ROV intensifier pump

Each unit as standard is supplied with connections for the vehicle power pack hydraulic ports, seawater suction strainer and an optional high pressure discharge hose for coupling to the standard BOP panel stabbing board.

The optional Mk II + III intensifier pumps have the capacity up to 1300 bar (20,000 psi).

The intensifier pump is small enough to be removed during normal operation but quickly retrofitted whenever required.

It can also be considered as a replacement for the more conventional 'hot line' reel system.

By utilising seawater, available in unlimited quantities as a secondary liquid to close the rams, the ROV does not have to carry a large oil reservoir and compensation system, significantly decreasing cost and vehicle payload.

The pump weighing only 9 Kg is an ROV mounted intensifier that utilises the vehicle hydraulics in its primary system and pumps seawater within the secondary loop, to output at a step up ratio 450 - 1300 bar (6600 - 20,000 psi) pressure for BOP ram operation.

The ROV intensifier pump will enable the operator to secure the well and protect the environment in the event of a catastrophic riser-system failure, should the dead man safety system fail, the hot line become separated and or the acoustic control system become masked by excessive well bore blowout noise.

recent supply to worldwide deepwater drilling locations the marinised hydraulic intensifier for deepwater and ultra-deepwater emergency operation of the BOP ram functions.