Engineering house Intecsea, and inspection firm Innospection have launched FlexIQ, a complete offering in the arena of flexible riser integrity management.
FlexIQ has been launched out of the strategic alliance between Intecsea and Innospection, which is looking to redefine the approach to flexible riser integrity management by combining high-end inspection and computational simulation techniques as part of an overall Integrity Management Framework.
FlexIQ comprises inspection capabilities including MEC-FIT and numerical simulation capabilities of Flexas.
MEC-FIT inspection combines DC magnetic and eddy current fields to detect damage in up to three metallic layers, including cracking, pitting, and general corrosion, as well as wire misalignment and gaps, all without requiring the riser annulus to be flooded.
Inspection data is then incorporated into high fidelity 3D finite element models for simulation with Flexas, a multi-body nonlinear dynamic substructuring solver.
These capabilities are combined with annulus testing and a formal risk-based approach to flexible riser risk assessment and life extension, enabling flexible integrity management through a single provider.
Intecsea president Neil Mackintosh said: “We are confident our advanced Flexas technology, combined with the unparalleled inspection capability of Innospection, will provide increased understanding, and reduced uncertainty and cost for clients in the arena of flexible risers. The bottom line is that FlexIQ delivers insight, not just data.”
Andreas Boenisch, managing director of Innospection said, “In decades of industry experience, with the majority in offshore asset inspection and integrity assessment, I have found the complexity of flexible risers to be unique. Reliable integrity assessment and remaining life evaluations of flexibles require focused and advanced technology and innovation, combined with expertise."
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