New Generation Inline Isolation Tool Control System

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

TDW Offshore Services has more than 20 years of experience as a market leader in supplying the offshore pipeline market with non-intrusive isolation services through the SmartPlug® product. There are many benefits of non-intrusive isolation methods vs conventional methods; these include intrusive isolation methods (hot tapping and plugging) vs. temporary full decommissioning and subsequent re-commissioning. Quick and effective interventions provided through inline non-intrusive double block & monitor isolations, without leaving any fitting(s) on the line or eliminating the need of bleeding down and inert purge an entire pipeline or system of pipelines, provide significant reduction of intervention time, save costs, reduce complexity of operations, and reduce the adverse effects on the environment through elimination of venting of hydrocarbons to the atmosphere. Based on a long track record of successful isolations in the offshore market, TDW OS has a goal of developing technology through significant improvements in several key areas into a new product, adding it to an already large product portfolio, which will be the basis for an entirely new product fleet. This technology will then provide all the benefits of inline non-intrusive isolation methods, which are well known to the offshore pipeline market, to also be available for the owners and operators of onshore (transmission) pipelines. This technology has been requested by several major operators in this market for a long time and should become the preferred and selected solution wherever an intervention into a pressurized pipeline system is needed.