A leak detector engineered by OceanTools has delivered a 100% detection record across a recent series of major North Sea projects. The OceanSENSE-DH diver held leak detector, which was launched by OceanTools in late 2010, offers detection capabilities up to 50 times more effective than traditional ‘black light’ systems.
Kevin Parker, managing director of OceanTools, which developed OceanSENSE, says of the success of the technology;OceanSENSE has been used on numerous North Sea projects and has achieved a 100% detection rate. The success of OceanSENSE in the North Sea has led to considerable global interest in the technology and we have recently delivered two OceanSENSE-SW ROV mounted single wavelength units for the detection of Champion Clear Dye for a major European oil company. We also hope to announce sales of further Clear Dye configured systems to a major subsea contractor in the near future.
OceanSENSE is compact and lightweight and can be operated by an ROV team, meaning that no additional personnel are required. The compact design allows the units to be mounted on a wide range of ROVs. As the system uses high intensity light emitting diodes (LEDs) for excitation of the fluorescence, there are no safety issues as may be found with older, less efficient, laser-based leak detection systems.
The OceanSENSE units can be configured to detect any combination of fluorescing materials, including fluorescein, rhodamine, hydrocarbons, hydraulic fluids (with certain added tracers) and chlorophyll. The OceanTools development team has also been producing variants on OceanSENSE including OceanSENSE-Micro, an ultra compact version; OceanSENSE-Pelagic, a Pelagic 100 detecting version; and OceanSENSE-AUV, an AUV mounted version. OceanSENSE units are available for sale or rental.OceanTools specialises in the design of underwater equipment for the offshore oil and gas, oceanographic and scientific and military and defence sectors. The company manufactures a wide range of standard products such as north-seeking gyrocompasses, video overlays and subsea display units as well as undertaking special project engineering including the development of FPSO anchor chain/bend stiffener video monitoring systems and the design of custom winches and hydraulic power units. Products are available for rental or purchase. More about OceanTools can be found at www.oceantools.eu
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