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April 2010

Deepwater installs a retrofit cathodic protection system for a fixed platform in the Red Sea in under 24 hours.

In conjunction with Egyptian agent Los Amigos, Deepwater retrofitted the cathodic protection system of a fixed platform in the Red Sea. The platform is located in 14 meters of seawater approximately one kilometer off the coast of Egypt ... read more

September 2009

RetroBuoy is installed on the Neptune SPAR structure to supplement failing cathodic protection on the hull.

n August / September 2009, Deepwater Corrosion Services retrofitted the cathodic protection system on the Neptune Spar. The original cathodic protection system on the hull was approximately 300 sacrificial aluminum anodes ... read more

retrobuoy float being overboarded

April 2009

Deepwater replaces four RetroBuoy floats, damaged by a hurricane in three days

Deepwater Corrosion Services (DCSI) performed a retrofit to a pre installed impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) system that that was damaged during hurricane activities in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

August 2008

The RetroLink system is used to replace the cathodic protection system on a loading dock in the Bahamas.

In 2008, Deepwater was commissioned by the Bahamas Oil Refining Company to replace an impressed current cathodic protection system, which had been totally destroyed by a hurricane. The system was protecting a loading dock ... read more

June 2008

Deepwater retrofits cathodic protection on a Fixed Platform in 720 feet of water

Working in conjunction with Deep Down Inc and Oceaneering Inc., Deepwater performed a cathodic protection retrofit of a fixed platform in two days. This Gulf of Mexico platform is a large 4-leg, 8-skirt pile fixed jacket, located in 720 feet ...

February 2008

Deepwater retrofits cathodic protection on two (2) deep water subsea field developments in three (3) days.

Deepwater Corrosion Services performed anode retrofits on 2 subsea development systems in 73 hours. These deep water installations, located in water depths ranging from 775 to 1,750 feet, consisted ..

January 2008

Deepwater retrofits the cathodic protection on five (5) Gulf of Mexico structures in fourteen (14) days.

Deepwater corrosion's retrofit systems have been used in the Gulf of Mexico for over a decade, and there is no sign of it letting up. With brown field assets seeing new life, operators are anxious to keep them up and running ...

October 2007

Deepwater retrofits cathodic protection for the in-field flowlines on the Apache Forties field in the North Sea.

In October 2007, Deepwater Corrosion Services in conjunction with Alliance partners Hockway Ltd. performed the first phase of a complete cathodic protection retrofit for Apache's Forties field, in the North Sea ... read more

September 2006

Deepwater installs Raparound Anodes, VSE's and RetroBuoy's for a Canadian wharf in semi-arctic conditions.

In 2006, Deepwater Corrosion Services performed a cathodic protection retrofit for the Duncan Wharf, an aluminum loading berth in Port Alfred, Quebec, Canada using a variety of different corrosion control technologies ... read more

July 2006

The RetroSled system is used to replace failing cathodic protection on a pipeline in Equatorial Guinea.

In 2006, Deepwater conducted a pipeline anode retrofit of an offshore process pipeline in Equatorial Guinea. The pipeline, located in water depths of 200 ft., had low cathodic protection potentials, prompting Deepwater's cathodic protection design team ... read more

June 2005

Deepwater installs a new type of impressed current anode system to protect wind farms in the Irish Sea.

Deepwater supplied and supervised the installation of seven (7) Vaulted Seawater Envelope (VSE) anode arrays on wind turbine monopiles in the Irish Sea.  Each monopile, located in 8 m -10 m water depth, was retrofitted with one VSE and one transformer rectifier ... read more

August 2004

Deepwater develops and commissions the first Raparound Pile anodes for the harsh conditions of the Cook Inlet, Alaska.

In 2004, Deepwater Corrosion Services was commissioned to develop a pile anode for a pier in the Cook Inlet, Alaska. The Raparound pile anode was developed and commissioned to address the uniquely harsh environment ... read more