sizing.
ART vPush makes use of a mobile platform in order to quickly analyze the contents of pipelines. Furthermore, data is captured in real time and processed using various algorithms to monitor signals from the far side of the pipeline, which identify whether hydrate is present.
New tool provides cost savings for industry
While typically deployed via a manipulator, the equipment can also be installed directly onto an ROV, having a depth rating of 3.000 meters. High-speed data collection provides cost savings for the industry to minimize ROV usage and vessel time. It is commonly applied for hydrate detection or screening in subsea pipelines, as well as wall thickness measurements in these pipelines.
Under this bias, ART vPush was developed to meet the specific needs of a large operator. In this way, the TSC Subsea worked together with DOF Subsea Norway to finalize the project on behalf of the operator in Angola, West Africa.
The team, tasked with finding a hydrate in the pipe, inserted the equipment, which scanned 12 km of 3-LPP 8” lined water injection line in just 33 hours, at a depth of 1.300 m. Thus, the hydrate plug was located and scanned for exact measurements.
TSC Subsea Director of Global Sales, Jonathan Bancroft, says the operator, in addition to enjoying the industry's fastest and most efficient sizing and hydrate detection tool, has also benefited from additional cost savings in terms of dredging requirements. According to Bancroft, the smart design of the ART vPush means that only minimal dredging is required.
TSC Subsea has its headquarters in Bergen, Norway, and also bases of operations in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, and in Rio de Janeiro. The company is a constituent of Eddyfi NDT, which consists of a group of innovative technology responsible for developing the world's most advanced NDT science and technology.
Furthermore, TSC Subsea is also Senter's partner for Forskningsdrevet Innovasjon (SFI) or Center for Research Driven Innovation, Smart Ocean, a consortium of 20 partners that aims to strengthen the position of Norwegian ocean industries, through interdisciplinary and business-to-business cooperation.
About TSC Subsea
As already mentioned, TSC Subsea is a technology-enabled company and provider of subsea inspections anywhere in the world. It specializes in advanced inspection methods, working in operations where conventional NDT may not work.
The company also presents remotely deployable inspection tools, reaching where divers cannot operate, such as hazardous environments and restricted locations, in order to inspect welds, pipelines and offshore structures.
