EM&I, an global organization and industry leader providing asset integrity, inspection, and specialized repair and maintenance services to the oil, gas, and renewable energy industries, recently received a patent for the ODIN Sea Chest Isolation Valve Replacement system.
ODIN uses advanced methods to plan and carry out the UWILDs, structural, isolation valves and other required inspections and maintenance tasks without using divers. This ODIN application can be used on new or existing assets without operational disruption, with significant benefits that include reduction in HSE risk, cost, and POB.
This particular ODIN Sea Chest Patent is for the innovative method of inspecting sea chests, replacing isolation valves and cathodically protecting sea chest internal structure without divers.
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