Innovation
and Reliability
Engineering and
R&D Services
Teledyne Technologies prides
itself in being a leading provider
of sophisticated electronic
components, instruments, and
communications products, including
monitoring and control instruments
for industrial and environmental
applications. Many of these technologies have not yet been
deployed in the oil and gas industry and there is significant
potential for technology transfer into the sector.
The corporation serves niche market segments where
performance, precision and reliability are critical. Working
within this framework, Teledyne Oil & Gas offers:
• Processes for structured product development and
qualification processes
• Reliability analysis to aerospace standards
• Technology development partnerships
• Access to Teledyne Scientific for advanced research
• Regular Technology Days around the globe
Teledyne Cormon’s experienced
Engineering and Research and
Development teams are ready to
help clients. Services range from
providing design inputs at the
Front End Engineering Design
(FEED) and detailed design stages
of a project (providing advice on sensor placement based on
CFD analysis of erosion) to regular analysis and reporting on
corrosion/erosion monitoring results and design of custom
sensors and integrated monitoring solutions.
Quality Health, Safety
and Environment
Teledyne Cormon operates a comprehensive Quality and
Health, Safety & Environment ( HS&E) management system
that is externally audited annually by an independent agency.
Health and safety is the company’s number one priority. The
company has ISO 9001:2000 status as well as approvals for
ATEX, UL & CSA intrinsically safe instruments, and the Pressure
Equipment Directive (PED).
Global Presence
Engineered Subsea & Topside Systems
CORMON
Reliability and Engineering Science
A Teledyne Technologies Company
Teledyne Oil & Gas uses a scientific approach to reliability engineering in the design and manufacture of complete technology solutions for the oil and gas industry.
26-28, Decoy Road
Worthing, West Sussex BN14 8ND UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1903 854800
www.cormon.com
Molecular
Structure
Analysis
Micro
Structure
Analysis
Material
Testing AND
Examination
Contact
Level Stress
Analysis
Connector
Level ALT
OIL & GAS
Reliability
Block Diagram
Analysis
Asset Integrity Monitoring
Additional locations:
Find a Technology Day in your area
by visiting our web site
www.teledyneoilandgas.com
Physics
Metallurgy
MATERIALS
COMPonents
PRODUCTS
SYSTEMS
Analyzing molecular
structure for understanding
aging effects under harsh
environmental stresses
Microstructure
examination to
optimize material
processing
Rigorous reliability
testing and examination
of engineering plastics
and elastomers
Finite element analysis and
CT imaging investigation
to verify integrity
State-of-the-art
accelerated life testing to
validate 25+ year life
System reliability analysis
by modeling and field
reliability data
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Houston, TX USA
Tel: +1 281 875 1717
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RPCM (Ring Pair Corrosion
Monitoring) Spool
About Teledyne Cormon
SEPD (Sand Erosion
Particle Detection) Sensor
Through the Teledyne Cormon product line,
Teledyne Oil & Gas provides engineered
packages and applications expertise for
monitoring of corrosion and erosion, pressure
and temperature, serving principally the oil
and gas industry. The company’s innovative
asset integrity monitoring products and
related services accelerate production, reduce
operating risks and costs, and extend asset
life for operators and processors worldwide,
both subsea and topside.
www.teledyneoilandgas.com
Teledyne Cormon, a product line of Teledyne Oil
& Gas, was founded in the UK in 1984 to design
and supply corrosion monitoring equipment.
The company was acquired in 2008 by Teledyne
Technologies Inc., a $1.9bn corporation with
approximately 10,000 employees worldwide. Teledyne
Technologies Inc. provides sophisticated electronic
subsystems and instrumentation, including aerospace
and defense electronics, digital imaging products
and software, monitoring instrumentation for marine
and environmental applications, harsh environment
interconnect products, and subsystems for satellite
communications, as well as engineered systems
for defense, space, environmental and nuclear
applications. Teledyne Oil & Gas is a market-focused
group of companies and is a global organization with
service and test centers around the world — Houston,
Aberdeen, Rio de Janeiro, and Singapore — and
now meets ever more demanding customer needs
for monitoring and asset management of topside
process facilities and subsea oil and gas infrastructure.
A team of 45+ cross-trained, multi-lingual field
service technicians remain ready 24/7 for routine
and emergency deployments anywhere Teledyne
products are being used.
Teledyne Cormon is at the forefront of corrosion and
erosion monitoring technology for the oilfield with
more than 10,000 topside probes, 200 subsea probes,
and 30 subsea corrosion monitoring spools installed
around the globe. Teledyne Cormon works with some
of the world’s most prestigious oil companies and
on some of the most demanding projects from the
subsea wellhead, Xmas Tree, and Manifold through
flowlines and pipelines to refineries and other critical
topside processing plants.
Core Market and Industry Challenges
Topsides Products and Solutions
Subsea Products and Solutions
Corrosion and erosion is a major concern for the oil and gas industry. Research1 shows that the annual cost of managing and
mitigating the effects of corrosion in the industry in the United States alone is estimated to be $1.4bn. Failure to control corrosion and
erosion effectively can lead to premature equipment failure, lost production, environmental damage and worse. Teledyne Cormon’s
monitoring solutions form an integral part of an effective corrosion management strategy, enabling operators to monitor the
effectiveness and optimize usage of corrosion inhibitors, extending asset lifetimes and reducing operating risk.
