THE PROJECT Deepwater Corrosion Services, USA, in conjunction with Alduco Engineering Services, Malabo, successfully designed and installed a 20-year Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP) retrofit system for CMS NOMECO (Perenco) Congo on two of their offshore jackets in 110m of seawater located in the Gulf of Guinea on the West African coast. INSTALLATION (TIME: 100 HRS) The complete assembly and installation of the systems were accomplished onboard the barge within minutes, as it comes partially assembled in a box. This was a hybrid retrofit solution using sacrificial and impressed current cathodic protection at the same time. Sacrificial protection for the upper section of the jackets was carried out by the client while Deepwater designed the ICCP system to provide CP

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