OTC 2014: Tracerco to hold live demonstration of latest pipeline inspection technology

Tracerco, part of the FTSE100, Johnson Matthey Plc, is holding a live demonstration of the new version of Discovery at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston.
April 25, 2014

Offshore staff

HOUSTON– Tracerco, part of the FTSE100, Johnson Matthey Plc, is holding a live demonstration of the new version of Discovery at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston.

Delegates are invited to witness a full underwater demonstration of Tracerco’ssubsea technology, Discovery, including a tour of NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL) facility, which contains a complete mock-up of the international space station used to train astronauts. The demonstrations will be held between 5:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on May 7 and 8.

The latest version allows Discovery to inspect pipelines at depths up to10,000 ft (3,048 m) and is fitted with a crawler mechanism to propel the scanner along the pipeline taking lateral measurements at multiple positions.

Delegates can register to attend athttp://info.tracerco.com/discovery-subsea-nasa-houston. Those who cannot attend the live demonstration can register for on demand video footage from the event at http://info.tracerco.com/cant-make-the-live-event.  

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