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Burst Testing Hire for Offshore Oil Hoses
28th December 2007
Burst testing of oil loading hoses is a necessary but infrequent requirement for most oil terminals. According to OCIMF recommendations, destruction testing of sample hose sections gives useful information on in service life and retirement criteria to be applied to a terminal's hose strings.
Oil loading hoses can vary from 8 inch to 24 inch diameter, and sections of hoses should be regularly pressure tested to ensure they do not fail in service. Fraser Pump supplies many terminals with Hose Test Units to do this, however burst testing requires a higher pressure than for normal testing.
Fraser Pump now offers burst testing equipent on rental for Oil Terminals to carry out this destructive testing. The equipment will pressure test hoses up to 250 bar, and is self contained, engine driven, for operation at remote sites.
Contact the Company for more details.
Testing of oil loading hoses offshore
23rd October 2007
The testing of oil loading hoses offshore has just got a lot easier with Fraser's new air-powered Hose Test Unit. The unit allows hose testing to either BS1345 or to OCIMF rules, on offshore floating production vessels or oil platforms. The unit will test 8 to 12 inch reeled hoses and also up to 24 inch diameter risers and floating hoses.
Our client Cebo (UK) ltd uses a number of Fraser's testing units for offshore pressure and vacuum testing in offshore North Sea.