Intro Tubelock

Introduction

2012

TubeLock®  –  your  safest  choice  for  handling  pipes  in  the  world  

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Introduction Global Gravity is a relative new Danish company which for the past two years has been working with a brand new concept for the safe handling and transport of drill pipe, tubing an casing. For decades wires have been used in the offshore industry, wires have some advantages but also a lot of safety issues. Global Gravity is proud to present the new product TubeLock®

Global Gravity has a slogan;

TubeLock®  system

The   TubeLock®   system   is   a   Danish   product  designed   and   tested   in   Denmark.   The  system   has   been   under   development   for  the  past  2  years.  

A   combination   of   steel   and   aluminum  makes  the  system  both  light  and  strong.    

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Currently   the   system   is   the   lightest   system  in   the   world   with   single   components   not  weighing  more  than  15  kg.      

Produced  with  Hydro  Aluminum  in  DK  and  NO  

Benefits  of  the  system:  

ü Pipes  act  as  a  fixed  package  –  no  more  rolling  pipes  

ü No  more  slinging  wires  and  mounting  pipe  clamps    

ü Easy  to  handle  –  easy  to  stack  –  low  weight  

ü Easy  to  back-­‐load  

ü Environmentally  friendly  

ü Possibility  of  drifting  and  measuring  pipes  on  shore  

Testing / certification In   February   2012   a   series   of   tests   were  carried   out   to   test   the   system   to   the  extreme.  Tests  carried  out  were  carried  out  

to   test   the   system   for   strengths   and  potential  weaknesses.      

All   tests   were   witnessed   by   representative  from  DNV.  

Currently  we  are  in  dialogue  with  DNV  for  a  final  certification  of  the  TubeLock®  product.  

Vertical  static  and  dynamical  test  9  5/8”  Casing  

Monitoring:  TubeLock®  profiles can be RFID tagged which will give opportunity of unique ID, fabrication year, last certification, producer, customer etc.

All information’s can be uploaded in an on-line IT registration system which can be accessed by the customer anywhere.

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The below picture shows the easy stacking of TubeLock®   can be stacked anywhere onshore, on flatbed trailers, supply vessels, pipe yards and rigs.

Figure  5:  Easy  stacking  of  the  system    

Currently   the   system   is   under   patent  application  PCT  application  2011  70036  and  2011  70665.    

Health and Safety Global Gravity ApS provides full HSE compliance and cover on site. We have a fluid HSE improvement plan. This is a critical focus area for the business for which reason we strive to better ourselves at all times.

In March 2012 the TubeLock®   concept

was nominated together with 2 other projects for a safety award in Denmark – the winner will be announced on the 27th of March 2012.

Our track records reflect a genuine effort to maintain a safe working place.

We have a saying in the company:

“Work safe – protect yourself and your colleagues”

Figure  6:  The  system  comes  with  either  wire  or  chain  sling

Conclusion Global Gravity is currently in the final stages of the test phase of the

TubeLock®   product and certification process with DNV has been started to obtain the final DNV approval.

The system has been tested to the extreme and tests show that the

TubeLock®   system is the lightest and one of the strongest pipe handling systems in the world.

We have proven that our concept is capable of hanging vertically in a worst case scenario both static and dynamically – not many systems in the world to our knowledge has passed the same tests.

We thank you for reading about TubeLock®

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Company details:

Global Gravity ApS

Lillebæltsvej 42

DK-6715 Esbjerg N

Company registration no.: 339050705

Denmark

Tel: +45 76 56 99 00

Mob: +45 24 66 54 54

Email: [email protected]

On behalf of Global Gravity

Søren Hvorslev

Managing Director

Check out our web page www.globalgravity.dk