Red Marine has delivered a subsea umbilical clamp to FMC Technologies, that will be commissioned on board the Island Performer in the Gulf of Mexico and used in Well Intervention Operations.
The clamp has been developed to hold a new subsea umbilical with in excess of 20t back tension.
Red Marine was first approached about this project late in 2014 and had a ‘proof of concept’ prototype on test within 3 weeks.
The results of the testing informed the detail design of a multi segment clamp assembly with each element housing a number of sprung applied pads to ensure a consistent and reliable clamping force is applied to the umbilical over a range of operating conditions, the company explained.
The clamp was manufactured using North East supply chain and then assembled and tested by Red Marine personnel.