Pipe Exit Monitoring System

Key features

  • Used on board reel lay vessels to monitor pipe/cable position during pipelay

  • Robust design and manufacture for use in harsh conditions

  • Software-driven green, amber and red lights

  • View pipe position in real time

  • Adaptable technology to suit a variety of installations and vessel types

Measure bending stress

When one of our customers, a giant in the pipelay business, wanted to ensure that pipe in a shallow project was not subject to undue bending stress caused by the vessel’s movement in the waves, they asked OMS to provide a solution

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Robust technology for harsh offshore conditions

We created a frame through which the pipe would travel on its way to the sea and measured its position within the pipe to determine whether undue bending stress was occurring.

 A multiple array of send/receive sensors sent signals between the elements to indicate the pipe’s position relative to the frame. We used two arrays on one side and another on the top and bottom of the frame, which had to be robustly built and able to operate in the harsh conditions of an offshore pipelay vessel. OMS software allowed the operator to set an appropriate point for an amber warning, indicating that the pipe was approaching the danger zone, and a red warning if limits were exceeded. We installed a control system where the pipeline installation manager could see it clearly.