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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Release–Wellstream Launches New Integrity Management Division
Wellstream, a leading manufacturer and supplier of flexible pipe systems and solutions to
the offshore oil and gas industry announces the establishment of a new Integrity
Management Division based at its Global Headquarters in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. This
Division, to be headed up by Angus Allsop, VP Integrity Management, will develop condition
monitoring systems based on a series of exciting technology partnerships with MAPS
Technology Ltd and RTL Materials Ltd.
Alasdair MacDonald, Acting CEO of Wellstream, explains “Wellstream has always worked
very closely with its customers to provide after sales support, and creating this new Division
will enhance this capability by providing a single point of contact and bringing additional
focus to our extensive R&D efforts in this area. Oil and Gas developments are becoming
increasingly demanding from a technical perspective. Wellstream’s unique Integrity
Management Systems allows inspection and monitoring of all forms of new or existing risers
and flowlines. This enables Customers to reduce operational, safety and environmental
risks by using real time data to plan interventions, maximizing asset life and production
availability, and minimizing whole life costs.”
The innovative MAPS® V1 monitoring system is the first product to be launched by the
Division and offers the ability to directly measure the integrity of the key load bearing
elements of a flexible riser or flowline without penetrating or adversely affecting the riser or
flowline structure, thereby providing real time information on load changes, any loss of
integrity or progressive failure occurring within all load bearing elements.
Combining this with the Rolatube deflection measurement system and Wellstream’s
proprietary design software and methodologies also allows the fatigue life of the system to
be monitored.
For further information, contact:
Angus Allsop, VP Integrity Management +44 (0) 191 295 9000
Wellstream International Ltd.
Geoff Eckold, Commercial Director +44 (0) 1235 213 400
MAPS Technology Ltd.
Andrew Daton-Lovett, Technical Director +44 (0) 1590 688 019
RTL Materials Ltd.
Tulchan Communications +44 (0) 20 7353 4200
Peter Hewer
Martin Robinson
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