Applus RTD and Delta SubSea have teamed up to launch a new ROV deepwater inspection tool for non-piggable pipelines.
The Insulated Component Testing system (INCOTEST) was successfully trialed at depths of up to 1,600m (5249ft) during oil and gas operations in Angola, Southeast Asia, Australia and the North Sea.
The tool uses pulsed eddy current technology to detect of surface and subsurface corrosion in both thin and thick-walled pipelines.
Scott Dingman, chief executive of Delta SubSea, said: “Ensuring the integrity of deepwater assets is of vital concern to oil and gas operators and service companies who face complex challenges in conducting inspections of subsea pipelines.
“Corrosion is an unseen threat to subsea installations and there is no existing technology that gives the status of a 20-year-old subsea infrastructure.”