Hardware Design, Fabrication & Delivery

Systems Qualification & Testing

Comprehensive qualification testing services for equipment and fabrication methods to give you confidence thar your system will perform as expected, every time.

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Mark Nolet

Senior Technical Consultant, US

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Shawn White

Principal Engineer, USA

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Real-World Experience 

Our engineering team has extensive hands-on experience crafting and managing system qualification testing for offshore systems. Our programmes will provide assurance that your system and its components will perform optimally in their intended environment. 

We meticulously design testing programmes to simulate real-world conditions, including applied loads, operating temperatures, and pressures, providing a comprehensive evaluation of your system’s performance and ensuring it complies with the relevant design codes.  

We collaborate with our clients to execute test programmes within their own facilities, ensuring cost-effectiveness without compromising on quality. We also have an established network of certified testing facilities which allows us to conduct test programmes at third-party locations when needed. 

Fully Integrated Structural Engineering Team 

Our system integration and structural engineering teams work together to provide a seamless experience for our clients. Our qualification test engineers, armed with a holistic approach, excel in developing and operating all the essential equipment needed for comprehensive testing. This includes everything from test stands and fixtures to hydraulic power units (HPUs), test control systems, and data accusation systems.

Recent Test Programmes

Key Personnel
Mark Nolet

Senior Technical Consultant, US

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Shawn White

Principal Engineer, USA

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Marine Drilling Riser Flange Testing

Qualification Testing for Marine Drilling Riser Couplings

  • Qualification test planning and oversight per API Spec 16F
  • Full-scale pull testing with strain gauge monitoring
  • Connection make and break
  • Pressure testing
  • Facilitation of DNVGL and ABS witness and certification
System & Qualification Testing for Annular Blow Out Preventers

System & Qualification Testing for Annular Blow Out Preventers

  • Sourcing and supply of all assembly/disassembly equipment for testing and servicing
  • Full test planning and supervision available to qualify per API Spec 16A
  • Packing element access, sealing, fatigue and temperature testing
  • Drill pipe stripping test
  • Complete shutoff testing (CSO)
  • Facilitation of DNVGL and ABS witness and certification
HPU Design and Qualification Testing

Stripping Qualification Testing with Custom HPU Delivery

  • Per API Spec 16A
  • Qualification test planning and oversight
  • Delivery of custom HPUs for ABOP stripping qualification testing
  • Execution of test incorporates simultaneous stroking while under wellbore pressure
  • Facilitation of DNVGL and ABS witness and certification
Qualification Testing of Drilling Riser Choke & Kill Lines

Qualification Testing of Drilling Riser Choke & Kill Lines

  • Delivery of testing equipment including test flanges, test plugs, test fixtures
  • Full qualification test support including non-metallic material temperature testing of pin and box stab connections
  • Facilitation of DNVGL and ABS witness and certification
Custom Hardware Qualification Testing and Assembly

Specialised Equipment Assembly Planning and Testing

  • Services include fully assembly support, assembly procedure development, assembly oversight, and facilities coordination
  • Design and delivery of custom fixtures to streamline assembly and improve safety
  • Logistics coordination for all support equipment and services
Full System Integration Test

Full System Integration Test

  • Full coordination of required equipment needed to perform complete system integration testing (SIT)
  • Development and execution of SIT test procedures
  • Facilitation of DNVGL and ABS witness and certification on client behalf
Component Level Testing

Component Level Testing

  • Stripping or rotation testing of seals
  • Nitrogen or water test fluid
  • Temperature, pressure and rotation instrumentation
TLP TTR Riser System SIT

TLP TTR Riser System SIT

  • Responsible for planning and executing a 10-day multimillion dollar SIT program for new production and drilling TTRs
  • Coordinated all required equipment needed to perform SIT
  • Formulated a comprehensive single source SIT execution procedure
  • Provided onsite engineering
Flexibles Annulus Testing

Flexibles Annulus Testing

  • Comprehensive annulus testing using proprietary test kit: GVI, gas metering or sampling, vent port test, permeation test, vacuum test and positive test
  • Deep understanding of flexible pipe and dynamic annulus system
  • Bi-directional client operated flow-metering deployed to validate root cause assessment assumptions and quantify risks to risers without vent valve
  • Vent port fibre-optic camera and vacuum cleaning tool: deployed in 3 campaigns on 2 vessels, allowed inspection of vent piping within End Fitting and cleaning of debris
Flexibles Integration Testing

Flexibles Testing Integration

  • Flexibles post-failure root cause investigation
  • Dissection of offshore reterminated flexible pipe
  • Materials testing, tensile armour fatigue testing and pressure armour fatigue testing, at different specialist test houses such as TWI-UK and Sintef-Norway
  • Polymer compatibility testing with corrosion inhibitor to be injected in the annulus at TWI-UK

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