Xodus Group has entered the second phase of its joint industry project (JIP) with Dutch innovation company TNO.
The second phase of the project, which is expected to run across three stages, is now open for other participants to join.
It comes after the first stage of the project which looks into the dynamic forces which affect the integrity of piping systems was carried out.
Eight companies were involved in the first phase including BP, Statoil, Total, Suncor, Shell and FMC.
TNO carried out the bulk of the test work at their facilities in The Netherlands while Xodus managed the programme.
Mike Lewis, global lead in Computational Fluid Dynamics with Xodus Group, said: “This project will extend intelligence from small scale laboratory tests to ‘industrial scale’ piping systems.
“As E&P activity goes ever deeper and into more extreme environments, and as subsea equipment becomes more complex, with the additional subsea processing for example, the potential increases for FIV to go unnoticed.
“The JIP is addressing this area of uncertainty in the industry and will provide a benchmark in order to carry out more accurate design calculations and prediction work.
“This will ultimately improve piping integrity, potentially increase production, and mitigate risk in this high consequence arena.”
Phase 2 of the JIP will see a scope of work carried out which includes testing additional band configurations and preparations for testing at in service conditions for phase three.