Red Marine developed and delivered the modular umbilical clamp system, made up of six purely mechanical elements to FMC Technologies.
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Image of the modular umbilical clamp system. From Red Marine. |
The clamp solution will be commissioned on board the deepwater well intervention vessel, Island Performer, in the Gulf of Mexico and used as a key system element in well intervention operations.
The vessel was purpose built for deepwater well interventions and features the latest innovations from FMC Technologies including a riserless light well intervention (RLWI) stack, which enables it to complete intervention operations in water depths of up to 6500ft.
According to Red Marine, the engineering challenge was to develop a clamp to securely hold a new type of subsea umbilical that is compressible, very sensitive to the squeeze force applied and has a low friction outer sheath.
The solution is unusual in the industry – perhaps even the first - with its modular system of six elements, each of which houses a number of spring applied pads to ensure a consistent and reliable clamping force to the umbilical, Red Marine said.
The clamp has the ability to securely hold the compressible umbilical with in excess of 20-tonne of back tension.
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