UCAP – SUBSEA DEBRIS, MUD AND PROTECTION CAP SYSTEM

The Ucap system includes a range of soft, high strength ROV, or diver, or surface installable and/or removable subsea mud and debris caps available in sizes that to now have ranged from 2”-36” (dia.) with lengths up to 7 meter that is available for purchase.

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  • Vertically or horizontally mounted.
  • ROV and / or diver removable.
  • Prevent ingress of sand, silt, mud, drill cuttings, or other in hubs, connectors, termination heads, pull-in heads, collet fingers, electrical connectors, and other items.
  • Designs includes splash zone venting, weights, closing, sealing, pull-of features as applicable.
  • Protect coating on equipment landed on and pulled along the seabed or in rock dumps.
  • Snag point protection /elimination during installation operations.
  • If required, includes impact protection covers and similar.
  • Subsea installable Ucaps including applicable ROV tooling is also available.
  • Ucap for seabed suction prevention (e.g. subsea DMA and clump weights) are available on request.
  • Existing designs adopted and modified to suit any new equipment and/or requirements prior to manufacturing.
  • Delivered with applicable transport, handling, installation, and removal procedure.

Ucap - Vertical mounted ROV removable Mud and Debris Cap

Ucap vertically mounted.

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Surface installed, ROV removable, high strength tear and wear resistant vertical mounted subsea debris cap for debris ingress prevention in subsea equipment (e.g. drill cutting accumulation in ROV tooling interfaces or funnels). Includes very high load capacity closing feature, and it is released with a single pull (i.e. ROV).

Typical dimension:
Dia. 0.3-1.0 meter, height 0.3-1.5 meter; size will be adjusted to user requirement.

Video link 1 shows the pull-off test of a 600mm diameter Vertical Ucap for a 12” connector cap.

Video link 2 shows the pull-off test of a 386 / 308mm diameter Vertical Ucap for a guidepost receptacle.

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Ucap - Surface installed and removed Protection Cap for Pull-in Head Assembly

Ucap surface installed.

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Surface installed and removable, high strength tear and wear resistant subsea debris, snag point elimination and protection cap for pull-in head assembly (including pull-in in mud and rock dump) that accommodate changing pull-in head curvature. The cap is provided with three level of closing (zip-, velcro- & strap closing).

Typical dimension:
Dia. 0.5-1.0 meter, height 1.0-7.0 meter; size will be adjusted to user requirement.

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Ucap - ROV removable for Electrical / Optical Connector and Connector Block

Ucap surface installed.

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Surface installed ROV removable, high strength debris and ingress protection for subsea electrical / optical connectors and connector blocks. Single ROV pull to release / remove.

Typical dimension:
Varies. Size will be adjusted to user requirement.

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Ucap - ROV removable for Flowline and Umbilical Termination Heads / Connectors

Surface installed Ucap.

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Surface installed, ROV removable subsea debris and protection cap for flowline and umbilical termination heads and connectors. Prevent ingress of mud, sand, silt and other in connector fingers, cavities etc. Protection of coating when pulled along seabed and in rock-dumps. Suitable for termination heads and connectors with or without pull in wire attachment features. Single ROV pull to release / remove.

Typical dimension:
Varies. Size will be adjusted to user requirement.

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Ucap - Diver removable for
Flowline and Umbilical Termination Heads / Connectors

Surface installed Ucap.

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Surface installed diver removable subsea debris and protection caps for flowline and umbilical termination heads and connectors. Prevent ingress of mud, sand, silt and other in connector fingers, cavities etc. Protection of coating when pulled along seabed and in rock-dumps. Suitable for termination heads with or without pull in wire attachment features.

Typical dimension:
Varies. Size will be adjusted to user requirement.

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Ucap - Wing Hub Clamp Debris and Protection Cap

UCap Debris cap - wing hub clamp configuration

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ROV installed debris cap with the primary function to prevent accumulation of drill cuttings and other debris on a horizontal mounted wing hub clamp blind cap during drilling and completion operations. The secondary function is to provide protection. The cap is installed by the ROV from above lowered down onto the wing hub blind clamp.

Dimensions (W x D x H): 1.03m x 0.42m x 1.24m
Weight (dry): Less than 100 kg
Trapped air passing through splash zone: 0.2 Cu.m.

Since the Ucap is buoyant when passing through the splash zone, it is deployed in an Ubas ROV basket, and secured with a tensioned cargo strap that includes Ustrap release lock. A single ROV pull on the lock release the cap.

Other size Ucaps with similar functions are available on request.

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