Teledyne Cormon is one of the world’s leading providers
of corrosion and erosion monitoring solutions for topside
process (topsides) applications. World-class techniques permit
a wide range of sensor configurations to deliver performance
appropriate to the application, including highly responsive
sensors for the detection of short-term events and long life/
severe service sensors to meet the demands of aggressive
process applications. Typical applications include:
Teledyne Cormon products for subsea monitoring cover both
intrusive probe applications for pressure, temperature, erosion
& corrosion (PTEC) monitoring on subsea trees and manifolds
and inline spool-based pipeline corrosion monitoring
systems based on metal loss measurement (RPCM™). Offering
unprecedented levels of sensitivity and
reliability, these sensors are increasingly
being adopted for some of the world’s
largest and most challenging deepwater
projects. Options for fully dual-redundant sensors
and electronics, coupled with ROV-retrievable pods, lead to
the highest possible reliability.
Advanced Monitoring
Technologies
Teledyne Cormon’s core products are
based on the CEION® state-of-the-art
metal loss technology.
An advanced development of the
original Electrical Resistance (ER)
Ratiometric Method, this technique measures
changes in current density due to material loss. When applied
to a sample and reference array in the form of a probe or
sensor, the instrumentation provides a signal-conditioned,
calibrated output for:
CEION® Sensor
Element
• Corrosion and pitting monitors
• Sand erosion monitors
• Pipeline corrosion monitoring
• Chemical optimization
The resolution of the CEION® technology is such that metal
losses of just a few nanometres can be measured; this
translates into industry-leading response times to process
upsets and corrosion events.
Teledyne Cormon incorporates CEION® technology in the
following monitoring products:
• ER (Electrical Resistance) probes for corrosion and sand
erosion
• RPCM (Ring-Pair Corrosion Monitor) for full
circumferential monitoring of corrosion in subsea
flowlines and pipelines
opportunity to collaborate
with companies to develop
custom products that address
specific project requirements
and new industry challenges.
More specialized techniques
such as Linear Polarisation
Resistance (LPR) and Electrical
Impedance Spectroscopy
(EIS) are also available.
Teledyne Cormon
welcomes the
Products
and Solutions
Teledyne Cormon provides a monitoring
RPCM Ring-Pair
equipment service for subsea and surface
Corrosion Monitor
projects and routine operations that may
range from a single weight loss coupon to an integrated,
multi-point system. The extensive product range includes
sophisticated subsea monitors and CEION® metal loss
technology for corrosion inhibitor management and sand
erosion measurement, both subsea and topside. In addition,
the company offers a complete range of conventional
monitoring equipment such as pressure access systems,
sensors, electronics, and software. Teledyne Cormon
maintains a design capability to provide a customized
equipment service for products such as chemical injection,
sensors, and panels. The company also performs targeted
technology development work and collaborates with
academic institutions to meet the future needs of clients.
Integrated Systems and Solutions
Teledyne Oil & Gas has dedicated Project Groups ready to
execute turnkey larger-scale solutions for integrated plant/
asset monitoring. These solutions include:
• Corrosion database
• Sensor networking
• Data archiving and retrieval
• Real-time data presentation (custom graphical
user interfaces) and analysis
Subsea
CEION® Probe
• General process management
• Sand erosion applications
• RPCM surface spools
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• Novel deployments in applications such
as unpiggable pipelines
• Chemical optimization
• Combining and analysis/correlation of
topsides/subsea data
CEION®
probe
Innovative Sand Erosion and Particulate Detection (SEPD)
probes are also available
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from Teledyne. These probes
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offer combined ER/acoustic
Water and acid vapor
monitoring to provide rapid
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Injection of
corrosion
with highly accurate
inhibitors is
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measurements of resulting
metal loss.
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Typical configurations include ER and class-leading
CEION® probes for mounting in industry-standard highpressure access fittings and retractable low-pressure systems.
Monitoring systems are installed, commissioned, and serviced
online by specialist teams of Teledyne Cormon technicians.
Teledyne can provide solutions from a single probe to a fully
integrated monitoring systems.
The mainstay of most process corrosion monitoring systems
is the weight loss coupon, either as a backup to other
methods or, in their own right, where conditions are not
as dynamic as to require proactive management. Teledyne
Cormon can supply a full range of cleaned, weighed, and
packed coupons together with holders and mounting
kits for all types of process monitoring applications. These
include types suitable for online removal and replacement.
Cleaning, weighing, and reporting services are available
from the Field Service group. Multi-stud biofilm sampling
devices are used to collect samples of biofilm forming on steel
surfaces. They are supplied in forms compatible with on-line
access systems. Tests kits or testing services are also available.
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Liquid Condensation Inside a Pipe
RPCM Metal Loss
Data Showing
Accelerated
Corrosion
at Top of Line
Combined Acoustic
& Metal Loss Data
from SEPD
High-pressure retrieval services for weight loss coupons as
well as biofilm samples and corrosion/erosion probes are
performed by Teledyne engineers on topside and offshore
floating and fixed production assets owned by major
operating companies. Rigorous training and demanding
safety standards are routine for company operatives. Field
Service teams also collect field data, maintain instrumentation,
and manage spare part stocks.
As part of the comprehensive job reporting process, the group
can perform laboratory analysis on coupons and samples as
well as follow up with testing and evaluation.
Continuous
injection of
corrosion
inhibitors is
impossible
All product groups
incorporate technologies
and designs that have
been qualified for subsea applications (up to 3000m water
depth) and HPHT (High Pressure, and High Pressure, High
Temperature (HPHT, up to 15kpsi) service. They have been
proved in cutting-edge applications by world-class operators,
establishing the technologies as the preferred option for all
subsea monitoring packages.
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CORROSION COSTS AND PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES IN THE UNITED STATES
Report by CC Technologies Laboratories, Inc. to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
Office of Infrastructure Research and Development, Report FHWA-RD-01-156, September 2001.