RetroPod™
Cathodic protection anode replacement for platforms

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

In April 2010, Deepwater Corrosion Services, in conjunction with Egyptian agent Los Amigos, 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. The owner required another 20 years of service from the aging structure.   More info

RetroPod system used to retrofit cathodic protection on two subsea fields

In February 2008, 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 of four flowlines ranging in length from 3 to 9 miles each, four well trees, two flowline manifolds and two umbilical termination units.   More info

Deepwater retrofits the cathodic protection on five structures in fourteen days

In December 2007, Deepwater Corrosion Services performed anode retrofits on five structures located in the Gulf of Mexico. The installation took a total of fourteen days. The platforms consisted of: 8-pile in 176 fsw (2.5 days), 8-pile in 113 fsw (2.75 days), 8-pile in 111 fsw (4 days), 4-pile in 111 fsw (4 days), 1-pile in 115 fsw (.5 day)   More info

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. Assets to be protected by "phase 1" consisted of: in-field pipelines linking the 4 original Forties platforms (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, and Delta).  More info