THE PROJECT Deepwater EU (a subsidiary of Deepwater Corrosion Services) successfully designed, deployed and commissioned nine impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) systems to four fixed platforms located in the Forties Field, North Sea, UK. The 35-year-old platforms are 110 miles (180km) east-northeast of Aberdeen in about 120m of seawater. The owners required a life-extension solution for the cathodic protection (CP) system to add at least 20 additional years of service for the ageing structures. The engineering and design for the systems were carried out from our UK offices; systems were all manufactured in the UK. ? Nine RetroBuoy impressed current anode sleds rated at 450 amps each ? Nine Hazardous-area-certified transformer rectifier skids ? Nine Hazardous-area-

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