Monitoring the condition of a flexible pipeline - Patent Abstract

Applicant: Flexlife Ltd, UK

A method of monitoring the condition of a flexible pipeline forms the subject of this patent. It involves scanning the pipeline with an ultrasonic scanner to produce and/or record a signal indicative of the level of flooding within the annulus of the pipeline and/or indicative of the integrity of the layers of the pipeline.

Patent number: WO/2009/007670

Inventors: J.N. Marsden and S.A. Mitchell

Publication date: 15 January 2009