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The following information has been taken from the technical paper 'Power Delivery and Umbilical Cable Optimisation for Long Offset Tiebacks', written by Surrinder Retour, Paul Overton, Daniel Denning, and Neil Douglas of Viper Innovations. The paper presents a study into the physical and practical limitations of different power transmission techniques for long offset tiebacks. ...

Discover how V-LIFE was used to increase the IR of a deteriorating umbilical in a North Sea oil field, avoiding the risk of lost production and saving the operator significant costs in the procurement and installation of a replacement umbilical. You can also view or download this case study as a pdf here. ...

Working together to Target Zero: How Can Rail Innovators Contribute to Carbon Reduction? Considering the recent events across the world, it is becoming plainly obvious that climate change is upon us and it is affecting everyone’s daily lives. Global warming and poor air quality are having a devastating effect across the globe, in our ...

Common Oil & Gas Terminology Misnomers Many parts of the oil and gas business use names and acronyms for pieces of equipment and processes that bear no resemblance to what they actually are and what they do.  There are, as well, words that are misused out of ignorance or inconvenience. Rig The classic example ...

Maintenance is a necessary process to ensure our rail network runs safely and efficiently. Ideally, it would only be carried out non-invasively in Rules-of-the-Route or other available slots. However, with the strategic drive to a 24/7 railway and ever-increasing demands on rail operators to keep trains running, unforeseen service affecting failures can occur. Reactive faulting ...

Thirty years ago, in the aftermath of the 1988 Piper Alpha offshore disaster in UK waters in which 167 platform workers died, all the talk in the oil and gas industry was about safety.  Many people were asking the same question: how can offshore personnel be removed from the direct impact of inherently hazardous oil ...

Viper Innovations is delighted to announce the appointment of Hugo Mansfield as its Finance Director. This follows other senior appointments over the last year all of which have been aimed at strengthening the board and senior management to galvanise significant global growth in the coming years. Hugo, who was previously a ...

Discover how Viper used V-LIFE to avoid a threat to continued production of a Subsea Production Control System, resulting in a 20 times insulation resistance increase within the first 6 hours and providing a value-added solution. You can also view or download this case study as a pdf here. Problem.Viper Innovations have ...

Discover how CableGuardian was used to quickly identify fault locations on the West Coast Main Line Signalling Power System at Euxton ASC, enabling a swift repair and avoidance of costly train delays. You can also view or download this case study as a pdf here. Problem. On 7th August 2019, ...

Oil & Gas operators are regularly faced with issues relating to obsolescence when parts of their subsea control systems need replacing. Operators usually either prefer to replace parts with like for like alternatives which fit into existing systems, or upgrade the technology to benefit from additional functionality. When critical parts become obsolete, replacement options ...