User:Welaptega/Welaptega Marine

Welaptega Marine' is world leader in underwater 3D imaging and mooring integrity verification for offshore floating production systems and mobile semi-submersible drill rigs (MODU). .

It is headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia with a logistics base in Aberdeen, Scotland. The company has a global client base but its activity is focused in the US Gulf of Mexico, the UK and Norwegian North Sea and Australia.

Its clients include global oil majors such as BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, Statoil and Total. A number of clients are regional players and independents. These include Agip, Amerada Hess, Bluewater, CNR, Nexen, Newfield, Talisman, Williams and Woodside.

The company assesses the in-service condition of mooring systems using proprietary underwater image-based inspection technologies. These include 3D modelling, 3D video, Chain Measurement System (CMS) and Rope Measurement System (RMS).

Welaptega also assesses deterioration and damage on other underwater assets such as pipelines and risers.

The company conducts operations while the facility is at sea, eliminating the need to transport drill rigs to shore for land-based inspections.

Welapetega has developed the most reliable Chain Measurement System (CMS) in the offshore underwater inspection sector. .

Welaptega is accredited by leading offshore certification bodies (Det Norske Veritas, Lloyds Register) to conduct in situ underwater inspection and recertification of mooring systems and other underwater assets of floating production and drilling vessels.

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