Discovery™ is a diagnostics instrument designed to detect wall loss, corrosion and build-up such as hydrate, sand, asphaltene, scale or wax. It can be deployed on piggable and unpiggable pipelines, online, without any interruption to production or the need for pipeline modifications. Discovery™ is deployed using an ROV and clamped onto the pipe. Real time communications allow instant assessment of pipeline conditions. Unlike alternative technologies such as ultrasonic and pulsed eddy current, using Discovery™ eliminates the expense and risk of damaging pipelines on coating removal/re-application.
BENEFITS
Benefits of pipeline inspection using Discovery™
- Measurements can be taken online with no interruption to production
- Eliminate the vast cost and risk of removing coatings subsea
- Eliminate interruption to production and normal pipeline operations
- Allows unpiggable pipelines that were previously considered impossible to inspect to be assessed
- Reduce operational intervention time so critical decisions can be made immediately by obtaining data online
- Complete picture of the integrity of your complex pipeline systems: pipe bundles, pipe-in-pipe, flexibles, CRA lined, plastic lined
- It can be deployed quickly by ROV and no modification to the pipeline is required
Multi award-winning technology, Discovery™, is a breakthrough in pipeline inspection that gives detailed high resolution CT scans of subsea pipelines, accurately distinguishing blockages/ deposition at density differences of 0.05g/cc. As with Explorer™, Discovery™ does not require coating removal prior to scanning, which can save operators over 35% on the total cost of an inspection programme. In addition, Discovery™ can give an integrity health check whilst screening for flow assurance issues giving you a “two for one benefit.” Discovery™ is ROV operated, or diver operated in shallow water regions. It scans through all types of coatings on complex lines that are between 6'' and 26'' in diameter. It provides a tomographic image of the results in real time meaning you can act quickly to clear restricted flow and get production targets back on track, allowing for efficient decision making whilst still in the field. Once you have planned and executed your remediation campaign,
Discovery™ can then be used to confirm success of the campaign. By using Discovery™ to scan the areas where you were experiencing issues, after the remediation campaign is finished, you will be able to determine if the removal of all deposits is complete and see if that particular section of pipeline is fully clear.
