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System and method for monitoring tubular components of a subsea structure

US9228428B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Pekka Tapani Sipila · Garching bei München, DE
Nicholas Josep Ellson · Bristol, GB
Marko Klaus Baller · Bad Abbach, DE
Parag Vyas · Nottingham, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 26, 2012
Grant date	Jan 5, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 2, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01M3/40
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for monitoring a subsea structure is presented. The system includes a sensor disposed on or about one or more tubular components of the subsea structure, where the one or more tubular components of the subsea structure include a riser, a flow-line, and a subsea umbilical. Moreover, the system includes a controller operatively coupled to the one or more tubular components of the subsea structure and configured to detect an anomaly in the one or more tubular components of the subsea structure. A method for monitoring the subsea structure is also presented.

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