RetroPod™
Cathodic protection anode replacement for platforms

RetroPod installed by ROV to protect a flowline in deep water

A RetroPod installed by ROV to protect a flowline in deep water (approx. 1,000 ft.) Here, the cable used to lower it is being detached.

RetroPod being lowered by a crane to the seabed

RetroPod aluminum anode pods are installed by crane on the sea bed and electrically clamped to the structure by diver or ROV.

A RetroPod recently installed in the North Sea

A RetroPod recently deployed to protect in-field flowlines on the Apache Forties field in the North Sea.

RetroClamp connecting a RetroPod to a flowline in deep water

The RetroClamp in place to electrically connect the RetroPod to the same flowline shown at left.

RetroPod with concrete mat ballast and a RetroClamp

This RetroPod is equipped with a ballast concrete mat and a large-diameter RetroClamp for attachment to a vertical-diagonal.

RetroPod connected to a offshore platform vertical diagonal member by a RetroClamp

This graphic shows more clearly the RetroPod and RetroClamp attached to a fixed platform.