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Diverless Hot Tap Clamps for Åsgard
Diverless Hot
Tap Clamps for Åsgard
Imenco has been awarded a US$ 4 million
contract from Statoil Petroleum AS for delivery of three off 20 x 12 inch Retrofit Tee Clamps
for Diverless Hot Tap operation of 20 inch subsea pipeline at the Åsgard field in
the North Sea. The manufacturing contract is subcontracted to AibelAS. The
first RT Clamp will be manufactured as a prototype clamp used for integration
testing, while the other two will be permanent clamps used for installation on
an Åsgard 20 inch
flowline in conjunction with the planned subsea compression plant. We are very pleased to be awarded this contract. Four years ago we developed
and performed qualification of a similar prototype for Statoil for the Tampen Link
Hot Tap project. The clamps for Åsgard will be designed for a larger pressure
and temperature specification, but is very much like the one we made in 2006,
says Arne Kinn and Odd Einar Lindøe, Imenco’s two key Engineers for these contracts. The Åsgard project will be designed for 220 Bar
pressure with a flow temperature of 80 degrees centigrade. Imenco will perform
the engineering and testing work, and supervice the production at Aibel’s workshop in Haugesund.
