Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Subsea robot and method for detecting norm breakdown in a production system
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Application No.: US17555749Application Date: 2021-12-20
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Publication No.: US12280860B2Publication Date: 2025-04-22
- Inventor: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva , Antonio Jose Perez Rodrigues De Britto , Francisca Ferreira Do Rosario , Bruno Barbosa Castro , Rosane Alves Fontes
- Applicant: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS
- Applicant Address: BR Rio de Janeiro
- Assignee: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS
- Current Assignee: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS
- Current Assignee Address: BR Rio de Janeiro
- Agency: RAPHAEL BELLUM PLLC
- Priority: BR1020200264737 20201222
- Main IPC: B63G8/00
- IPC: B63G8/00 ; B08B9/032 ; F16L55/24

Abstract:
In order to meet the objectives described above, the present invention provides a robot for detecting breakdown of NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials) in a production system, in order to plan operations to remove scale containing radioactive material, and for decommissioning subsea system operations. The fields of application are the area of flow assurance and reservoir management, using operations to chemically remove scale containing NORM in the production system, and to improve the safety of the decommissioning processes of production systems. The invention allows the position of the scale inside the production system to be safely detected, such as, for example, the beginning of the deposit inside a production line, the extension of the deposit, and the end of the deposit, as well as whether the deposit occurred at different points along the production line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220194535A1 SUBSEA ROBOT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NORM BREAKDOWN IN A PRODUCTION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2022-06-23
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