Mooring lines are a big part of what we do at CoreMarine. When it comes to safe and reliable offshore operations, so much rides on the strength and stability of moorings. These anchor floating structures such as FPSOs, offshore wind turbines, and buoys to their rugged offshore environments.
With mooring lines occupying so much of our headspace, we’ve thrown more processing power at the issue: enter CoreIntegrity, our mooring line monitoring and integrity management software developed in-house by offshore engineers, data scientists and developers.
Purpose and importance
Mooring lines are lifelines for offshore structures. CoreIntegrity is designed to continuously evaluate these lifelines, providing real-time insights into any weaknesses or impending issues. This proactively alerts asset owners and operators to problems before they arise, avoiding line failures which have the potential to cause major operational and environmental issues. It ensures safe, smooth day-to-day operations and safeguards production integrity.
Key components
How does digital mooring line monitoring work? CoreIntegrity uses mart sensors track mooring tension, angle, movement and fatigue, while acoustic telemetry wirelessly transfers data to surface transceivers. This eliminates the need for bulky subsea cables, making the monitoring system neat, streamlined and efficient.
Types of measurements and advanced features
The sensor data feeds into CoreIntegrity’s data collection and processing software. The processed data is then presented in a tailored dashboard, showing mooring line status and any other selected parameters at a glance. The adaptable system is designed to tie in with clients’ existing equipment and systems.
Benefits
Our approach is simple yet powerful—24/7 real-time monitoring that boosts safety and optimises the lifespan of mooring systems. Early warnings of potential issues allow for on-demand maintenance, reducing reliance on expensive and time-consuming time-based inspection schedules. It’s a smarter approach to monitoring and managing mooring line risk.
Summary
CoreIntegrity’s continuous and accurate mooring line monitoring automates costly, time-consuming manual processes and mitigates a major potential risk area in offshore operations.
In short, we’re pretty pleased with it. It’s not just a solution; we’d argue it’s a gamechanger. As offshore engineers and project managers, we’ve gathered a team of software developers, performed rigorous beta testing, and built and refined the tool we wanted to massively optimise our own operations, and those of our clients.
Get in touch if you’re keen to chat about how CoreIntegrity can meet your mooring line monitoring needs!
