Humberto Rodriguez

Deep Water ILI Tool Development and 5 Years Operational Experience

Total Exploration & Production & 3P Services
Total Exploration & Production & 3P Services
The paper describes development of In-Line Inspection (ILI) tools and equipment for deployment in 500+m water depth offshore oil production pipelines. Various design challenges were posed by the operational conditions and the pipeline operator. A joint development project is described in which 3P Services and Total E&P define the necessary tool...