Pulse Awarded NOV Contract For Acoustic Mooring Line Monitoring System In Norway

Pulse Structural Monitoring (Pulse), an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract with National Oilwell Varco (NOV) Arendal in Norway to provide an acoustic mooring line subsea monitoring system to measure mooring line inclination and tension.

The contract is for 12 mooring line subsea monitoring sensors and ancillary topside equipment, which have been enhanced to meet specific client requirements. The equipment will be installed in the North Sea.

Eivind Vethe, business development manager, Pulse, said, “Our on-going focus on reliability, combined with maintaining excellent client relationships, has resulted in a significant contract with NOV, which represents an important addition to the Pulse project portfolio. With our established and proven technology and products, Pulse delivers reliable and cost-efficient solutions for global oil and gas operators.”

The Pulse system consists of 12 ROV deployable INTEGRIpod acoustic data loggers on the mooring line’s upper section to measure actual inclinations. The MoorASSURE software then regenerates the angles to corresponding tension and horizontal displacement, as well as presence detection of the line. The mooring line sensor array is acoustically linked to an innovative acoustic receiver’s arrangement in the hull of the ship. Calculated data is communicated back to the NOV control system and ship control room. 

About Pulse Structural Monitoring
Pulse Structural Monitoring, an Acteon company, is a leader in marine structural monitoring and has been responsible for providing highly successful monitoring systems and services since 1998. For more information, visit www.pulse-monitoring.com.

About Acteon
Acteon provides a range of global subsea services from surveying, installation, asset integrity management through to decommissioning. Acteon’s companies are 2H Offshore, Aquatic, Clarus Subsea Integrity, Claxton, Conductor Installation Services (CIS), Core Grouting Services, InterAct, InterMoor, J2 Subsea, LDD, LM Handling, MENCK, Mirage Machines, NCS Survey, Offshore Installation Services (OIS), Probe Oil Tools, Pulse Structural Monitoring, Seatronics, Subsea Riser Products (SRP), TEAM Energy Resources and UTEC Survey. Acteon’s companies share knowledge and experience to add value and create effective, tailored solutions for clients across four business segments: survey, monitoring and data; risers and moorings; seabed foundation technologies; and project support services.

For more information, visit www.acteon.com.

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