THE PROBLEM The operator wanted to guarantee the safety and longevity of its steel catenary risers by observing the effects of subsea forces, validating robustness and calculating fatigue damage. Metin Karayaka of Chevron, explained: “We needed a technology provider to blaze new territory for us by providing state-of-the-art systems capable of characterizing the fundamental behaviour of SCRs.” THE SOLUTION Pulse developed a fully hardwired system to provide real-time measurement of strain and motion endured by SCRs, configured with full redundancy and a life span of at least 10 years. Sensors were placed along the SCR at the hang-off and touchdown regions; the INTEGRlpod for measuring motion and the INTEGRlstick for measuring strain. Metin Karayaka said: “Pulse worked dilige

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