The VERNE System for Underwater Test of Pipeline Integrity

The problem of corrosion evaluation of subsea pipes after many years under water is a real problem for many companies operating in the oil and gas business. The European Union research action in the frame of the new research program Horizon 2020 has developed a project to monitor deep subsea tube with guided wave manipulated by a Remote Operating Vehicle (ROV). The paper summarizes the main points of the program, the experimental tests, the sensitivity of the system. The target is also to prepare a white paper document to present to ISO for a norm draft, as a specific EU request. The project is at its final stage after the satisfactory tests in the laboratories of I&T NARDONI INSTITUTE in Brescia and at Dacon in Oslo. The final test is scheduled on end of February in OSLOFJORD. VERNE has been presented in the most important exhibition as OTC 2019 Houston, OMC Ravenna, AIPND BIENNALE NDT CONFERENCE Milano 2019 EGYSP 2020 Cairo. Oil&Gas companies have expressed great interest for VERNE being an alternative to intelligent PIG Inspection, only possible from the inside of the pipe, while not all pipelines are inspected for different reason from the inside.