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CRTS
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RTS, Inc. is committed to preventing internal
pipeline corrosion by making new pipelines’
weakest links become the strongest links. CRTS’
robotic equipment applies protective coatings
to internal field joints, strengthening and complementing
typical corrosion prevention methods such as internal
and external pipe coating. Internal field joints are cleaned
and coated, and real-time video reveals any defects
before any product is
in the pipe. The group’s
innovative inspection
techniques detect flaws
in pipeline coatings before
any product enters the
pipeline.
After cleaning and
coating the internal field
joints, CRTS provides
state of the art visual, high
voltage holiday and dry film
thickness inspection services
that incorporate real-time
video. The inspection robot
also contains technology
to view and record the
radial location of any
coating holidays and displays
parent-coating damage,
debris, failed field-applied
couplings and other
anomalies. CRTS’ unique
custom coating equipment
allows coating of internal
field joints on fittings, such
as 3D radius elbows and
induction bends and on
projects with steep slopes.
The group’s global
customers rely on its
robotic technology to
ensure pipeline integrity
for offshore and onshore
projects around the world.
Currently, an 8 in. oil
line in the Middle East is
undergoing internal field
joint coating in a pipeline
with a 0.5 in. wall thickness.
The wall thickness required
developing new equipment
capable of navigating in very
tight spaces and our wireless
telemetry provides superior
results. C48 telemetry
allows equipment to coat
internal field joints as far as
1000 m inside the pipe while maintaining full, untethered
control.
Protecting assets in the Gulf of Arabia was
accomplished after CRTS internally cleaned, coated and
inspected 12 543 field joints on a laybarge using SP 9888
liquid coating. Protecting this vital 36 in. sour gas pipeline
in the Hasbah and Arabiyah fields required additional
special equipment, such as line-up clamp
attachments; and pipe rotators and a
safety winch were designed and built by
CRTS and transported to the offshore
site.
Coating internal field joints of
factory-coated pipe provides end-
to-end corrosion protection for all
types of pipelines including natural
gas, crude oil, potable water and
salt water. CRTS maintains strict
quality standards on all robotic
machinery and coating services
to meet and exceed customer
expectations of 100% defect-free
coating application. CRTS, Inc. is an
ISO 9001:2008 certified company
and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Aegion, Inc.
Custom-built rotators handle
immense pipes both onshore
and offshore.
C48 telemetry allows corrosion prevention
equipment to send and receive data up to
1000 m into the pipe.
