Flip-Flap Marine Breakaway Couplings

Flip-Flap Marine Breakaway Couplings

…Reduce drastically the dangers and risk associated with hose transfer system oil spills as a result of tanker breakout or an internal pressure surge occurrence.

For companies seeking an identified safe parting point in offshore hose transfer strings, that has the capacity to automatically halt the flow of product should a tanker break out, or an extreme and disastrous pressure surge occurrence that might arise during loading and offloading operations, the Gall Thomson Flip-Flap Valve Marine Breakaway Coupling (MBC) provides the solution.

Minimizing the Risk of Oil Spills

Oil spill is one of the main headaches of major oil companies. Thus getting a company/organization that provides solution to help avoid or even reduce oil spill comes in handy. Oil Spills have many disadvantages ranging from:

• ·         Adding excessive time to the length of contract (delaying of contract)
• ·         Increasing overall cost of projects, by adding unnecessary cost
• ·         It also damages the environment by polluting it
• ·         It could also lead to the damage of assets
• ·         Unnecessary cost arises like the clean-up cost of spills
• ·         It could lead to workforce injuries, which can have some consequence (long-term/short-term) on them
• ·         It could lead to unnecessary law suit
• ·         The reputation of the company in question is also affected
• ·         Also, there is increased in insurance cost and
• ·         Investor cost can negatively affect the performance of the business.
• In the case of an oil spill, the occurrence of any or all of the following might get out of the control of the company.
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Thus a solution in the form of prevention is here, that is proven to address this risk of Oil Spill. The usage of the proven technology of the Gall Thomson Flip-Flap Valve Marine Breakaway Coupling will greatly be of help in removing this risk.

What do You Get from using the proven technology of the Gall Thomson Flip-Flap Valve Marine Breakaway Coupling will remove this risk of oil spill?

·         Peace of mind: What could be better than having that rest of mind that you have done all in your capacity to curb the effect of oil spill?
·         The relief of the fear of Oil Spill
·         Also, a demonstration that you have taken reasonable step to curb the occurrence of oil spill
·         And the assurance that you are well covered by the protection of a proven and market leading Marine Breakaway Coupling into your transfer system.
 

Application

The Marine Breakaway Coupling is suitable for some low viscosity product or short-term crude oil terminal operations, Oil and Liquid gas transfer system (LPG) as well as the temporary loading and offloading systems.

1. Single point mooring, FPSO, FSO, FSU and other offshore terminal oil production, fuel and bunker floating hose strings e.g. barge/ pontoon arrangements.

2.  FPSO, FSO, FSU and other offshore oil terminal product reeled and in-air and submerged catenary hose strings.

3.  Underbuoy and CBM/MBM submarine hose strings.

4.  Subsea and riser high pressure ‘live’ crude flexibles.

5.  Well choke and kill emergency disconnect systems.

6. Early Production Systems or Early Well Test.